Elon Musk's xAI faces threat of NAACP lawsuit over air pollution from Mississippi data center https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/musks-xai-faces-threat-of-naacp-lawsuit-over-pollution-in-mississippi.html?taid=698fa96be03fbc0001018429&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
This week's Bespoke Report is titled "AI Boom to AI Doom." Start a trial to read the full 38-page report over the long weekend: https://www.bespokepremium.com/interactive/posts/think-big-blog/the-bespoke-report-ai-boom-to-ai-doom
As the egomaniacal hyperscaler CEO billionaires try to outdo each other in their wild capex spending race to attain the holy grail of "artificial general intelligence" (AGI -which is unlikely to occur anytime soon - if ever), they've caused severe shortages of many electronic components, including semiconductor memories.
Meanwhile, the average American consumer gets: sharply rising energy bills, significantly higher prices (and potential shortages) for PCs, smartphones, computer monitors, TVs, game consoles & more (all products they use), ill-founded (mostly) fears of job losses and slightly better search capability.
Software developers (making up less than four-tenths of 1 percent of the U.S. population), get to write computer code faster. Despite the wild-eyed promises of cures for cancer, world peace and prosperity and a "new era for humanity" (Zuckerberg), we'd all be better off if the CEOs had just stuck to UFC-style cage match challenges (Musk, Zuckerberg - which also never occurred), to prove their superiority.
New York Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Scam Nets $120 Million Involving Elderly Patients
Two men from Queens, New York, have been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for allegedly orchestrating a $120 million fraud targeting Medicare and Medicaid. They reportedly paid elderly patients to submit false claims for unnecessary prescriptions and daycare services. If convicted, the accused face up to 10 years in prison each as authorities vow to protect program integrity.
Don’t cry for millennials or Gen Z. Save your pity for those in their 50s https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/05/08/why-gen-x-is-the-real-loser-generation?taid=698fa84792bc7f000143acf6&utm_campaign=editorial-social&utm_content=discovery.content&utm_medium=social-media.content.np&utm_source=twitter
Hollywood shaken by Brad Pitt-Tom Cruise fight video made with Chinese AI: ‘over for us’ https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343548/hollywood-shaken-brad-pitt-tom-cruise-fight-video-made-chinese-ai-over-us
It removes a cornerstone of climate regulation https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/02/13/how-dangerous-is-donald-trumps-endangerment-decision?taid=698fa62ecaae220001a8fd10&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
A judge declared a mistrial Friday in the trial of five current and former Stanford University students charged after pro-Palestinian protests in 2024, when they barricaded themselves inside the university president and provost executive offices. https://apnews.com/article/stanford-propalestinian-protest-trial-39368c0f262ec66f4c2935622ce3779d
Canada’s energy minister said the government’s push to build carbon capture technology in the Alberta oil sands ensures the industry is adapting to change even as the US reverses its environmental policies https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-13/canada-s-carbon-plan-will-help-oil-patch-in-future-tim-hodgson-says?taid=698fa5354fe0d800012ad601&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
[IMPORTANT] BlackRock's Strategic Entry into DeFi with Uniswap Partnership and UNI Token Purchase...
BlackRock announced deploying its $2.2 billion tokenized bond fund to UniswapX for on-chain trading and confirmed purchasing Uniswap's governance token, UNI, causing a 25% surge in UNI's price. This marks BlackRock's first foray into DeFi governance tokens, signaling growing institutional interest in decentralized finance. The move reflects broader trends of major financial firms integrating blockchain technologies and governance tokens into their portfolios.
China's tech titans are giving away money and cars in 'The Lunar New Year AI War' https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/china-ai-lunar-new-year-bytedance-baidu-tencent-alibaba.html?taid=698fa4b1e03fbc0001018409&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Humana has acquired MaxHealth in a deal that will combine the Florida operator of health-care clinics with the insurer’s CenterWell Senior Primary Care division https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-13/humana-buys-clinic-operator-maxhealth-from-arsenal-capital?taid=698fa4b04fe0d800012ad5fd&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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