OpenAI is staying private (for now)

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• Second quarter GDP growth is brought to you by the letters A and I

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  The U.S. gross domestic product grew 2.2% this spring, an upward revision of 0.7%.

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• Why full employment is like filling a bathtub with water

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio

  

  Fed Chair Kevin Warsh mentioned at his last press conference that he believed the unemployment rate was running “basically consistent with full employment.” What does that mean?

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• OpenAI delayed its IPO. That makes private investors happy

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  OpenAI announced it's postponing its planned IPO until it can make “confident safety decisions,” according to CEO Sam Altman.

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• Corn mazes, apple picking, and hayrides: More farms are leaning into "agritourism"

  by Caleigh Wells

  

  If you’ve got plans to go to a working farm to pick apples or wander through a corn maze, then you’re part of the $1.3 billion “agritourism” and “agritainment” industry.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• Is your Dijon spicy? Heat and drought might be the cause

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

  

  When his Dijon mustard chicken recipe went awry, Jake Edmiston launched an investigation to find out what was making his mustard so spicy.

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• How "Neon Tom" made a 40-year career out of neon signs

  by Mika Ellison

  

  Tom Brickler has run Neon Shop Fishtail, a shop that makes custom neon signs, for four decades in Chicago amid an ever-changing lighting landscape.

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