The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Israel says ‘war is not close to ending’ as its nuclear research center is targeted for first time, hours after Iranian enrichment site was hit [20d]
• OpenAI plans to almost double its headcount this year, FT says [20d]
• BTS begins comeback tour to reclaim status as one of the world’s biggest pop acts after completing Korea’s mandatory military service [20d]
• U.S. allows sale of stranded Iran oil to cap fuel-price rises [20d]
• The U.S. has the world’s most advanced military, but the unforgiving economics of wars in Iran and Ukraine show quantity has a quality all its own [20d]
• Trump says he will order ICE to airports for security amid government shutdown and vows to arrest ‘all illegal immigrants’ [21d]
• It’s not just vaccines. Parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns—even protection from severe bleeding and blindness [21d]
• Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who led agency after 9/11 and investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies at 81 [21d]
• OpenAI cofounder says he hasn’t written a line of code in months and is in a ‘state of psychosis’ trying to figure out what’s possible [21d]
• United Airlines plans for oil hitting $175 a barrel and staying above $100 next year as industry faces worst shock since COVID [21d]
• Iran launches missiles at U.K.-U.S. base 2,500 miles away in the Indian Ocean, indicating Tehran has weapons with much longer range than once thought [21d]
• A 19-year-old star wrestler and two other young men were hanged in Iran as regime continues with executions and crackdown on dissent during war [21d]
• Iran war cut off helium from Qatar, and shortages will start to bite in a few weeks, threatening chip supply chains that fuel the AI boom [21d]
• DEA names Colombian president ‘priority target’ as U.S. prosecutors probe ties to drug traffickers [21d]
• The U.S. is deploying 3 more amphibious assault ships and 2,500 additional Marines to the Mideast, joining more than 50,000 troops already there [21d]
• TSA officers are quitting rather than working without pay during another shutdown as eviction notices, car repos, and empty fridges weigh [21d]
• The one skill that separates people who get smarter with AI from everyone else [21d]
• Dairy Queen CEO says he learned from Warren Buffett being the ‘smartest person in the world’ isn’t the most important attribute for success [21d]
• ‘Godfather of AI’ says tech companies aren’t concerned with the AI endgame. They’re focused on short-term profits instead [21d]
• Companies are now on the front lines of war. They need to act like it [21d]