AI is taking on many of humans’ functions at call centers and could erase the need for most of their employees in as little as a year, according to Krithi Krithivasan, CEO of India’s Tata Consultancy Services.
AI: THE NEXT GENE EDITOR?
The state of the art in gene editing is a process called CRISPR. It uses snippets from bacteria’s immune systems that are able to slice DNA.
MICROSOFT STRIKES AI DEAL WITH INDONESIA
After a meeting between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Indonesian president Joko Widodo, the company announced it will invest $1.7 billion in the country’s AI and cloud computing infrastructure over the next four years, including construction of a data center campus.
SYNTHETIC CELLS LOOK AND ACT LIKE NATURE’S OWN
A research team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has reported a first: the group engineered DNA and proteins to synthesize cells that look and act like those in the human body but have improved capabilities.
WEAK ELECTRIC CURRENT ZAPS DEPRESSION
As many as three million American adults ages 65 and older are beset by depression, according to figures from the Pew Research Center.
A CHEAPER NEW WAY TO CULL LITHIUM FROM TRASH
Supplies of lithium, the clean energy transformation’s precious metal, are projected to fall millions of tons short of demand in the years ahead.
HAND SANITIZERS COULD DAMAGE CRITICAL SUPPORTING CELLS IN THE BRAIN
Toxic chemicals found in hand sanitizers and other disinfectants, as well as household items like furniture and electronics, could be harming brain development in children
U.S. SUPREME COURT ALLOWS CASE TO MOVE FORWARD THAT COULD DISSUADE AND CHILL THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE PEACEFUL POLITICAL MASS PROTESTS
In a case with far-reaching implications across the political spectrum for free speech and the right to protest, the U.S. Supreme Court is allowing a case to move forward that could hold a protest organizer liable for the independent actions of another protester, ultimately undermining the right to organize non-violent protests.
ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
While the Dow posted its longest winning streak since December, the plantation workers of Slavelandia—people that used to be called middle and lower class—are on a losing streak.
MARKETS: EXPECT EXTREME DISTORTIONS TO GET MUCH WORSE FROM HERE. THIS IS WHY.
Just this past week we heard from World Control, AKA, The Federal Reserve, who made it VERY clear to the market that rate cuts/more easy money is coming. With that, the MMRI has CRATERED, falling from a Red Zone/Extreme Risk high of 309.2 to an Amber Zone/High Risk 294.3.