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Korea Barbeque'd: Kospi Crashes As Chip Stocks Tank, AI Token Index Spirals Lower
Korea Barbeque'd: Kospi Crashes As Chip Stocks Tank, AI Token Index Spirals Lower
South Korean stocks plunged on Tuesday as concerns over circular AI financing and China's expanding DUV lithography capabilities (read here) were top of mind among investors. Adding to the pressure, chipmakers may not have found a floor just yet because Silicon Data's LLM Token Expenditure Index continues to slide, suggesting that companies are shifting toward cheaper models, particularly open-source alternatives from China.
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The Kospi index follows a weak US session lower, falling as much as 10.7%...
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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) - fresh off endorsing California's November ballot measure to seize 5% of billionaire wealth - published a Substack essay Wednesday titled, no really, "Why I Support a Billionaire Wealth Tax."
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Eat The Rich: California Democrats Trigger Reverse Gold Rush With Wealth Tax
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Authored by Jonathan Turley,
This month, the anniversary of the California Gold Rush came and passed with little mention … for good reason. When James W. Marshall found gold at Sutter’s Mill, millions traveled great distances to seek their fortune in the “Golden State.”
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The Justice Department on Tuesday sued Cloudera Inc., accusing the enterprise data and artificial intelligence company of deliberately engineering a hiring process that excluded American workers from at least seven lucrative technology positions while the firm pursued permanent residency sponsorship for foreign workers on temporary visas.
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