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When far-right influencer Nick Shirley posted a viral video in January alleging fraud at Minnesota daycares, he showed his 1.6 million followers on X something else too: a gray hoodie emblazoned with the Polymarket logo.Polymarket had made other appearances in the 24-year-old’s content, like in a series of man-on-the-street interviews about the “current state of America” posted in December.The first post came after Shirley began receiving money from Polymarket’s chief marketing officer, Matthew Modabber. The second came after he had taken in a total of $3,100 from Modabber, according to records reviewed by POLITICO.This daycare “Creative Minds Daycare” was SHUTDOWN…
Microsoft uses a lot of AI agents. To help manage them, it’s starting to think of them like human employees.CEO Satya Nadella said the software giant is figuring out what kinds of tools and policies it needs to oversee all the agents it’s created. That includes giving agents specific permissions for what they can and cannot access within the company, as well as ways to audit their work, he said.”You need to give them identities, you need to give them sandboxes, then you need to set policies to govern them,” Nadella told Reid Hoffman in an episode of the “Possible…
gorodenkoff/iStock via Getty Images Rather than license its intellectual property to others, Paramount Skydance (PSKY) is launching its own video game studio, merging Skydance Interactive and Skydance New Media into a new entity, Paramount Games Studio. The new studio has tapped Tony Driscoll, currently Paramount’s (
While many people know Switzerland best for its chocolate, watches, or neutrality, a new global ranking highlights its strengths in a range of areas.Switzerland recently topped US News & World Report’s annual ranking of the best countries in the world, released in May. The ranking evaluated 100 countries on factors such as economics, environment, health, and infrastructure.European countries were the most prominent among the top half of the list, occupying all but one spot in the top 15. Switzerland finished first overall — ahead of Denmark in second, and Sweden in third — thanks to its high scores in nearly every…
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I’m 31, and my mom will be 70 this year. We haven’t had the talk yet — the conversation about what our lives will look like when she retires. To make this more complex, I’m an only child, and we live in different continents. She has often joked that I should float her out to sea when she gets older. Not knowing what the next decades of her life could look like, and, by extension, my involvement, makes it hard for me to plan my future. Our differing values and plans for the next few years have taken us physically…
Want to high-five a celebrity? Have more than half a million dollars burning a hole in your pocket?The New York Knicks got you.The team is auctioning two courtside seats for Monday’s NBA Finals Game 3 against the San Antonio Spurs. The current bid is $500,000, and the auction closes Sunday at 5 p.m.The seats have a fair-market value of about $40,000, according to the auction listing. That means the current bid is more than 12 times the regular price. Proceeds will go to The Garden of Dreams Foundation, the nonprofit affiliated with Madison Square Garden Sports and MSG Entertainment.The tickets…
Joaquin Corbalan/iStock via Getty ImagesLynas Rare Earths (LYSCF) (LYSDY) down 3.2% in Friday’s trading after saying it appointed current COO Pol Le Roux as interim CEO from June 30, succeeding Amanda Lacaze, who is retiring from the leadership role after 12 years. Since joining Lynas (LYSCF
As CEO of Pydantic, the company behind one of the most widely used frameworks in AI development, Samuel Colvin sits at the center of the action.Pydantic works closely with leading frontier-model labs and AI developers, giving Colvin a front-row seat to the rapid evolution of models, agents, and coding tools. Investors are paying attention too: Silicon Valley powerhouse Sequoia Capital led Pydantic’s latest $12.5 million funding round.In a recent interview, Colvin shared where he thinks AI development is headed next, and what that means for the rest of us. This Q&A has been edited for length and clarity.Q: You work…
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