AI may never be as cheap to use as it is today. Why it matters: AI companies are hooking users with low prices that won't last — straight out of the Amazon and Uber playbook. The big picture: The push to show profits before IPOs could end the era of cheap AI. - "These LLM companies are going to go public and they're going to raise prices because they have to," May Habib, CEO of Writer, told Axios. State of play: New models from OpenAI, Google and Anthropic are generally getting faster and cheaper. - The industry was fixated on training chips. Now Nvidia and its rivals are focused on inference — the computing that lets models answer your questions. - Aggregate token pricing — the cost of generating text — has fallen, partly due…
The White House wants tougher rules for commercial licenses after several high-profile crashes involving foreign-born drivers. But critics say that would do little to make the nation's roads safer.
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Swing voters who helped reelect President Trump in 2024 don't support his decision to go to war in Iran and instead want to see U.S. tax dollars spent tackling economic pressures facing Americans.
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U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran are playing out in the air and at sea, while a parallel fight is unfolding online . Why it matters: Iranian actors — both state-linked and loosely affiliated — have a history of cyberattacks against the U.S. , but the U.S. and Israeli governments are now using similar tactics. Driving the news: A Wednesday cyberattack allegedly linked to Iran‑aligned hackers disrupted operations at Stryker, a major U.S. medical technology company, The Wall Street Journal reported . - Stryker confirmed in a statement that it is "experiencing a global network disruption to our Microsoft environment," but that it hasn't seen any signs of "ransomware or malware" and now believes the incident is "contained." …
President Trump called GOP Rep. Thomas Massie "disloyal" and a "nut job" during a visit to Massie's district Wednesday that marks a striking escalation in his long-running feud with the Kentucky Republican. Why it matters: Trump has gone after select GOP incumbents from afar for years. But now, the president is doing it on their own turf. - "He is the worst person. His name is...What the hell? How did he ever end up in Kentucky, his name is Thomas Massie," Trump said Wednesday afternoon, drawing boos from the audience at the mention of Massie's name. - Trump brought Massie's primary challenger, Ed Gallrein, up on stage to speak next to him, calling Gallrein "a real hero." - "You deserve an authentic, true Republican conservative that…
Data: Gallup World Affairs poll; Chart: Axios Visuals Americans' positive views of Canada and Great Britain, historically two of Washington's closest friends, hit their lowest level since the 1980s in new Gallup polling . The big picture: President Trump has aggravated those allies, blasting their leaders , starting a global trade war , tossing around annexation threats and straining security alliances . By the numbers: In the previous 12 months through February, Americans' positive ratings for Britain dropped by eight points and for Canada by nine. - Americans' view of both is still overwhelmingly positive with the largest declines coming from Republicans. - Canada's favorability among Republicans plummeted from 85% to 62%.…