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AI adoption ↑ Math performance ↓ Zombie firms rising ↑ Texas build speed ↑

Hi all,

Here’s your Monday round-up of data driving conversations this week in less than 250 words.

Let’s go!

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1. Faster than fiber ↑ AI adoption in the US has increased 10% in the 12 months from August last year.

2. New task length records ↑ An AI system, MAKER, solved a 20‑disk Towers of Hanoi puzzle, with more than a million consecutive steps with no mistakes.¹

3. China’s emissions are flat. CO2 emissions from China have been flat for the last year, with almost 90% of new electricity demand met by renewables.

   

4. Electricity demand ↑ China’s per capita electricity consumption is now 30% higher than Europe’s.