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As AI Augments Medical Research and Patient Care
Comments on studies by Stanford Medicine and University College London on AI uses in healthcare.
On AI and Super-Intelligence
Comments from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman from his blog post “The Intelligence Age” (Sept. 23, 2024) :
On Elon Musk, the U.S. Budget and more
Comments on Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy as leads of a Department of Government Efficiency project to “dismantle government bureaucracy”, cutting $2 trillion from the U.S. Federal government budget and more.
On the U.S. Economy, Government Debt and more
Comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report ”An Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2024 to 2034” (June 2024).
On Market Volatility and the U.S. Presidential Election
As the 2024 U.S. Presidential election approaches, financial markets may encounter turbulence.
On AI, National Security and more
Comments from U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, the White House, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken.
On Amazon, Google and Nuclear Reactors
Last week, Amazon signed three new agreements to support the development of nuclear energy projects including enabling the construction of several new Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). and Google signed and agreement to purchase nuclear energy from multiple SMRs developed by Kairos Power.
On AI-created Podcasts, San Francisco Governance and more
Comments on using Google's "experimental" NotebookLM tool to create audio content from the "Lifting the Fog: On Budgets, Civic Innovation, Silos and more" report.
On AI, Nuclear Energy, Data Centers and more
Comments on the Constellation Energy, Microsoft deal at Three Mile Island; research from Goldman Saks and more.
AI at JPMorganChase & more
Comments on AI from CEO James Dimon, their efforts in wealth and asset management, along with the University of Chicago study “Financial Statement Analysis with Large Language Models.”
On Heat Wave Trends, Risks, Illness and more
Comments from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Center for Disease Control and others.
Four Videos to Consider - On Artificial Intelligence
Comments by Max Tegmar (physicist and AI researcher at MiT),AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li (Stanford professor and Co-Director of the Human-Centered AI Institute), Dr. Tina Eliassi-Rad (computer scientist and professor at Northeastern University), Marina Danilevsky (senior research scientist at IBM.)
“Lifting the Fog” on San Francisco Government
Last week, the San Francisco Civil Grand Jury released "Lifting the Fog" On Budgets, Innovation, Silos, and More", that identifies the need to improve budget oversight, increase interdepartmental cooperation and provide clarity on the government’s function and structure.
On Technology and the Olympic Games
Comments from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Vincent Strubel, director general of ANSSI (France’s cybersecurity agency), and efforts about surveillance systems from Videtics, Orange Business, ChapsVision, Wintics