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Rafael Ortiz

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The Pioneer Building in San Francisco, OpenAI's longtime headquarters
Tech
Wednesday, 8/19, 10:36 PM

OpenAI counters Anthropic with a no-retention approach to AI safety monitoring

  • OpenAI is previewing Private Safety Processing, a system that scans for patterns of misuse across customer sessions using automated agents instead of human reviewers, without retaining the underlying data.
  • The design is a direct answer to Anthropic's 30-day retention policy for its most capable models, and a sign that privacy has become a competitive weapon in enterprise AI.
The London Stock Exchange building at Paternoster Square
Companies 31 d

Why a company can beat earnings and still see its shares fall

  • Beating the consensus estimate is close to normal: FactSet data puts the five-year average at 78% of S&P 500 companies topping expectations.
  • When a beat is met with a falling share price, the explanation is usually that the market was pricing something other than the quarter that just ended.

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In brief

Stacks of banknotes at the German Reichsbank during the 1923 hyperinflation
Economy 47 d

What Is Hyperinflation? When Money Becomes Worthless

  • Hyperinflation is inflation gone catastrophic — prices doubling in days, wages worthless by the time they're spent, and citizens hauling cash in wheelbarrows.
  • Rare but ruinous, it shows what happens when a currency loses the one thing that gives it value: trust.

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The WhatsApp app icon on a smartphone screen
Tech 51 d

WhatsApp Adds Usernames So You Can Chat Without Sharing Your Number

  • WhatsApp is rolling out optional usernames, letting you be reached by a handle instead of your phone number — and you can reserve yours now.
  • It's a meaningful privacy shift for the world's most-used messaging app, bringing it in line with Signal, Telegram and Instagram.

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In brief