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AI Hedge Fund Beats Market, Mexico Threatens Google Over Gulf, and Model Suggests Intelligent Life’s Inevitability


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In this episode of ‘Discover Daily’, we explore groundbreaking developments across finance, international relations, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. We begin with the remarkable story of Minotaur Capital, a Sydney-based hedge fund achieving an 18.7% return through innovative AI-driven investment strategies, showcasing the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in financial markets.

We then delve into an unprecedented diplomatic dispute between Mexico and Google over the digital renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America" for US users, following a recent executive order. This controversy highlights the complex intersection of technology, territorial sovereignty, and international relations in our increasingly digital world.

Our main story examines a revolutionary study from Penn State and University of Munich researchers that challenges long-held beliefs about intelligent life in the universe. The research suggests that human-like intelligence might be a natural outcome of planetary evolution rather than a series of improbable events, potentially transforming our approach to the search for extraterrestrial life and our understanding of humanity's place in the cosmos.

From Perplexity's Discover Feed:

https://www.perplexity.ai/page/ai-hedge-fund-beats-market-eC6zLLp0StGVEtZh79gPTQ

https://www.perplexity.ai/page/mexico-threatens-google-over-g-Hv6QT9FuSBOsq342XnaBZw

https://www.perplexity.ai/page/model-suggests-intelligent-lif-YwaqBI0KQKufX9kXZKvVrw

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