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Labor Market Impacts of AI
The study offers an early, data-driven view of how generative AI is reshaping work by focusing on observed task automation rather than hypothetical capability. It finds that AI is still far from its theoretical reach, that the most exposed workers tend to be older, more educated, and higher paid, and that while unemployment for these workers has not increased since late 2022, hiring of young people into highly exposed roles appears to be slowing.
Anthropic Moving Toward Legal Action
The Pentagon has officially labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk, forcing defense contractors to swear off its Claude AI models in military work, while CEO Dario Amodei vows a court fight and insists the designation cannot legally touch the firm’s broader commercial deals with partners like Microsoft.
GPT-5.4 Surpasses Humans on Desktop Task Benchmarks
OpenAI’s GPT‑5.4 raises the bar on reasoning, coding, and agentic tool use, adding state-of-the-art computer control, improved web research, stronger spreadsheet/presentation skills, and more efficient token and tool usage than GPT‑5.2, with new Thinking and Pro variants.
UK Launching AI Lab Aiming for Tech Independence
As part of a £1.6 billion national AI strategy, the UK government and UKRI are funding a new lab that invites top researchers to pitch bold ideas for fixing AI’s biggest weaknesses and building next-generation, transparent AI systems.
HEVO and Autolane Partner for Autonomous Commerce
In a bid to remove one of the last manual steps in autonomous operations, Autolane and HEVO have announced a strategic partnership that unifies curbside AV orchestration with automated wireless charging across private properties and commercial hubs. The companies will launch commercial trials in 2026 before expanding into additional U.S. markets.
California Forever Plan Back in Play?
Once dismissed as a tech‑backed pipe dream, California Forever has revived its plan for a 400,000‑person city in Solano County by finding a new legal path to entitlements and securing organized labor’s support.
Payrolls Fall by 92K in February Jobs Report
The February 2026 jobs report shows the US economy losing 92,000 jobs instead of adding the 50,000 widely expected, with broad-based sector losses and a notable drop in healthcare employment that underscore mounting signs of a weakening labor market.
Satellites Used to Spot Bridges Vulnerable to Collapse
Led by the University of Houston, a new global study of 744 bridges from shows that spaceborne radar can monitor over 60 percent of the world’s long-span bridges, revealing that many, especially in North America and parts of Africa, are nearing the end of their design life and need closer oversight.
Beyond Alliance Superpollutant Action Initiative
Backed by companies including Amazon, Autodesk, Figma, Google, JPMorganChase, Salesforce, and Workday, the Beyond Alliance’s new $100 million Superpollutant Action Initiative will use a global expert‑driven roadmap to channel private capital into cutting methane and other superpollutants, aiming to avoid more than half a degree of warming by 2050 while improving air quality, public health, and crop yields.
Understanding Tax Treatments and Strategies
If you’re a founder or business owner wondering whether you’re overpaying taxes, this session walks through IRS rules, entity-specific structures, and real-world uses of business-owned life insurance, so you can tell which strategies fit your situation and which pitfalls to avoid.
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How Jennifer Anniston’s LolaVie brand grew sales 40% with CTV ads
The DTC beauty category is crowded. To break through, Jennifer Anniston’s brand LolaVie, worked with Roku Ads Manager to easily set up, test, and optimize CTV ad creatives. The campaign helped drive a big lift in sales and customer growth, helping LolaVie break through in the crowded beauty category.
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36% - How much crude oil spiked last week, ending over $90/barrel
$25B - OpenAI’s reported annual revenue
165K - the number of dementia patients studied, revealing increased stroke risk from commonly used medication
$40B - The loan Soft Bank is seeking for OpenAI investment
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