On AI, Consumer Credit & Parkinson’s Treatments

Demand for Chinese companies’ open-weight AI models—with free downloadable components for users to customize—is soaring. But US AI providers also offer open-weight models. Jackie discusses the crowded open-weight AI market, where customer demand may not determine the winners as much as government interventions do. … Also: Credit-card company managements were quite pleased with consumer spending and card payment behavior during Q2. A look at the good things they had to say about the health of the consumer. … And: Our new intern Aleksandra Zelatis explains the significance of a potential breakthrough treatment for Parkinson’s disease and how AI helped speed its development.