Economic forecasters predict GDP expansion alongside hiring slowdowns, revealing a labor market where productivity gains and automation decouple growth from human employment. The megacorps extract profit while fewer workers are needed to sustain expansion.
The Wall Street Journal • Oct 12
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SoftBank-backed payment platform integrates with leading cryptocurrency exchange, consolidating control over digital financial services and raising concerns about surveillance of individual financial activities
Crypto News • Oct 9
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AI companies engage in circular investment schemes with chipmakers, where firms buy chips then receive investments that inflate stock prices, raising sustainability concerns about corporate-controlled AI ecosystem
Semafor • Oct 8
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Nvidia transforms GPUs into financial instruments as AI companies finance hardware through debt deals, creating circular capital bubble where corporate power dictates essential resource allocation
Tom's Hardware • Oct 8
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Semiconductor monopoly finances AI competitor through infrastructure control, deepening corporate interdependencies in AI ecosystem
Bloomberg • Oct 7
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Traditional financial institutions absorb crypto prediction markets, integrating speculative blockchain platforms into regulated finance
Wall Street Journal • Oct 7
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Financial speculation on AI infrastructure reaches unprecedented levels, creating potential systemic risk through concentrated technology bets
Bloomberg • Oct 7
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Labor market distortion reveals structural breakdown in employment patterns as automation and economic shifts create unprecedented worker displacement
Axios • Oct 6
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Corporate consolidation in AI infrastructure as semiconductor suppliers form strategic alliances with platform monopolies
Reuters • Oct 6
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Vertical integration of AI supply chain as software platforms acquire semiconductor manufacturers, consolidating technological control
CNBC • Oct 6
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Regulatory approval of Texas-based exchange challenges NYC/Nasdaq duopoly, fragmenting traditional financial power centers and reshaping capital market geography
CBS Texas • Sep 30
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AI search startup Perplexity secures $200 million in funding at $20 billion valuation, just two months after raising $100 million. Annual recurring revenue approaches $200 million.
TechCrunch • Sep 11
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Brian Quintenz accuses Gemini founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss of attempting to influence his CFTC confirmation process, releasing text messages about past lawsuit concerns.
Crypto News • Sep 11
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New report warns that US investor involvement in commercial spyware companies rose sharply in 2024, with more countries linked to the dangerous surveillance technology.
WIRED • Sep 10
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OpenAI leadership faces internal and external opposition to converting from non-profit to for-profit structure, with campaigns threatening the company's massive valuation plans.
Wall Street Journal • Sep 9
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Ant Group's tech arm tokenizes $8.4 billion worth of Chinese renewable energy infrastructure, creating globally accessible green energy investment tokens for wind turbines and solar panels.
Crypto News • Sep 9
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ASML invests 1.3 billion euros in French AI startup Mistral AI's Series C round, making it Europe's most valuable AI company at 10 billion euro valuation.
Reuters • Sep 7
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World Liberty Financial froze 272 wallets including Justin Sun's, claiming user protection while on-chain data suggests market manipulation was the real cause of price drops.
CoinDesk • Sep 6
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Investment surge leads to proliferation of human-like robots in workplaces, moving from science fiction to reality in factories and offices.
The Washington Post • Sep 5
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