AI & Tech
Evidence-led analysis of AI models and agents, chips, robotics, and digital infrastructure.
2026
The Real Story Behind Italy's 'Pet Sick Leave' Case
One Italian case got mistaken for law—here's what it actually shows, plus Japan's pet leave policies and Korea's numbers.
AI & TechQwen's Chief Departs as Alibaba Restructures Its AI Unit
Alibaba's Qwen tech lead resigned days before the company launched a new AI business group, Token Hub.
AI & TechGemma 4, GLM-5, and the Real Cost of Running Agents
Google's Gemma 4 and a fresh GLM-5 benchmark reopen the question of what an agent model should actually cost to run.
AI & TechAnthropic's $14B ARR vs. $5B Cumulative Revenue
Run-rate and cumulative revenue mean different things—AI growth figures need cost and retention context too.
AI & TechWhat 81,000 People Want From AI
Nearly 80,000 Claude users shared what they want from AI—and the same answers revealed both hope and worry.
AI & TechNASA's Artemis II Launches, 53 Years After Apollo
Artemis II has launched toward the Moon, kicking off a look at US-China lunar plans and the rules for using its resources.
AI & TechInside Apple's US Chip Supply Chain Buildout
A WSJ reporter toured Apple's US chip facilities, revealing a gap between announced investment and actual production capacity.
AI & TechAdobe's $150M Settlement Over Cancellation Dark Patterns
The DOJ's Adobe settlement reveals how subscription cancellation friction ties directly to retention metrics.
AI & TechMemory Stocks Fall After Google's TurboQuant Debut
Google's TurboQuant compresses the KV cache stored in GPU HBM, but that's different from cutting overall memory demand.
AI & TechOpenAI Plans to Shut Down Sora After ChatGPT Shopping Revamp
OpenAI is winding down Sora while retooling ChatGPT shopping and courting enterprise clients—here's what that reveals about its priorities.
AI & TechNvidia GTC 2026: How to Read Its $1 Trillion Pitch
I unpack Nvidia's Groq integration and the token-factory logic behind its infrastructure sales pitch.
AI & TechAsk 70 AI Models the Same Question, Get the Same Answer
Different AI models can converge on strikingly similar ideas—here's what the Artificial Hivemind study found.
AI & TechCould a One-Cent Stamp on Email Kill Spam?
Adding a tiny fee or computational cost to every message might curb spam—here's what an old proposal gets right, and where it stalls.
AI & TechMouth Taping for Sleep: What the Research Actually Shows
Results vary widely by study population and conditions, so it's hard to call mouth taping a reliable general sleep habit.
AI & TechPrediction Markets Log Trades, but Insiders Stay Hidden
OpenAI fired an employee over insider trading in prediction markets, raising questions about what proof such cases actually require.
AI & TechHow Power Users Delegate to AI Agents—And Still Intervene
Anthropic's Claude Code data shows auto-approvals and mid-task interruptions rising together—here's what that actually measures.
AI & TechWhy Rare Earths, Nuclear Treaties, and Power Grids Connect
New START's expiry, rare-earth supply chains, and shifts in power and EV industries reveal the real terms of great-power competition.
AI & TechWhen Currency Forecasters Get It Wrong, Then What?
Trading mostly in dollars, I've learned to judge pundits by how they explain a bad call, not just by the ones they got right.
AI & TechWhy Only the Community Manager Ends Up Posting
Startups keep repeating the same community-building mistakes — here's what actually determines whether members stick around.
AI & TechWhat SaaS Stock Crashes Reveal About Growth, Not Just AI
Software stocks are sinking, but the real story started before AI fears—it's about how SaaS pricing models stopped scaling.
AI & TechWhy Companies Are Quietly Choosing Chinese AI Models
Airbnb's Brian Chesky praised Qwen's speed and cost, and open-weight models are reshaping how developers weigh adoption.
AI & TechDoes Big R&D Spending Actually Attract Top Talent?
Korea ranks near the top in R&D spending but 31st in global talent competitiveness, raising questions about what conditions actually draw researchers.
AI & TechEU Preliminarily Rules TikTok's Endless Scroll Violates DSA
EU's preliminary finding on TikTok tackles addictive design and risk mitigation, seen through a data expert's lens on user control and AI personalization.
AI & TechHow x402 Lets AI Agents Pay for APIs Automatically
Coinbase's x402 protocol turns HTTP's 402 status into a machine-readable price tag for autonomous payments.
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