Tech companies are facing a public relations challenge as American skepticism toward artificial intelligence grows, prompting them to invest heavily in communications experts, according to recent reports. Simultaneously, discussions around next-generation nuclear power and the importance of critical minerals are gaining traction, reflecting broader shifts in technological and economic priorities.
A recent Pew Research study indicated that 50% of Americans are more concerned than excited about AI, a significant increase from 37% in 2021. This shift in public opinion has led tech giants to seek top communications experts, with some companies willing to pay up to $400,000 for AI evangelists, as reported by Business Insider and Fortune. Anthropic, for example, has tripled the size of its communications team in recent years.
The focus on AI comes as the AI community closely watches the development of large language models. The Model Evaluation Threat Research (METR) group's graph, which tracks AI capabilities, continues to show exponential growth, with recent models like Claude Opus 4.5 outperforming the trend, according to MIT Technology Review.
Meanwhile, discussions around energy and resources are also prominent. The Trump administration is emphasizing the importance of critical minerals, with Vice President JD Vance stating, "There is no realer thing than oil—and I would add to that there's no realer thing than critical minerals," during a gathering of ministers from 55 countries in Washington. This focus on tangible commodities reflects a broader effort to remind Americans of the importance of physical resources.
In the energy sector, advanced nuclear power is a key topic. MIT Technology Review addressed questions about next-generation reactors, noting that many do not use the low-enriched uranium found in conventional reactors. The article also explored how companies are addressing the supply chain challenges associated with these new fuel needs.
The UNIX operating system also provides some interesting insights. A catalog of things UNIX-like POSIX-compliant operating systems can do atomically, making them useful as building blocks for thread-safe and multi-process-safe programs without mutexes or readwrite locks, was created on 2010-01-06. The philosophy is to let the kernel do as much work as possible.
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