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A stunning error in grid planning has cost American ratepayers an estimated twelve billion dollars, according to a new analysis of PJM, the electricity market serving much of the eastern United States. A modeling mistake drove capacity auction prices far higher than they should have been, and ordinary households are footing the bill. It's a reminder that the infrastructure underpinning modern life is only as reliable as the math behind it.
Meanwhile, Microsoft is pointing fingers at artificial intelligence for a delay in a major Exchange Server update. The company says AI-powered bug-finding tools surfaced unexpected issues that need resolving before the release can go out. The irony is hard to miss — the same technology being sold as a productivity accelerator is, in this case, slowing things down considerably.
And in India, a single government job posting drew five hundred thousand applicants for just five hundred and eighty three positions. The numbers speak to a deep mismatch between the scale of India's educated workforce and the opportunities actually available to them, a tension that no app or algorithm has come close to solving.
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