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ArchiveMicrosoft to Stop Sharing Revenue With Main AI Partner OpenAI
The most consequential business partnership in AI just fundamentally changed. Microsoft walks away from revenue sharing and exclusivity — both companies are now free agents.
The U.S. Started the War. The Rest of the World Is Feeling the Effects. (New York Times)
Bangladesh textile mills are closing. India's economy is wobbling. Eight weeks in, the war's economic damage is everywhere except America. The asymmetry is staggering.
FDA Approves First-Ever Gene Therapy for Treatment of Genetic Hearing Loss
Born deaf from a genetic mutation? There's now an FDA-approved gene therapy for that. First-ever approval in this category — the era of fixing inherited sensory loss is here.
Donald Trump’s Pardon Economy
A million-dollar plate at Mar-a-Lago. A round of golf. The New Yorker documents the actual price list for presidential clemency. The brazenness is the point.
Chernobyl’s wildlife: Surviving in a poisoned land
Wolves with unusual radiation tolerance. Frogs that turned black. Forty years of data from the exclusion zone keeps surprising scientists about what life can endure.