We need to ask a lot more questions about Q*

This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on [Bloomberg]( This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on web readership. [OpenAI’s Q* Is Alarming for a Different Reason]( — Parmy Olson When news stories emerged that OpenAI had been working on a new AI model called Q* (pronounced “q star”), [some suggested]( this was a major step toward powerful, humanlike artificial intelligence that could one day go rogue. What’s more certain: The hype around Q* has boosted excitement about the company’s engineering prowess, just as it’s steadying itself from a failed board coup. Peaks of AI excitement about milestones have taken the public for a ride [plenty of times before](. The real warning we should take from Q* is the direction in which these systems are progressing. As they get better at reasoning, it will become more tempting to give such tools greater responsibilities. More than any concerns about AI annihilation, that alone should give us pause. Read the [whole thing](. [India’s Identity Is More Hardline Hindu Than Ever]( — Ruth Pollard [The Supreme Court Won’t Save Donald Trump]( — Francis Wilkinson [Bitcoin Hype Will Clash With the Rolex Recession]( — Lionel Laurent [Frustrated Homebuyers Are About to Catch a Break]( — Conor Sen [Companies Are Going Broke Gradually, Not Suddenly]( — John Authers [Musk’s Cyberbeast Has a Weight Problem]( — Liam Denning [A US Nuclear Revival — and Net Zero — Depends on Westinghouse]( — Jonathan Ford [Modi’s Greatest Strength Is His Foes’ Weakness]( — Mihir Sharma [Florida State’s Football Snub Is All About TV Money]( — Adam Minter What We’re Watching [Homeownership is supposed to be the American dream](. Since when did it become a nightmare? Sky-high mortgage rates, home prices and agent commissions have gotten out of hand. Buyers and sellers have no say over interest rates or the market, but there is one thing they can control: how they pay their real estate agents. Bloomberg Opinion’s Nir Kaissar outlines [a whole new approach]( to buying a home that doesn't take advantage of homebuyers. More From Bloomberg Opinion Here’s what we’ve been listening to and watching this week. - [Crash Course: Sam Altman's Leadership of OpenAI Is All Too Human]( with Timothy L. O’Brien - [Bloomberg Opinion: Credit Card Penalties and EV Subsidies]( with Erin Lowry, Francis Wilkinson, Chris Bryant and F.D. Flam - Jobs Day Livestream: Sahm Rule Watch]( with Claudia Sahm and Jonathan Levin Follow Us Like getting this newsletter? [Subscribe to Bloomberg.com]( for unlimited access to trusted, data-driven journalism and subscriber-only insights. Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can’t find anywhere else. [Learn more](. Want to sponsor this newsletter? [Get in touch here](. You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Opinion Today newsletter. If a friend forwarded you this message, [sign up here]( to get it in your inbox. [Unsubscribe]( [Bloomberg.com]( [Contact Us]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022 [Ads Powered By Liveintent]( [Ad Choices](