Billionaire investor Ray Dalio says this will be China’s play in the AI tech wars
Bridgewater’s founder, Ray Dalio, talked about DeepSeek, the tech wars, and large-scale AI companies like Nvidia in a recent podcast interview. The billionaire investor Ray Dalio said he expected China to leverage its manufacturing might in the AI arms race, following a similar strategy as it did with electric vehicles. Nvidia and other large-scale AI…
OpenAI says DeepSeek may have used its AI outputs ‘inappropriately’ to train new models
OpenAI says DeepSeek may have used its AI outputs ‘inappropriately’ to train new models OpenAI is investigating whether DeepSeek inappropriately trained its powerful AI models using the US startup’s technology. A spokesperson for OpenAI said the company was reviewing the matter closely and would take “aggressive, proactive countermeasures” to protect its AI models from improper…
‘Negative equity’ is on the rise — and even car dealers are concerned
Car owners increasingly can’t afford their loans. Four years after a pandemic inventory crunch sent car prices to record highs, the number of drivers who can’t afford their car loans is on the rise, worrying dealers who say this will only compound a growing affordability problem in the market. The share of trade-ins with “negative…
A dietitian quit strict diets and found it easier to stay in shape. She made 4 simple changes, including eating carbs again.
By making small changes to her mindset, Supatra Tovar has a healthier relationship with food and has maintained a weight she’s happy with. In her late 20s and early 30s, Supatra Tovar followed fad diets such as South Beach and Atkins, which she couldn’t stick to. When she started her master’s degree in nutritional science,…
Federal workers say they were blindsided by Trump’s plan to freeze grant payments
The Trump administration’s “temporary pause” on federal grant and loan awards sparked a range of reactions from rank-and-file workers within the federal government, from frustration to outright surprise. Speaking before a federal judge temporarily prevented the freeze from taking effect, one Federal Emergency Management Agency employee who spoke to B-17 Tuesday morning was blindsided by…
Judge blocks Trump’s plan to freeze federal grants
Donald Trump A federal judge has temporarily prevented President Donald Trump’s directive to freeze federal grants from taking effect Tuesday evening. US District Judge Loren L. AliKhan’s decision will protect funding for existing programs until Monday afternoon. The government’s freeze directive, which caused widespread panic among federal employees when it was announced early Tuesday, would…
Trump administration offers buyouts to federal workers. Read the letter sent to employees.
Donald Trump, seen here signing executive orders on his first day in office, is offering many federal employees a buyout. President Donald Trump is offering buyouts to federal workers who don’t want to stick around under the new administration, according to a letter sent to government employees on Tuesday. The letter, which was shared by…
Trump’s government-worker buyouts are feeling a lot like Musk’s Twitter in 2022
Donald Trump and Elon Musk during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. This is all feeling a lot like Twitter circa 2022. President Donald Trump’s administration has launched a sweeping overhaul of the federal workforce, starting with a blunt offer this week: Take a buyout and leave, or commit to a new era of in-office mandates…
White House rolls back its federal grant freeze
President Donald Trump quickly rolled out myriad efforts to reshape the federal government. The White House’s pause on federal grants and loans appears to be over. A memo sent by Matthew J. Vaeth at the Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday, January 29, and addressed to the heads of executive departments and agencies, says…
