W. Buffett -The End of an Era & GDPR Rollback

Dive into the future with Anthropic’s AI boom, Cam-Lidar’s drone-tracking leap, Apple’s chip supply win, and a rare sit-down with Charlie Munger, all while the EU reshapes privacy rules and nature shows off octopus quirks.

Innovation, intrigue, and wisdom collide in today’s cutting-edge roundup.

So, the machine that promised to reinvent reality got a bit… uneasy. OpenAI is still spending like it’s winning (billions in infrastructure!) while investors are whispering “bubble?” in the corner. 

Meanwhile, SoftBank Group quietly dumped a $5.8 billion stake in Nvidia, and pretty much every AI headline turned into “hold my chips, watch this.” 

Message: the future is still awesome, but maybe we should double-check the receipt before we buy the console.

Markets did their usual “look how confident we are” dance, until tech wobbled and reminded everyone: yes, we remember you’re human after all. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both slid while semiconductors sneezed. 

And in the U.K.? Drivers could face £5,000 fines for “splashing pedestrians.” Yes, you read that right. Autumn puddles = potential criminal. 

Takeaway: investing in tech might feel like betting on rocket fuel, and walking home in the rain may now require a lawyer.

While the markets freak out, the labs are still quietly plotting world domination. Researchers are pointing at generative-AI infrastructure buildouts, questioning how all this will actually pay off. 

But hold on, there’s also the massive geopolitical science moves you missed: from research funding squabbles to regulatory changes, it’s basically science’s version of terminal combat in a sci-fi flick. 

In short: the future might be smart, but it’s currently broke, bureaucratic, and maybe slightly terrifying.

Oh, and just when you thought teamwork was broken at corporate levels, the United States Senate moved a bill to end the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown. NGO-style victory? Maybe. But it still feels like someone pressed “skip” on the drama and forgot to hit “play.” 

Also, a former U.S. President decided to take a global legal soapbox and point at the BBC with a $1 billion lawsuit threat. Because 2025 needed more fireworks. 

Lesson: the bigger the world, the weirder the honeymoon phase.

From boardrooms budgeting for super-brains to drivers budgeted for splashing liability, this week shows us that “progress” is just a fancy word for “please hold while we reboot.”

If you’re building something, remember: tech may carry potential, money may carry hope - but only the ones who fix the fundamentals carry the future.

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Our Money, Our Risk, Real Investment, No Advice

If you invested $100 at the start of the week, you'ld have lost roughly $.65 with the S&P 500, 32 cents with the DAX, and lost a couple of bucks if holding Bitcoin.

This week was a gentle reminder that markets don’t always sprint; sometimes they just lose a little ground while you hold on tight.