'This is the last opportunity for us to wake up': A leading economist warns we're headed for an AI-driven cataclysm

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Daron Acemoglu
"This is the last opportunity for us to wake up," warns Daron Acemoglu.

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How a leading economist learned to start worrying and fear artificial intelligence 

Prison healthcare giant Corizon reaches tentative bankruptcy deal that could shortchange prisoners; Sen. Elizabeth Warren pledges oversight

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren has called Corizon Health's bankruptcy maneuver "a red flag."

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Hidden investors took over Corizon Health, a leading prison healthcare company. Then they deployed the Texas Two-Step.

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Victim William Kelly standing on a porch.
William Kelly, of Saginaw, Michigan, struggles with constant pain from kidney cancer that progressed from stage 1 to stage 4 while he was under the care of Corizon Health in a Michigan prison. He's one of at least 475 people with active suits against Corizon claiming negligent care. All are now stayed.

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