US Residential Solar Installations Set To Stall For Years As Market Hits Wall

Warren Whines As Senate Banking Committee Advances Crypto CLARITY Act, Two Democrats Break Ranks Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, The Senate Banking Committee advanced the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on a 15–9 vote Thursday, with Sens. Ruben Gallego (D‑Ariz.) and Angela Alsobrooks (D‑Md.) joining all 13 Republicans to move the sweeping crypto market structure bill to the full Senate. The Clarity Act is the Senate’s bid to build a federal framework for digital asset trading, stablecoins and intermediaries, splitting oversight between the SEC and CFTC and setting registration, disclosure and compliance rules...

How The Global Economy Became The World's Most Dangerous Battlefield Authored by Madge Waggy, The twenty-first century has introduced a form of confrontation that rarely appears on television screens, is seldom announced through diplomatic declarations, and almost never begins with the spectacle traditionally associated with war. Its progression is quieter, considerably more sophisticated, and arguably more consequential than many conventional conflicts because its primary objective is not the occupation of territory but the gradual acquisition of economic leverage capable of influencing political decisions, technological innovation, industrial production, and ultimately the everyday lives...

OpenAI Plans Ongoing Public Reports On Unexpected AI Behavior Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, OpenAI said Wednesday that it will start publishing ongoing public reports when its models behave in ways the company did not authorize or expect, and it released six such cases on the same day. The reports cover the past six months and are derived from the training and evaluation process. OpenAI called the releases a framework for tracking, investigating, and disclosing "model misalignment." It also called the framework a work in progress. Until now, OpenAI often...