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And the data held on traffic from ride-sharing and GPS/mapping companies could transform approaches for traffic safety and congestion. But opening up that data to researchers requires careful planning.

today governments have played virtually no role in the breakthroughs in “foundation models” that are revolutionizing computer science.

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In fact, this category of natural experiments—utilizing sharp numerical cutoffs—is so powerful that it has its own name among economists: regression discontinuity. Anytime there is a precise number that divides people into two different groups—a discontinuity—economists can compare—or regress—the outcomes of people very, very close to the cutoff.