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Friday links: intellectual dishonesty

Rates

  • Treasury rates are at their highs for the year. (cnbc.com)
  • Are UK rates really that far out of line? (ft.com)

AI

  • How much of what you read online is AI-generated? (axios.com)
  • AI-generated content is showing up in consultant reports. (sherwood.news)
  • Want to distinguish yourself from AI? Think brevity. (youngmoney.co)

Apple

  • OpenAI probably shouldn't pick a fight with Apple ($AAPL). (spyglass.org)
  • Mythos is reportedly poking holes in MacOS security. (wsj.com)
  • Five stories from "Apple: The First 50 Years" by David Pogue. (nextbigideaclub.com)

X

  • Investors in Elon's deal for Twitter who stuck it out will eventually win with SpaceX shares. (msn.com)
  • Research shows how X can make users more right wing. (theconversation.com)
  • How Elon anoints his proxies on X. (wapo.st)

Legal

  • On the prospects for additional insider trading prosecutions. (nypost.com)
  • Maybe changing corporate reporting frequency won't matter all that much. (ft.com)
  • Another billionaire accused of fraud is going to get off scot-free. (nytimes.com)
  • Why do members of Congress, even those convicted of crimes, collect a pension? (wsj.com)
  • The new head of ICE is a former private prison executive. (thebulwark.com)

Defense

  • The DOD is being forced to move money around to fund the Iran war. (wsj.com)
  • Anduril just raised $5 billion in new funding. (cnbc.com)
  • Ukraine is relying heavily on new drone technology. (nytimes.com)
  • The job of snipers is getting disrupted by drones. (wsj.com)

Economy

  • Kevin Warsh got his dream job. Now comes the hard part. (thebulwark.com)
  • How to lie with statistics, prices paid edition. (newsletter.platypuseconomics.com)
  • Due to the Iran war the world has drawn down its oil supplies. (wsj.com)

Earlier on Abnormal Returns

  • What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
  • Higher prices, not just inflation, will affect consumer sentiment for years to come. (abnormalreturns.com)
  • Don't miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)

Mixed media

  • Being a TV news anchor today isn't what it used to be. (hollywoodreporter.com)
  • Just because a rich guy says something doesn't mean it's newsworthy. (stringinamaze.net)
  • World press freedom is at a 25-year low. (rsf.org)