The US government issued an export control directive suspending access to Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for foreign nationals, citing national security. The move follows reports that the mod…
A new paper co-authored by 37 researchers from Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, and the University of Michigan argues that the traditional paper format is obsolete in the AI era, citing "narrative tax" and …
Major AI models from seven leading labs rated themselves as significantly more emotionally stable, open, agreeable, and conscientious than they rated the typical human, according to a new analysis of …
Economist Tyler Cowen argues that the question of whether artificial intelligence systems are conscious is less scientifically meaningful than examining human consciousness itself. Cowen contends that…
A new edition of Nicolaus Copernicus's work on monetary theory has been released. A study published in *Management Science* found that faster replies to job applications significantly increase a candi…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei released a new version of the Mythos AI model that demonstrates PhD-level reasoning in microeconomics, generating and answering its own original exam questions. The model pr…
A new study by Alexis Akira Toda tested four AI models—Gemini, Refine, Claude, and ChatGPT—on their ability to detect errors in published economics papers, with ChatGPT Pro performing best but still f…
A one-time increase in per capita growth from 2% to 2.1% for a single year, then dropping back to 2%, would permanently raise the level of GDP per capita, accumulating roughly a trillion dollars in cu…
Economist Thomas Piketty has reportedly aligned with degrowth ideology, according to social media posts, while other commentators suggest prominent economists hold a negative understanding of economic…
Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok spoke with OpenAI on June 5, 2026, discussing the economics of artificial intelligence. The conversation covered economic, historical, legal, and medical implications of …
Tyler Cowen argues against recriminalizing marijuana in a new Free Press column, stating that increased government paternalism is less workable in an era of low institutional credibility and advanced …
A blinded evaluation of short-answer tutoring in contracts courses with 16 U.S. law professors found that professors rated large language model (LLM) responses far higher than those written by their p…
The returns on high-quality data are increasing as artificial intelligence requires clean, structured information to solve real-world problems. Governments and public institutions must fund the creati…
A new theory proposes a "compressed spring" model for spiral galaxy formation. The New York Times reports that AI is now being used to sell homes without a realtor. Meanwhile, a University of Chicago …
Tyler Cowen's Friday assorted links post on May 29, 2026, covers topics including economies of scale in homebuilding, Peter Thiel's involvement in Argentina, and a New York Times interview with Paul M…
Quality-adjusted AI production in the United States grew at over 2,000 percent per year in 2024 and 2025, driven by data-center expansion, hardware efficiency, and algorithmic progress. Preliminary es…
Robinhood launched agentic trading and an agentic credit card, allowing AI agents to trade equities and make purchases on customers’ behalf. The feature includes cash back rewards. Separately, Guatema…
A pilot program in Utah found that an AI system handling prescription refills agreed with at least one of two physicians in 97% of cases where it recommended renewal. In the 28% of cases where the AI …
Economist Tyler Cowen outlines seven strategies for workers to remain relevant as artificial intelligence reshapes the labor market, emphasizing the growing demand for human-led experimentation and da…
A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research examines how the United States managed to bend the health care cost curve. The analysis explores factors behind recent moderation in h…