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Shein Workers Have Had It—and They’re Going Public

Under Chinese law, only 10 percent of a company’s staff is supposed to be made up of labor dispatch workers. But Zhang says the regulations are often not rigorously enforced. She noted that companies can also circumvent the limit by hiring workers categorized under different outsourcing schemes that function in …

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OpenAI’s VP of global affairs claims o1 is ‘virtually perfect’ at correcting bias, but the data doesn’t quite back that up

Departures might be dominating the week’s OpenAI-related headlines. But comments on AI bias from Anna Makanju, the company’s VP of global affairs, also grabbed our attention. Makanju, speaking on a panel at the UN’s Summit of the Future event on Tuesday, suggested that emerging “reasoning” models such as OpenAI’s o1 …

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‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry bet half of his portfolio on Chinese stocks. It’s finally starting to pay off.

Famed “Big Short” investor Michael Burry is benefiting from the recent surge in Chinese stocks. Burry’s Scion Asset Management has nearly half of its portfolio invested in Chinese tech giants like Alibaba. China’s recent stimulus measures, including interest-rate cuts, have sparked a surge in stock gains. The surge in Chinese …

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