Wages Are Falling. Wealth Is Surging. No Wonder Americans Are Unhappy.
As Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire, workers are facing higher prices and fears of A.I.-driven job losses.
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The study estimated Americans could end up wagering up to $133 billion annually on offshore prediction markets by 2030.
Read full articleAs Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire, workers are facing higher prices and fears of A.I.-driven job losses.
Anthropic's AI survey showed Americans are afraid of job losses, hopeful for health breakthroughs, and distrustful of firms behind the tech.
They’re about to get more AI rammed down their throats, stuck into their pension plans and investment portfolios Americans are growing worried about what artificial intelligence portends for their futures. Eight in 10 Americans report concern over AI, compared with a third who report being excited, according to a recent Quinnipiac poll. More than half think it will do more harm than good in their daily lives. Seven out of 10 think it will reduce the number of available jobs. Skeptical though they may be, they are about to get more AI rammed down their throats and stuck into their pension plans and their investment portfolios, whether they want it or not – binding their futures ever more tightly to the frenzied, risky, multibillion-dollar dash by technology moguls to develop machines capable of mimicking human thought processes to take over cognitive tasks. Continue reading...
US lawmakers have introduced legislation to create a federal task force focused on cryptocurrency theft, fraud, and hacking investigations. The proposal follows a year in which Americans reported more than $11 billion in crypto-related losses. If approved, the measure would…
Americans are quickly turning against artificial intelligence.
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A drone projectile allegedly carried the name of one of the three men now accused in a federal ISIS support case, a detail that gave investigators a rare look at how the alleged plot was being imagined. Federal authorities say the men also moved more than $2,000 in crypto and cash while discussing attacks on […]
A new study found 51% of U.S. crypto wallet users are systematically replacing legacy banks with digital assets for everyday financial tasks. The Rise of Daily Digital Transactions Traditional banks are not necessarily being fired by American consumers—they are just slowly being left behind, one daily task at a time. According to a new study […]