What if Microsoft let OpenAI go free?

Call it a spectacular modern-day version of Renaissance patronage. Since 2019 Microsoft has provided more than $13bn in cash and computing capacity to OpenAI, a once-penniless startup that is now at the forefront of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and, as of its most recent fundraising round, worth $157bn. In exchange, Microsoft has gained the exclusive…

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Price Controls On Doctors Are Costing Patients Dearly

Market Manipulation getty Just like the December 2024 continuing resolution, the current budget reconciliation bill fails to address the problem of Medicare reimbursing physicians at below market rates. Without a fix, the inevitable consequences will be worsening doctor shortages, declining healthcare quality, higher overall healthcare spending, and the accelerated loss of independent practices. Of course,…

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Iran foreign minister to hold talks with Putin in Moscow

An extended conflict in the Middle East is now the “most likely” scenario after the US escalation over the weekend, commodities analysts at ANZ said on Monday morning. “Risks of supply disruption in the crude oil market have risen sharply following an escalation in the Israel-Iran conflict,” Daniel Hynes and Soni Kumari, commodity strategists at…

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Mounjaro weight loss jab available at GPs

Smitha Mundasad Health reporter Getty Images Weight loss injections like Mounjaro and Wegovy are available in specialist weight loss clinics Prescriptions for Mounjaro jabs, to help people lose weight, will be available at GP surgeries in England from today – but only for those who meet very strict criteria. NHS England says while the long-term…

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