Frog Up or Down

 USA Messing with the Global Market Place I have been watching to actions of the USA like a hawk, as I am sure more of the global construction market is also doing. Its frightening, how bad the USA’s decission to inpose tarifs on all goods entering the USA, I am sure there will be exceptions, there always is, but the Construction Market will be hit, of that I have no doubt. The scays Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I have read most of the FT article on this, and for the first time, had major talks with three AI programs, Grok, Pi and Gemini , all have much the same feeling, pun intended, the ripple we will see, if its not already started, will be: * Increased Material Costs: * The US tariffs, particularly those on steel and aluminum, directly affect core construction materials. This leads to higher import costs for UK construction firms that rely on these materials.   * Supply ...

Google NotebookLM I was listening to Leo Laport yesterday, Friday, on his Intelligent Machines Podcast, which used to be This week in Google, and he had a guest on from Google, Steven Johnson, and the conversation was all about Google NotebookLM. Now this is a show all about AI, but it was clear from the start, NotebookLM, the subject, is not your ordinary AI, this AI has been designed, without the benafit of a LLM or Large laguage Model. It seems to be a clone of Gemini but without the access to a huge global knowledge base. The scays Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Instead the interface expects you to provide the information to answer questions. This is done by linking files, text YouTube, and of course a heap of word, and Google docs, alas no Apple pages yet, although it runs very well in Safari. Then there is the usual question box, if you have provided enough knowledge is gives a d...