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January 31, 2026

Lucky leaseholders and skint skiers

Morning all, In case you missed it, we published a cracking paper earlier this week laying out improvements that can be made to the Universal Credit (UC) system without breaking the bank. UC already support claimants with childcare costs, for example, but providing that money up front would remove a barrier to work. Claimants who have been … Continued The post Lucky leaseholders and skint skiers appeared first on Resolution Foundation

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📈 Economy
January 31, 2026

Supply is elastic, installment #6437

In Italy’s storied gold‑making hubs, jewellers are reworking their designs to trim gold content as they race to blunt the impact of record prices and appeal to shoppers watching their budgets. The rally is putting undue pressure on small artisans as they face mounting demands from clients including international brands to produce cheaper items, from […] The post Supply is elastic, installment #6437 appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsIn reply to Phil S. Best Friend,” “Breakfast at ...

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💻 Technology
January 31, 2026

Inside the marketplace powering bespoke AI deepfakes of real women

Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz—is letting users buy custom instruction files for generating celebrity deepfakes. Some of these files were specifically designed to make pornographic images banned by the site, a new analysis has found. The study, from researchers at Stanford and Indiana…

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