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[DAILY AIconomics] The U.S. promises to lower tariffs on EU under the Greenland takeover
With the U.S.-Greenland deal suddenly dominating coverage in both The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, I looked into the economic and technological context and the potential implications behind the issue. [Issue]As Trump has been seeking to get a grip on Greenland since his inauguration, he is making a further move. In his address in Davos this morning, Trump said he won't impose tariffs on se..
2026.01.22
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[DAILY AIconomics] Netflix hits a high after sweetening Warner Bros. / AI startups being invested in for "Inference"
1. Netflix on Tuesday reported strong fourth-quarter results, shortly after striking its 72 billion deal for Warner Bros.Discovery's studios and the HBO Max streaming service. Warner also released financial details on the cable-networks business it plans to spin off. The all-cash deal of 27.75 per share replaces Netflix's previous cash-and-stockdeal. The offer comes as rival bidder Paramount con..
2026.01.21
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[DAILY AIconomics] xAI prohibits illegal content creation / Americans found to be responsible for the tariff war consequences
1. Elon Musk's xAI allows users to edit photos with text prompts, where we can question this: how can we balance privacy and safety in a world dominated by AI? xAI's controversial change allowed users to undress images of real people with its Grok chatbot. Images of naked women have now flooded X. Influencer Ashley St.Clair, who has a child with Musk, sued xAI over Grok-made deepfake pictures of..
2026.01.20
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[DAILY AIconomics] The new Google AI is helping with the mail deluge / Do Mag7 still stand sturdy?
1. Google recently started an AI inbox service, which summarizes the most important messages of unread emails. For those who are sucked into unread emails, a selected list of new messages will come in handy. As for me, I would like AI to handle my cumbersome email management. But here's the thing - is AI trustworthy? According to Nicold Nguyen, a Tech columnist from The Wall Street Journal, she ..
2026.01.19
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[DAILY AIconomics] Why Memory Producers contemplate over an AI Memory demand / Better know well before investing in ETFs
1. The world needs a lot more memory chips and hard drives. The companies making those products have very good reasons not to rush the job. The memory business is in its greatest years as the rapid build-out of infrastructure for AI is consuming a large portion of the available supply of NAND flash memory, DRAM memory, and hard drives. This resulted in a shortage of memory for other markets such..
2026.01.17