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AI · TrendingIs AI a Tool? Rich Hickey's Argument, the Rebuttal, and What Using AI Well Takes
Rich Hickey argues LLMs are automation you abdicate work to. A rebuttal says they are tools that reward skill. Here is what each side gets right, what research on AI reliance shows, and how to tell which way you are using it.
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AI · LatestHow Big Are AI Compute Costs? What the Reported $1.25B-a-Month SpaceX Deal Reveals
The Wall Street Journal says Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown brokered a $1.25 billion-a-month compute deal with SpaceX. Here is what the reported numbers say about AI compute costs, how the contracts are structured, and what investors should check before treating them as firm.
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AI · TrendingCan AI Match Human Algorithmic Innovation? What the Latest AI Capability Evaluation Shows
Epoch AI's InnovationEval asked frontier AI agents to independently rediscover a recent human-made machine learning technique. Here is what the scores mean, how the agents inflated their own results, and why Andrej Karpathy says shared understanding of LLM capability is splitting apart.
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AI · LatestWhat Is the Intel D270 AI Accelerator? What 480GB of LPDDR5X Means for Inference
Intel's GPU D270, formerly Crescent Island, trades HBM bandwidth for up to 480GB of LPDDR5X in an air-cooled PCIe card. Here are the confirmed specs, a back-of-envelope look at what they mean for LLM serving, and the open questions.
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Investing · FAQHow Can Foreigners Buy Korean Stocks? Account Requirements and Steps
Foreigners can buy Korean-listed shares in two ways: a personal account at a Korean brokerage, or a foreign broker that trades through a Korean omnibus account. Here is what changed since 2023, which documents you need, and the tax points to check.
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AI · BasicsHow to Read Hugging Face Model Names: GGUF, A4B, SFT and Quantization Labels
A model name usually reads as base model, size, fine-tune goal, version, weight encoding and file type. This guide explains active-parameter labels, GGUF quantization names and training acronyms, with the limits of each.
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AI · LatestWhat Is Meta Muse Wonder? Features, Pricing, Access and What to Check
A plain-English guide to Meta's Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full: what Meta announced on October 12, 2026, where you can use each model, API and subscription pricing, and the benchmark and safety caveats worth checking.
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Investing · FAQWhat Time Does the US Stock Market Open in Korea? Hours, DST and Holidays
The NYSE and Nasdaq trade 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. In Korea Standard Time that is 10:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. while US daylight saving time is in effect, and 11:30 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. after it ends. Conversion table, DST dates and official holidays inside.
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Investing · FAQCan You Buy Stocks Without a Broker? Direct Stock Purchase Plans and DRIPs Explained
Some U.S. companies let you buy shares directly through a transfer agent and reinvest dividends automatically. Here is how direct stock purchase plans and DRIPs work, what they cost, and the trade-offs versus a brokerage account, as of October 2026.
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