The gamble of trying to inflate away debtThe United States national debt is running at more than $40 trillion dollars. It’s a potential crisis in the making, but President Donald Trump suggested it can all be solved just by inflating the debt away. Today, we dig into the nitty gritty on how and when inflating the national debt could work.Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.Your Next Listen –Is the…NPR16h agoWhole story →TechnologyCultureDonald Trumpnational debt crisis
Asian shares are mixed with tech stocks volatile, and oil falls on Trump's Russian sanctions waiverAsian shares are mixed as the volatility in technology stocks persists. U.S. futures have edged higher ahead of another week of American corporate earnings. A sell-off of technology shares from Asia to Wall Street has recently put downward pressure on stock markets, as investor concerns grow over the sustainability of the artificial intelligence boom.…The Atlanta Journal-Constitution2d agoWhole story →TechnologyEconomyDonald Trumptrump russian sanctions waiver
Trump’s AI Task Force to Commission Report on Technology’s RisksPresident Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence task force in its first meeting agreed on Thursday to address risks related to cybersecurity, biosecurity and “model control and accountability” as fears rise over the potential dangers posed by the technology.Bloomberg5d agoWhole story →TechnologyDonald Trumpai task force meeting