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Regulators Start the Clock, Engineers Build the Rails: Can the Creator Economy Scale?
[ad_1] From high fees to payout thresholds, today’s digital economy isn’t built for the people powering it. Unsplash+ A new labor force is taking shape—one that doesn’t clock in, file...
Meta’s Yann LeCun Defends Open-Source A.I. Amid Geopolitical Tension
[ad_1] Yann LeCun has spent recent years developing a project known as JEPA, or Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture, at Meta AFP via Getty Images If A.I. research remains open and...
How Third-Party Guarantees Are Quietly (But Significantly) Rewriting the Rules of the Art Auction
[ad_1] New York Spring Marquee auctions in May generated a combined total of $1.27 billion, representing an 8 percent decline compared to last year’s results ($1.38 billion in May 2024)....
Salesforce Pauses Hiring Engineers and Lawyers Due to A.I., Says CEO Marc Benioff
[ad_1] Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says A.I. is improving his company internally. Photo by Brontë Wittpen/San Francisco Chronicle via Gett For a glimpse into how A.I. is transforming company workforces,...
David Ellison’s $8B Paramount Takeover Inches Forward as Drama Surrounds Deal
[ad_1] David Ellison has laid out a vision centered on A.I.-assisted production and a renewed focus on tentpole films. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images A second 90-day extension on Paramount...
A Hedge Against Instability: Private Markets Are Replacing Traditional Safe Havens
[ad_1] As traditional safe havens falter, private equity and crypto offer investors structural resilience and long-term growth potential. Unsplash+ In times of high volatility, investors find that even traditionally stable...
From Dung to Dust, Unconventional Mediums Pose Challenges for Conservators and Collectors
[ad_1] Thomas Unger has made the unconventional choice to paint with coffee and motor oil. Courtesy Thomas Unger Like a lot of people, Thomas Unger is pretty particular about his...
Strugglecore, Inc.: The Optimization Trap
[ad_1] Anxiety, optimized: In the age of aestheticized self-help, healing is content and struggle is branding. Unsplash+ When a book sells itself as “Marie Kondo, but for your brain,” you...
Must-Read Retellings of the Classics to Add to Your Summer Reading List
[ad_1] There’s something intoxicating about timeless tales recast in modern contexts. Great writers from the past like William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer and Emily Brontë built brilliant narrative scaffoldings that the...
A.I. Drives Job Cuts Across Silicon Valley Giants: By the Numbers
[ad_1] A.I. is creeping into Silicon Valley’s layoffs. Getty Images for Unsplash+ Tech layoffs are nothing new in Silicon Valley, a region long shaped by boom-and-bust hiring cycles, speculative investment...
