The OpenAI saga – in which founder and CEO Sam Altman was suddenly fired and then reinstated, together with a new governing board – may have been enthralling, but it was neither novel nor surprising. Historically, capital usually wins out when there are competing visions for the future of an innovative product or business model.
shows why OpenAI’s efforts to preserve its founding non-profit mission never stood any chance.
Climate change is expected to displace tens of millions of people by mid-century, especially in the Global South. By enhancing international cooperation, we could improve the lives and livelihoods of the displaced and develop sustainable solutions that enable affected communities to rebuild.
urge leaders to take a holistic approach to addressing the sharp increase in weather-related displacement.
Antara Haldar
advocates a radical rethink of development, explains what went right at the recent AI Safety Summit, highlights the economics discipline’s shortcomings, and more.
发自伦敦——去年11月欧盟委员会曾提议对欧盟《稳定与增长公约》进行彻底改革。而随后的辩论——以及委员会今年4月发布的更新提案——表明尽管欧盟过去几年里在设计共同政策方面取得了进展,但不信任却依然普遍存在。
正如最初制定的那样,委员会的立法提案将以国别债务削减目标(通过债务可持续性分析确定)和国家中期财政计划来取代对公共债务和财政赤字的刚性限制。监测将基于一个简单的“支出路径”——具有约束力的年度净支出限额,不包括利息支付并根据商业周期变化进行调整——而执行力度将得到强化。
但德国和意大利都没能被说服。前者害怕新制度会赋予委员会过多的减债目标自由裁量权,使其容易屈服于政治压力,后者则担心对债务可持续性的分析会在主权债务市场上引发波动,并倾向于坚持一个原则上非常僵硬但实际上却相当灵活的制度。
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