LEVER WEEKLY: Complex Lies, Big Profits
The complexity bias destroying the country, the death of a campus institution, and more from The Lever this week.
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OpenAI, Nvidia to announce data center investments in the UK: Report
The deals will be announced during US President Donald Trump's visit to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer next week, according to reports.
Charlie Kirk’s graphic death videos on social highlight content policy failures
Platforms including X and Threads had difficulty removing the graphic content as their moderation efforts are slower than the pace of virality.
Chinese tech giants Alibaba, Baidu move away from Nvidia chips: Report
US export restrictions on semiconductors are forcing Chinese companies to innovate, though there is still a performance gap with American chips.
Winklevoss twins' crypto company Gemini joins tech IPO boom
The company, which will start trading on Nasdaq Friday, priced its IPO at $28 a share, $2 above the top end of its range.
Albania appoints first AI minister to oversee public procurement
The bot will award all public tenders involving the government’s hiring of private companies, a role historically vulnerable to bribery and threats.
Researchers give doomsday warning about building AI too fast
Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares argue AI could legitimately take over the world in their new book, If Anyone Builds it, Everyone Dies.
How AI is reshaping media, with Google’s VP of marketing, Josh Spanier
How does Google think about advertising?
Nepal crisis unfolds on gaming site Discord
More than 100,000 citizens have now gathered to discuss the crisis in a Discord channel.
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248 headlines“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns
La máquina y la escuela: Anthropic y la guerra de los EE. UU. contra Irán
The machine and the schoolhouse: Anthropic and the US War on Iran
The 2026 Laws That Turned Politics Into a Pressure Test
People Living Near xAI’s Dirty Data Centers Are Right Pissed About the SpaceX IPO
The U.K. Is Banning Social Media for Kids. Can It Deliver More Effectively Than Australia?
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Trump Blocks Foreigners From Using Anthropic’s Latest AI Tech
New Website Tracks AI Dark Money Campaign Spending
The Shocking Secrets of MSG's Surveillance Machine: Noah Shachtman on Knicks' Owner James Dolan
OpenAI files to go public in major test of AI investment boom
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