AI Briefing: Concerns about misinformation grow on the eve of the U.S. elections
AI- and non-AI political misinformation on Meta and X are filling platforms with plenty of smoke designed to confuse and misdirect voters…
How Much Does It Cost To Build a House? Is It Cheaper To Build or Buy?
From building to buying, home prices across the country have soared to new heights. The national average cost to build a house is about [$329,000](https://www.forbes.com/home-improvement/contractor/cost-to-build-a-house/), not including land. That’s for an average-sized house of 2,594 square feet, which boils down to $126 per square foot. This may seem high, but the price to buy an
Japan’s economic growth likely cooled sharply in Q3 in test for BOJ policy: Reuters poll
By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economy is expected to have slowed sharply in the third quarter hurt by sluggish consumption and capital spending, a Reuters poll showed, which… Read more »
Tomasz Tunguz’s Theory Ventures has raised a $450 million second fund, filings say
Theory Ventures has raised $450 million for its second fund, according to securities filings viewed by Fortune. The firm was started in 2023 by Tomasz Tunguz, a former managing director… Read more »
Goldman Sachs says reaching net zero will cost $75 trillion—more than two times U.S. GDP
Reaching net zero emissions is essential to mitigating the worst effects of climate change, but it will also take a massive investment, according to Goldman Sachs Research. Offsetting the greenhouse… Read more »
Amazon’s CEO dropped a big hint about how a new AI version of Alexa is going to compete with chatbots like ChatGPT
More than a year after Amazon teased a new, smarter and AI-powered Alexa, the world is still waiting for the product’s release. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy didn’t provide an update… Read more »
Meta makes its MobileLLM open for researchers, posting full weights
Developers and researchers interested in testing MobileLLM can now access the models on Hugging Face, fully integrated with the Transformers library…
Former ‘Real Housewives of New York’ star Dorinda Medley Opens Doors to Her Extravagant $4 Million Berkshires Megamansion
“[Real Housewives of New York City](https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/five-homes-of-the-real-housewives/)” alum Dorinda Medley is opening the doors to her palatial Berkshires estate, which has been gloriously redesigned, each room more glamorous than the next. Fans may recognize the place, which was [featured on “Housewives,”](https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/real-estate-wars-of-the-real-housewives-cast-members/) as well as the Bravo spin off, “Ultimate Girls Trip.” However, as Medley, 59, reveals
China’s Oct factory, services activity break back into expansion
By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s manufacturing activity expanded for the first time in six months and services picked up in October, indicating that Beijing’s latest stimulus measures are… Read more »
