Midsommarvädret i Sverige har varierat kraftigt. 1935 var det rekordvarmt med 35 grader i Sveg, medan 1987 var den kallaste midsommaren med 10-15 grader. Årets prognos pekar mot varmare luft och uppehåll i södra Sverige.
SMHI:s meteorolog Max Lindberg Stoltz förutspår att varmare luft kan nå Sverige tidigare än väntat, potentiellt redan till midsommarhelgen. Temperaturer kan nå 25-30 grader i södra Sverige, men risk för regnskurar och åska finns.
The Sydney Morning Herald retracted an opinion piece defending AI use in universities after its author, Cath Ellis, used AI to write it. The university confirmed Ellis used AI to summarize her work, sparking debate on AI in journalism.
Australia is preparing for an imminent El Niño, with the Bureau of Meteorology and other agencies forecasting its development in the coming months. The World Meteorological Organization noted a 90% chance of El Niño forming in the Pacific before November.
A Sydney academic's opinion piece urging students not to use AI was itself written using AI, leading the Sydney Morning Herald to remove the article. The university claims the AI use was appropriate, but the SMH states they were not informed.
Put open interest in the VanEck Semiconductor ETF has surged to a record level, suggesting traders are hedging the semiconductor rally rather than aggressively betting against it. Implied volatility is also elevated, especially versus the broader market.
SMHI varnar för kraftiga regn- och åskskurar i östra Norrbotten, inklusive Piteå och Boden, mellan lunchtid och 18-tiden. Varningen gäller översvämningar i källare, dagvattensystem och på vägar med risk för vattenplaning.
A writer experiencing insomnia embarks on a quest to determine the speed at which a match must be struck to ignite, contacting Swedish Match and two professors. While never receiving a definitive answer, the author uses this minor mystery as a springboard to critique Silicon Valley's pursuit of frictionlessness through AI, arguing that the space between input and output—reflection, consciousness, meaning—cannot be collapsed by pattern-matching algorithms. The essay draws on Clarice Lispector and references Marc Andreessen and Sam Altman to warn of an emerging spiritual crisis.
