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- RAISE Summit18 min
Time to First Token: The Metric That Will Define Our Era | Nscale, VAST Data & NVIDIA | RAISE 2026
Kristin Zwez, Jeff Denworth, Rod Evans, Christine
Jensen Huang and Vast Data redefine AI infrastructure economics by shifting the primary metric from hardware utilization to Time to First Token, ensuring that billions in capital investments for massive GPU clusters yield immediate ROI. This evolution integrates storage directly into the core computer to maximize inference speed while driving a business model transition from hourly compute sales to token-as-a-service. Consequently, enterprises are advised to abandon legacy IT stacks in favor of fully integrated data computers and to prioritize executive ownership of AI adoption to avoid costly silos and ensure rigorous bottom-line execution.
- The Economist25 min
Why it's harder to earn more than your parents | The Economist
Sophie Pender, Mohsin Ismail, Kavika Smith, Christine, Novelette, Sally Grantham-McGregor, Dawn, Idrees Kahloun
Declining social mobility in the US and UK, driven by rising inequality and educational barriers, has prompted researchers to identify geographic location, early childhood interventions, and state school networks like the "93% Club" as critical levers for reform. Comparative data highlights that while legacy admissions and wealth bias stifle progress in American universities, programs relocating families to high-opportunity areas and reducing SAT reliance have demonstrably increased long-term earnings and tax revenues. These findings suggest that structural changes to education and neighborhood composition offer a fiscally sustainable path to reversing intergenerational income stagnation.