The Trump administration eliminated a key finding that underpinned limits on planet-heating pollution from cars and power plants, according to The Verge, while OpenAI released its first production AI model to run on non-Nvidia hardware, deploying the new GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark coding model on chips from Cerebras, as reported by Ars Technica. Simultaneously, the rise of electric vehicles in Africa and a potential shift in global reserve assets were also making headlines.
The Environmental Protection Agency's repeal of the finding, as detailed by The Verge, was a significant move impacting regulations on emissions. Meanwhile, OpenAI's new coding model, as reported by Ars Technica, delivered code at over 1,000 tokens per second, approximately 15 times faster than its predecessor. Sachin Katti, head of product at OpenAI, expressed excitement about the new platform capability.
In Africa, electric vehicles are gaining ground, though challenges remain, according to MIT Technology Review. Limited grid and charging infrastructure, along with reliability issues, pose obstacles. However, a recent study in Nature Energy suggested that EVs could be cheaper to own than gas-powered vehicles in Africa by 2040.
The CEO of Google DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, was also in the news, as reported by Fortune, for his unusual work schedule. He reportedly starts a second workday at 10 p.m., managing his time with back-to-back meetings.
Finally, the decline of the dollar and the rise of gold as a reserve asset were discussed by Fortune. Gold prices surged past $5,300 per ounce last month, driven by factors including President Trump's foreign policy and U.S. deficit spending. Greenlight Capital founder David Einhorn predicted a shift in global reserve assets, with central banks swapping dollars for gold.
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