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As a joke I prompted Codex "Build and run BenchBench, a benchmark of now good ai is at creating benchmarks. then figure out what benchbenchbench is and run that. and then write benchbenchbench up as a good arXiv paper." I got a PDF. But the paper is actually kind of interesting?

Fidelity urges Senate passage of the CLARITY Act. The time is now for clear rules of the road that are essential to strengthening investor confidence, providing certainty for market participants, and reinforcing U.S. leadership in global digital asset markets.

Money supply is significantly outpacing economic growth across major economies: Canada's M2 money supply has grown +368% since January 2004, the largest increase among G7 economies. By comparison, the Canadian economy has expanded +159% over the same period. The US follows, with M2 growth of +279% versus a +171% increase in nominal GDP. Meanwhile, M2 in France has surged +258% and +211% in the Euro Area, both outpacing nominal GDP growth of +84% and +102%, respectively. In Japan, M2 has grown +90% since 2004, while its economy expanded just +25%, the slowest pace among G7 economies. The gap between money creation and economic growth is widening.

wow. openai decides to sign on to the Nvidia/Microsoft-backed open letter to regulators supporting open source incredible

Q2 was an amazing quarter, with our AI investments redefining what’s possible across every part of our business. Alphabet revenue grew 24% YoY and Google Cloud accelerated to 82% growth. We saw exciting momentum across the board from Search to YouTube to the Gemini app (which reached 950M monthly active users). Our model APIs are processing 22B tokens/min (up from 16B+ last quarter) driven by our workhorse Flash models. We’re also seeing great adoption of Gemini Enterprise, used by 90% of the Fortune 100, as well as strong demand for our security solutions. Outstanding results and momentum, and such an exciting moment—thanks to all of our partners and employees around the world! 🙌 About to hop on the call!

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