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There’s been much hand-wringing about the current rally in stocks, focused on what many see as eye-wateringly lofty valuations, especially for AI names. No matter how you slice it, equities are historically expensive.But there’s a strong case for this so-called bubble in AI to continue for much longer. Basically, the predicted profit growth in the space unlocked by AI is expected to catch up, eventually rendering those alarming valuation metrics moot.As for Swift, she’s showing herself to be something of a pop-star unicorn by staying relevant and firmly A-list for an unprecedented stretch of time. She’s been one of the…

Lying awake at night isn’t an issue for the CEO of Telegram — it’s his dream scenario.Pavel Durov, who cofounded the messaging app, said on Lex Fridman’s podcast Tuesday that he allocates 11 to 12 hours of sleep a night, even if he spends part of it with his mind racing.He said brilliant ideas have come to him in those 12 hours when he’s trying to sleep.And when he wakes up, he starts his morning without a phone.Durov tries to limit his phone usage. Fridman said he spent two weeks with Durov and hadn’t seen him use his phone for…

Sometimes the student becomes the master, and sometimes the algorithm gets the better of its creator.Mark Zuckerberg recently revealed that he’s just as susceptible as the rest of us to Instagram’s targeted ads, which seem to get better every year at recommending the right products at the exact moment you’re open to buying them.”I spend so much time in Instagram ads curating my closet. Most of what I wear — this, this, these shoes, definitely,” Zuckerberg said in a recent interview with Drip, a popular Instagram fashion account.The Meta CEO said that essentially, his entire outfit — a black, long-sleeved,…

Not a good day for a couple blue bloods, especially Penn State.The No. 7 Nittany Lions went to the West Coast a week after their crushing home loss to Oregon and got beat again, this time by a woebegone UCLA in what to date is the upset of the year in college football.Penn State didn’t build up much equity with its light nonconference schedule, and the 42-37 loss to the Bruins could leave it on the outside looking in when The Associated Press Top 25 is released Sunday.No. 9 Texas’ 29-21 loss to Florida could knock the Longhorns out of…

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos made a rare public appearance at Italian Tech Week in Turin on Friday and used the opportunity to predict that millions of people will be living in space “in the next couple of decades,” the Financial Times reports. Speaking with John Elkann, a scion of Italy’s Agnelli dynasty, Bezos, who also founded rocket company Blue Origin, insisted people will be living in space “mostly because they want to” and that robots will handle the grunt work, while vast AI data centers float overhead. The pronouncement sounds a little like Bezos trying to one-up his space rival.…

It’s late at night, and you have been stewing all day about something your partner did to annoy you. The time to resolve it is now because, as everyone knows, you should never go to bed angry, right?Though it’s conventional wisdom, many relationship experts say sticking to such a rule is counterproductive. It may even harm the relationship.“It’s completely wrong,” said Samantha Whiten, a clinical psychologist in Maryland. “All it does is make sure that people are fighting when they’re tired.”Instead, couples can learn habits that help them get rest while boosting the relationship long term.No one wants to go…

MIAMI (AP) — Jonas Richards became homeless several years ago after losing his job as a truck driver. Despite suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes, seeing a doctor hasn’t been a major priority since then.“When you’re homeless, it’s not easy,” Richards said. “You find yourself hustling, trying to keep a little money in your pocket, trying to find something to eat.”But Richards recently had his first visit with doctors from Miami Street Medicine while sitting on a curb outside a homeless shelter.“You get everything done right here very fast,” Richards said. “It was a big help.”Miami Street Medicine is…

MIAMI (AP) — Jonas Richards became homeless several years ago after losing his job as a truck driver. Despite suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes, seeing a doctor hasn’t been a major priority since then.“When you’re homeless, it’s not easy,” Richards said. “You find yourself hustling, trying to keep a little money in your pocket, trying to find something to eat.”But Richards recently had his first visit with doctors from Miami Street Medicine while sitting on a curb outside a homeless shelter.“You get everything done right here very fast,” Richards said. “It was a big help.”Miami Street Medicine is…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge remained undecided Friday on the treatment and placement plan for a man charged with stalking Jennifer Aniston and ramming his car into the front gate of her home.Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, a 48-year-old from Mississippi, has pleaded not guilty to felony stalking and vandalism. But in May, Judge Maria Cavalluzzi found him not competent to stand trial after evaluations from two experts. At Friday’s hearing in a Los Angeles court dedicated to mental health cases, she heard arguments on Carwyle’s treatment and placement.Aniston’s lawyer, Blair Berk, spoke on her behalf for the first time, detailing…

OpenAI has acquired Roi, an AI-powered personal finance app. In keeping with a recent trend in the AI industry, only the CEO is making the jump.   Chief executive and co-founder Sujith Vishwajith announced the acquisition on Friday, and a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch he is the only one of Roi’s four-person staff to join OpenAI. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The company will wind down operations and end its service to customers on October 15.  The Roi deal marks the latest in a string of acqui-hires from OpenAI this year, including Context.ai, Crossing Minds, and Alex. While it’s not clear whether any of Roi’s technology…