Last week, the average national U.S. interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage reached 7.03 percent, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. reported, the highest since January 2025.
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A THIRD OF AMERICANS ARE UNABLE TO PAY ALL THEIR BILLS IN A MONTH
Over the past year, a third of U.S. households were unable to pay all of their bills each month, according to a September poll by the Financial Health Network.
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THE AI BUILDOUT IS BECOMING THE BIGGEST SPECULATION IN U.S. HISTORY
The construction boom in AI data centers is shaping up to be the biggest bet in U.S. history made on an emerging technology, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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GAZA/LEBANON DEATH TOLL
Israel killed at least 74,023 Palestinians and injured another 175,980 since the start of the genocidal war in Gaza in October 2023.
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VIDEO GAMES AS MEDICINE FOR KIDS? NEW STUDIES HIGHLIGHT RISKS
A video game designed to help children manage anxiety reduced symptoms in a clinical trial published this month, adding to growing evidence that games could become tools for treating children’s mental and behavioral health.
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WHEN EVERYTHING BECOMES A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT
“National security” has become the government’s all-purpose permission slip to behave badly.
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META INTRODUCES MUSE AI, STIRS CONTROVERSY
Meta Platforms has introduced Muse, its new AI agent that users can converse with through a pocket-size disk called Charm, which is complete with a video screen that allows users to make video phone calls.
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AI LAB CREATES NEW WAY FOR AI TO THINK, SLASHING COSTS
Researchers at AI lab Pathway claim to have developed an entirely new way for AIs to think. This “vector-based” non-linguistic approach will be dramatically cheaper to operate, they say.
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AI WATCHDOGS ARE STRESSED OUT AND SEEING COUNSELORS
Several researchers at the U.K.’s AI Security Institute (AISI) have been given leave from their jobs due to high stress, and many are undergoing counseling, the Financial Times reported.
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COLLEGES EMBRACE AI AS THEIR STUDENTS FACE “COGNITIVE SURRENDER”
Universities, their professors, and students face a dilemma, The New York Times said in an article this month: do they “use more AI to stay relevant or dial back to preserve learning and thinking?”