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December 19, 2023

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CHINA WILL WIN AI RACE, NVIDIA BOSS SAYS

“China is going to win the AI race,” Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, the world’s leading AI chip maker, said last week in a Financial Times interview during the news service’s Future of AI Summit in London.

IDF LAWYERS WARNED ABOUT EVIDENCE OF WAR CRIMES IN GAZA

Top IDF lawyers expressed concerns over the Israeli military’s actions inside Gaza during the course of the two-year genocide and warned that evidence was emerging that could link the Israelis to war crimes, Reuters reported, citing five former U.S. officials.

CONSUMER SENTIMENT NEARS RECORD LOW

Americans’ outlook on the nation’s economy is within reach of a record low set during the COVID War, the University of Michigan’s twice-monthly survey of consumer sentiment discovered.

REVISITING DEPRESSION—DOPAMINE-SERATONIN BALANCE GAINS ATTENTION FOR TREATMENT-RESISTANT DEPRESSION

Depression is one of the most common mental health challenges today, affecting 332 million people worldwide.

PALESTINIANS URGE THE WORLD TO HELP THEM FIND THE 10,000+ BODIES BURIED UNDER TONS OF RUBBLE

The National Committee for Missing Persons in the Genocide Against Gaza called on the international community last week to help Palestinians in Gaza recover the remains of over 10,000 people buried underneath the rubble inside the enclave that was left behind after the two-year U.S.-backed genocide.

LIQUIDITY ADDICTION DESTRUCTION (BLOWOUT… HOLLOW-OUT)

Weakening the dollar helps service US debt, but pushes trade blocs to settle outside the dollar. With that, lower external USD demand = more of our own debt must be held internally/absorbed into The System.

GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS

The economic landscape has presented an array of challenges that have profoundly affected the business community this year.

AS FORECAST BY CELENTE: MAMDANI’S WIN HAS NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE, WSWS SAYS

The election victory of Zohran Mamdani, a self-proclaimed “democratic socialist,” in the financial center of the world, New York City, has national and international implications because of general “disillusionment with the existing political establishment” and also “outrage over the vast concentration of wealth in the hands of a tiny elite.”

REDISCOVERING PURPOSE IN THE AGE OF AI

There are moments in every age when humanity pauses, looks at its own inventions, and wonders whether it has gone too far. We stand in such a moment now.

MAMDANI’S TRANSITION TEAM SIGNALS MORE OF THE SAME

Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old mayor-elect of New York City, has vowed to turn the city’s business and political establishment on its head, but his first move after being elected was picking an all-women transition team filled with establishment insiders.

RUSSIA’S NEW ‘DUMB BOMBS’ AIM TO WREAK HAVOC ON UKRAINE’S ALREADY DEPLETED AIR DEFENSES

The Russian military has been employing retrofitted Soviet-era glide bombs that have managed to strike targets far from the frontlines—including some that have been refitted with jet engines that enable even farther travel, according to a report in the Financial Times.

GOVERNMENTS UNDERWRITE ENERGY COSTS FOR CHINA’S AI INDUSTRY

As China’s government showers money on AI developers and chip designers, local authorities are offering grants to pay as much as half the energy cost of the industry’s data centers.

AI GENERAL INTELLIGENCE IS ALREADY HERE, INDUSTRY PIONEERS SAY

ChatGPT and its rivals are “generative” AI, responding to requests and instructions by matching patterns they find on the Internet, a high-tech version of monkey-see, monkey-do.

TRUMP STOMPS FEET AFTER MAMDANI WIN

U.S. President Donald Trump has taken Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City personally, despite assuring his supporters that “pollsters” identified the reasons for the smackdown was that “TRUMP WASN’T ON THE BALLOT, AND THE SHUTDOWN.”

AI STOCK SURGE SPARKS FEARS OF A BUBBLE IN ASIAN MARKETS

Just six companies deeply involved in the boom in artificial intelligence (AI) technology have driven half the gains in Hong Kong’s Hang Seng stock index this year, according to calculations by the Financial Times.

WALL STREET GANG TRIES TO REGAIN BEARING AFTER MAMDANI’S WIN IN NEW YORK

Wall Street is trying to determine just how Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, will serve as mayor of New York City after coming out strongly in opposition to his tax policy and lack of experience in political office.

ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW

Yes, the rich are getting richer, and the middle class is shrinking. And as for young Americans having trouble finding decent paying jobs, this is part of a mega-trend that is shaping the economic future.

LIQUIDITY ADDICTION DESTRUCTION (BLOWOUT… HOLLOW-OUT)

Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani, The Newly Elected Mayor Of New York City, Walking Along The City Street

SPOTLIGHT, NEW YORK MAYORAL RACE MARKS A DAY IN HISTORY:

Timing in politics is everything.

HUMANOIDS, FROM CURVY TO HULKISH

Humanoid robots aren’t being developed to simply act as sophisticated tools or ultimate smart appliances for human consumers.

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IDF LAWYERS WARNED ABOUT EVIDENCE OF WAR CRIMES IN GAZA

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CONSUMER SENTIMENT NEARS RECORD LOW

Americans’ outlook on the nation’s economy is within reach of a record low set during the COVID War, the University of Michigan’s twice-monthly survey of consumer sentiment discovered.

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Global Economy

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GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS

The economic landscape has presented an array of challenges that have profoundly affected the business community this year.

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WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT

As AI continues to take over human jobs, IBM announced a restructuring to focus on software development, cloud services and AI, which could result in 2,700 to 5,000 layoffs.

SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER

Civitas Resources and SM Energy are merging in an all-stock deal worth $13 billion that will create a major natural gas producer in the shale-rich Permian Basin underlying Texas and New Mexico.

The Israel War

GAZA DEATH TOLL

At least 69,179 Palestinians have been killed by Israel inside Gaza since October 2023 and 170,693, have been injured.

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ARAB STATES CONCERNED ABOUT TRUMP’S PLAN FOR A ‘NEW GAZA’ THAT WILL ESSENTIALLY CUT ENCLAVE IN HALF

Arab countries are growing more concerned about the U.S.-Israeli idea of essentially cutting Gaza in half to form a “New Gaza” in the enclave’s east, where IDF troops have been stationed behind a Yellow Line, while Palestinians continue to live in the western part of the enclave.

IDF LAWYERS WARNED ABOUT EVIDENCE OF WAR CRIMES IN GAZA

Trends in AI

CHINA WILL WIN AI RACE, NVIDIA BOSS SAYS

DO AI MODELS HAVE A DRIVE TO SURVIVE?

Some AI models refuse to shut themselves off even when they’re told to do so in no uncertain terms, according to a new study by nonprofit Palisades Research, a firm studying AI safety and whether people can control it.

AI GENERAL INTELLIGENCE IS ALREADY HERE, INDUSTRY PIONEERS SAY

ChatGPT and its rivals are “generative” AI, responding to requests and instructions by matching patterns they find on the Internet, a high-tech version of monkey-see, monkey-do.

Global Economy

The Israel War

Trends in AI

Hi-Tech Science

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