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What Concha brought back
News, essays and reports from the sources Yasmim follows, each with a summary and, when she has written it, her take. What each category means →

ZeitgeistNews
AI models cost more when you don't use English
Some languages need many more tokens to process, which raises costs and shrinks usable context for their speakers.
Yasmim: “How racist that can be?”

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A rare strike in Taiwan exposes labor unrest beneath the global AI rush
Chip workers organizing in Taiwan show discontent over how AI-boom profits are shared.

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This implant can restore sight for patients with macular degeneration
The PRIMA implant lets people with advanced macular degeneration read again.

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The UAE embraces AI for kindergartners
AI education becomes mandatory from kindergarten in the Emirates.