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Jorge Costa Oliveira Last Thursday marked the expiration of New START, the last remaining bilateral agreement – between Russia, with 5,459 nuclear warheads, and the United States,
Jorge Costa Oliveira Tesla’s price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio currently stands at around 283.5 (380, according to Gemini, and 400, according to MarketWatch) – far higher than that of
Jorge Costa Oliveira Donald Trump’s continued insistence that the United States should annex Greenland triggered a strong condemnation from European governments. Trump responded by threatening to impose additional tariffs
Jorge Costa Oliveira Artificial general intelligence (AGI) – which can be understood as the point at which a machine is capable of performing any intellectual task a
Jorge Costa Oliveira In a recent article, we saw how excessive debt, when not matched by an adequate equity ratio or by income generated within the timeframe
Jorge Costa Oliveira Several newspapers report that U.S. companies and investors with close ties to Donald Trump have already begun negotiations to acquire assets or jointly exploit
Jorge Costa Oliveira Over the past decade, we have seen rapid growth in data centers – whether for cloud data storage, cryptocurrency mining, or the development of
Jorge Costa Oliveira In most countries, posting “life is crap” on social media gets you a sympathy emoji or, at worst, silence. In China, it can now
Jorge Costa Oliveira The significant influence that major corporations exert on American politics is well known, from funding extremely expensive electoral campaigns to spending fortunes on lobbying
Jorge Costa Oliveira Beyond the future risks associated with general artificial intelligence (AI) and superintelligent AIs, there are current threats that are seldom discussed — yet deserve to
Jorge Costa Oliveira Since 2015, when China approved its industrial policy program “Made in China 2025,” Beijing’s ultimate goal has been to reduce the country’s dependence on
Jorge Costa Oliveira China’s population began to shrink in 2022. The UN’s projections – revised several times, the last one in 2024 – point to a gradual decline to 633
Jorge Costa Oliveira When discussing the enormous potential arising from today’s technological advances – especially artificial intelligence (AI) – it’s common to draw comparisons with earlier moments
Jorge Costa Oliveira Despite the tendency to designate everything that is technologically advanced as AI, there are still only a few cases of true AI (i.e., autonomous
Jorge Costa Oliveira “Go” (in Chinese, wéiqí) is a two-player board game invented in China more than 2,500 years ago. The objective is to surround more territory
Jorge Costa Oliveira A Gallup survey (June 2025) shows an increase in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, though it concludes that workers
Jorge Costa Oliveira In the coming years, we should witness the emergence of numerous artificial intelligence (AI) agents designed for specific tasks or areas – IT/programming, healthcare,
Jorge Costa Oliveira In the current Trump 2.0 administration, beyond the usual fiscal and budgetary measures, economic stimulus packages, and regulatory agencies in sectors such as finance,
Jorge Costa Oliveira The highly regarded Pew Research Center recently released a concise analysis of projections for some of the major changes in the world’s population
Jorge Costa Oliveira There is no doubt that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will revolutionize industries, supercharge scientific research, and make many aspects of life and work more efficient.
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