💬 Quoted… “The 2024 elections are going to be a mess…”

• On Monday, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warned that the primary short-term danger of AI, in his mind, is misinformation. He points to decisions like Google’s recent announcement to stop removing false claims about 2020 US election fraud, which Schmidt believes are paving the way for a deluge of false AI-generated content to spread across the internet. Free speech, he argues, is “for humans, not computers.”

😋 Stat of the Day: Bring on the all-you-can-eat meatloaf, cornbread, and crab legs, because buffets are back, baby! Golden Corral, the buffet chain restaurant with ~360 locations, is, according to CEO Lance Trenary, “running about 20 percent up” this year.

🤯 Did You Know?.... Pressing “enter” and “clear” at the same time at some gas pumps allows you to input the exact dollar amount of gas you’d like to buy. At other gas stations, it’s even easier – just press “enter” – while at others, you need to press the numbers 7,8,9,8,9 and then hit “enter” almost like a videogame cheat code.

📖 Worth a Read: The search for Earth's hidden mountains → (BBC Future)