Wednesday assorted links

1. Big industrial jobs cuts in Germany.

2. Kevin Bryan economics of AI multi-book review, self-recommending.

3. Google AI agents that can use stablecoins.

4. Ezra Klein talks with Ben Shapiro (NYT).  Recommended.

5. “Finnish tech firm Bluefors, a maker of ultracold refrigerator systems critical for quantum computing, has purchased tens of thousands of liters of Helium-3 from the moon — spending “above $300 million” — through a commercial space company called Interlune. The agreement, which has not been previously reported, marks the largest purchase of a natural resource from space.”  Link here.

6. “Just now: @arcinstitute  reports the first viable genomes designed using AI.”  Link here.