In Development Magazine is still taking pitches.
Coefficient Giving has a new RFP for projects to improve global health and well-being in an era of transformative AI.
Current AI systems appear to make it much easier to break into (US) classified systems. Given that the US almost certainly has more robust cyber defenses than almost any other country,1 I would feel very nervous if I were India or Pakistan…
Young biomedical scientists are much less likely to want to stay in academia than they were pre-Trump, and they are much more likely to want to leave the US. Seems bad.
The speed of progress is determined by bottlenecks, not the most-accelerated fields.
Works in Progress is branching out into reported stories.2
Niko McCarty is doing microgrants in hyperspectral biology.
Legalizing sports betting resulted in 284,000 more households becoming food-insecure. Seems bad.
In Argentina, if you’re behind on child support, you can’t buy soccer tickets. This seems good.
Almost half of G- or PG-rated movies contain torture????
China and Israel seem like possible exceptions.
InDev takes reported pieces as well, just saying.