Tootfinder

The scale of investment and the involvement of governments means ROI must be found (or rather created) now, by any means necessary! Demand already is being forcefully created to justify these expenditures. Business models, regulations and policies/politics are pivoted in lockstep. Aside from all the conceptual, ethical and environmental issues of LLMs and their required infrastructure, these shifts are already also impacting chip/hardware production pipelines and start spelling the end of pe…

samim (@samim@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image The AI infrastructure build-out is so gigantic that in the past 6m, it contributed more to the growth of the U.S. economy than /all of consumer spending/ The 'magnificent 7' spent more than $100 billion on data centers and the like in the past three months *alone* As a % of GDP, spending on AI infra has already exceeded spending on telecom and internet infrastructure from the dot-com boom—and it’s still growing. This spending is so big it’s acting as a sort of privat…

While the Sšnchez government is committed to spending 2% GDP on war, it is resisting Trump / NATO/OTAN calls to spend 5%.
Sšnchez se opone a subir el gasto en defensa al 5% del PIB como pide Trump, ¿y ahora qué?
https://www.eldiario.es/interna…

Sánchez se opone a subir el gasto en defensa al 5% del PIB como pide Trump, ¿y ahora qué?
España rechaza las últimas conclusiones presentadas por el secretario general de la OTAN, donde se fija ese nuevo compromiso de los 32 países de la Alianza Atlántica y se abre un periodo de negociación in extremis hasta la cumbre de La Haya (24 y 25 de junio)

New wave of austerity in France.
Frozen pensions, cuts in public spending and jobs and reductions in public holidays. Debt at 114% GDP
El Gobierno francés congelarš pensiones, recortarš gasto social y funcionarios y eliminarš días festivos para contener la deuda
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El Gobierno francés congelará pensiones, recortará gasto social y funcionarios y eliminará días festivos para contener la deuda
El primer ministro de Francia anuncia un ajuste presupuestario de 43.800 millones de euros para 2026