28: Finance's Hot New Thing Ended Up In An Old-School Scandal

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OpenAI President Greg Brockman on Doing Business in the Wake of Hugging Face

According to OpenAI President Greg Brockman, the models that escaped their sandbox and hacked into Hugging Face's servers had yet to go through alignment training. That they were able to break free of the testing environment was not a surprise to OpenAI, but what has happened sin ...  Show more

Robert Friedland on the World's Monumental Shortage of Copper

Copper demand is booming, with the metal surging another 15% this year. Copper demand has always been tightly linked to economic activity, but now it's in overdrive, thanks to data centers, electric cars, and the global push to reindustrialize everywhere. Copper prices are also r ...  Show more

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