Alex Karp says the AI safety debate is really about nationalizing AI labs

Palantir CEO Alex Karp argues that AI safety concerns could ultimately push frontier labs toward nationalization over ...

'Big Short' investor Steve Eisman says AI companies want to 'manufacture a crisis' with their doomsday calls

Steve Eisman said he sees a motive behind the sudden calls to slow AI development from top companies.

The PR playbook Sydney Sweeney and tradwives both love to use

PR strategists say stoking and capitalizing on outrage is part of their marketing playbook.

An unremarkable soccer team has become an unexpected diplomatic tool in Canada's trade war with the US

Both Mark Carney and British PM Andy Burnham support Everton, a middling Premier League soccer team from the city of ...

Iran's parliamentary speaker is taunting the Fed for its inability to bring down oil prices

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran's Speaker of Parliament, has frequently trolled Trump over the Strait of Hormuz. This week, he ...

Instacart should be worried about DoorDash and Uber's new deal

Uber Eats and DoorDash expand partnerships with Costco, challenging Instacart's dominance in the same-day grocery delivery ...

Amazon just gave investors a new way to bet on the AI boom

Generac is the latest winner of the AI infrastructure boom, with shares surging on a deal to provide generators to Amazon ...

I left city life to move to an island with fewer than 50 people. Two years and a baby later, I have no plans to leave.

My husband and I moved to Rum, a remote island with around 40 people. There were adjustments at first, but we've built a life ...

Shopify CEO says employees' 'slop grenades' are making more work for everyone else

Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke warns that employees' AI-generated "slop grenades" can create more work for colleagues instead of ...
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Zambia considers cutting gold tax as $1.8 billion trade gap exposes informal market

Zambia is considering cutting its 16% VAT on gold to formalise trade, recover lost royalties and strengthen the country’s ...
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U.S.-made Saudi F-15 jet reportedly shot down by Iran-backed Houthis after drone attack as Africa’s most powerful military commander declares support

Tensions in the Middle East have escalated following claims by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen that they targeted and ...

Elle Duffy

Elle Duffy is a freelance journalist and author living on the remote Isle of Rum in Scotland. She left a career as a television producer with BBC Scotland in search of a quieter life on an island she ...