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The AI boom hasn’t stopped U.S. companies from hiring cheap offshore labor, and overseas call center employment is still skyrocketing

“The technology that was supposed to shrink the industry is fueling its expansion,” said Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok.

Startups are installing tiny data centers in people’s homes to reduce strain on the beleaguered electrical grid

Startups are installing tiny data centers in people’s homes to reduce strain on the beleaguered electrical grid

Span, in partnership with Nvidia and PulteGroup, uses homes’ underutilized electrical capacity in computer processing.

Dario Amodei spent last year warning of an AI white-collar bloodbath. Now he's changing the narrative

Dario Amodei spent last year warning of an AI white-collar bloodbath. Now he's changing the narrative

The Anthropic CEO is sounding more open to the idea that Jevons Paradox—new technology creating more demand and more jobs—is possible with AI.

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BofA throws cold water on AI apocalypse panic: 60% of today's jobs didn't exist in 1940

AI will reshape 840 million jobs, BofA says. That’s not the same as destroying them.

A 160-year-old paradox explains why AI will create more lawyers and accountants—not fewer, top economist says

Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok thinks AI doomers may be proven wrong. Just swap in "people" for "coal" in Jevons Paradox.

Nvidia's race to outpace physics

Nvidia's chips are improving at such a staggering pace that it defies any historical comparison.

DeepSeek claims to have cured AI’s environmental headache. The Jevons paradox suggests it might make things worse

AI burns through a lot of resources. And thanks to a paradox first identified way back in the 1860s, even a more energy-efficient AI is likely to simply mean more energy is used in the long run.

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Why DeepSeek's R1 may not be the bad news for Nvidia and U.S. export controls that many assume

Why DeepSeek's R1 may not be the bad news for Nvidia and U.S. export controls that many assume

Jevons Paradox and 'test time compute' mean the need for advanced computer chips may soar, not plummet.

Satya Nadella believes Chinese AI startup DeepSeek could be a win for tech, even as Microsoft’s shares tumble

Satya Nadella believes Chinese AI startup DeepSeek could be a win for tech, even as Microsoft’s shares tumble

The Microsoft CEO cited Jevons paradox, which stipulates increased efficiency in production drives increased demand.

Six economic myths that wellbeing economies seek to address

The failures of free market fundamentalism and neoliberalism are based on a series of flawed economic assumptions. There is another way.

'Rebound effect' puts CO2 targets at risk

'Rebound effect' puts CO2 targets at risk

Researchers worry more than half of global efforts to cut greenhouse gases by using energy more efficiently could be wiped out by a sneaky efficiency paradox called the 'rebound effect'.

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