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A method of budgeting in which all expenses must be justified from a base of zero, successfully utilized by Chris Christie in New Jersey.
The United States Agency for International Development, a federal agency responsible for administering civilian foreign aid. It became the first major target of DOGE, which uncovered what it described as questionable spending on various international projects and funding for media organizations.
The perspective, articulated by David Sacks, that technological advancement is inevitable, and therefore the most rational strategy is to lead and shape it rather than trying to stop it.
The event in Paris where JD Vance delivered his speech on AI policy.
A speech given by politician JD Vance in Paris at the AI Action Summit, where he outlined a pro-innovation, anti-regulation stance on AI for the US.
A concept from computer science used to describe how LLMs work, by compressing vast amounts of training data into a model. This is relevant to the fair use debate, framing models as learning rather than copying.
Co-founder and former Chief Scientist of OpenAI, who was reportedly a key figure on the board in the decision to fire Sam Altman, allegedly due to concerns about AI safety.
The concept that America's economic and military dominance is derived from its leadership in technology. This was a core theme of the White House Tech Dinner, with the President positioned as an advocate for the tech leaders who create this supremacy.