In the Middle East and North Africa region, water is truly life. For centuries, the region was renowned for its innovation in conserving water and delivering it to people. Think of the waterwheels of Hama in Syria, early irrigation dams in Yemen, and the medieval fountains and urban wells of Fez and Marrakesh in Morocco. Such […]
Reminiscent of the ‘Greenspan conundrum’, since 18 September 2024 the Federal Reserve has cut short-term interest rates by 100 basis points, while 10-year interest rates have risen by 100 basis points, defying conventional expectations. This column argues that this ‘reverse conundrum’ can be explained by a sharp decline in foreign official demand for US Treasuries […]
As frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models — that is, models that match or exceed the capabilities of the most advanced models at the time of their development — become more capable, protecting them from theft and misuse becomes more critical. Especially important are a model’s weights — the learnable parameters derived by training the model […]