📈 Data to start your week

AI coders; Waymo safety; Chinese solar; men out of work++

Hi all,

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

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1. US leads AI compute. Despite China catching up on model benchmarks, the US maintains a strategic advantage with roughly 10 times more total AI compute capacity.

   

   Source: ChinaTalk

2. Nat cat losses rising. Insurers face an expected $145 billion in natural catastrophe losses this year, significantly exceeding the 10-year average.

3. GenAI employment impact minimal (so far). A Danish study found generative AI chatbots had no significant impact on wages or hours worked in 2023/24.