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An Inside Look at OpenAI and Anthropic’s Finances Ahead of Their IPOs
Silicon Valley’s hottest startups have the same challenge: funding giant computing costs.
Everybody Celebrated Matthew Gallagher as an AI Entrepreneur
Everybody celebrated Matthew Gallagher as an AI entrepreneur genius, now he is being exposed as a fraud, according to Reddit.
AI has arrived in auditing. Are regulators ready?
The technology is already leading to rapid changes in the way company accounts are reviewed
McKinsey's AI Lie Explains What's Happening to Work
McKinsey's AI Lie Explains What's Happening to Work, according to Reddit.
A lot of AI washing and rebranding of existing capabilities going on...if you believe this Rediit post McKinsey is doing the same... Everyone thinks McKinsey just built 25,000 AI experts. They didn't. They took a 35-year-old internal database, put a natural language interface on top, and wrote a press release that every major business publication ran without asking a single follow-up question. This is the same play McKinsey has run for a hundred years. ERP in the 90s. Digital transformation in the 2000s. Big data in the 2010s. Each wave the same: new technology creates executive anxiety, McKinsey positions itself between that anxiety and the answer, and companies buy the trend to protect themselves when it fails. The future looks a lot like the past. And once you see it, you can't unsee it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTdKJaQkgJQ
Ex-Microsoft engineer believes Azure problems stem from talent exodus
The cloud service's woes reflect a crisis made worse by AI – under-investment in people. Topic group: Technology & Infrastructure
Britain woos Anthropic
Britain is trying to attract Anthropic to expand in the country after a US defense clash.
Finally we move quickly in the UK to capitalize on the US shooting itself in the foot when it comes to being a magnet for talent and companies.
I've Been Writing About AI for Two Years. I Was Looking at the Wrong Part of the World.
And what are they doing with it? Not debating consciousness. Not agonising about academic integrity.
The strategic pivot for AI investment and global policy must shift from Western obsessions with alignment and cognitive risks to the explosive growth of 'Small AI' in emerging markets, where practical applications are delivering outsized economic and social returns for billions. Key developments include over 40% of ChatGPT's traffic from middle-income countries like India and Brazil, scaled tools detecting 1.3 million counterfeit drugs in Africa, boosting farmer incomes by 24%, and the Delhi Declaration endorsed by 91 nations prioritizing development impacts over containment. Rumman Chowdhury, CEO of Humane Intelligence, observed that no credible AI summit in the West would have chosen that tagline.
Really, You Made This Without AI? Prove It
Really, you made this without AI? Prove it
In creative industries flooded by AI-generated content, certifying human authorship will emerge as a critical market differentiator, creating premium pricing for authentic works and safeguarding employment for human creators against synthetic displacement. Over a dozen competing 'AI-free' labels exist with varied verification methods like manual audits and blockchain, but fragmented standards and definitional ambiguities hinder widespread adoption, underscoring the need for unified industry and regulatory alignment. Instagram head Adam Mosseri suggested that it will be 'more practical to fingerprint real media than fake media' as AI technology improves to the point of making content that’s visually indistinguishable from that made by creative professionals.
Is AI the new fracking?
The backlash against data centres chimes with energy Nimbyism of the past
Economics & Markets
An Inside Look at OpenAI and Anthropic’s Finances Ahead of Their IPOs
Silicon Valley’s hottest startups have the same challenge: funding giant computing costs.
Foxconn first-quarter revenue jumps, company cautions on ...
Foxconn first-quarter revenue jumps, company cautions on geopolitics | Reuters Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial market professionalsLearn more aboutRefinitiv Foxconn Chairman Young Liu speaks to members of the press at New Taipei City, Taiwan March 6, 2026. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab - Summary - Companies - Foxconn's Q1 revenue rose 29.7% y/y - Foxconn benefiting from surge in AI demand - Company to report full Q1 earnings on May 14 TAIPEI, April 5 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, reported a 29.7% on-ye
Everybody Celebrated Matthew Gallagher as an AI Entrepreneur
Everybody celebrated Matthew Gallagher as an AI entrepreneur genius, now he is being exposed as a fraud, according to Reddit.
The Back Story Behind the First $1.8 Billion AI Company
The back story behind the first $1.8 billion dollar AI company, according to Gary Marcus from Marcus on AI.
Labor & Society
Really, You Made This Without AI? Prove It
Really, you made this without AI? Prove it
In creative industries flooded by AI-generated content, certifying human authorship will emerge as a critical market differentiator, creating premium pricing for authentic works and safeguarding employment for human creators against synthetic displacement. Over a dozen competing 'AI-free' labels exist with varied verification methods like manual audits and blockchain, but fragmented standards and definitional ambiguities hinder widespread adoption, underscoring the need for unified industry and regulatory alignment. Instagram head Adam Mosseri suggested that it will be 'more practical to fingerprint real media than fake media' as AI technology improves to the point of making content that’s visually indistinguishable from that made by creative professionals.
Chinese actors' body pushes against unauthorized AI use of likeness, voice
China’s actors are pushing for tighter controls on unauthorized AI use of likeness and voice data, as an industry body warned that such practices are infringing legal rights.
A folk musician became a target for AI fakes and a copyright troll
A folk artist details their struggle against AI-generated impersonations and the legal challenges posed by copyright trolls.
My Heart-to-Heart with Claude - by William B. Irvine
These networks are bound by the laws of nature. No magic is required. Meanwhile, AI “thought” is the result of electrical activity in networks of transistors, and although AI networks are structured differently than our brains, they can still be incredibly powerful.
AI has arrived in auditing. Are regulators ready?
The technology is already leading to rapid changes in the way company accounts are reviewed
How China fell for a lobster: What an AI assistant tells us about Beijing's ambition
The AI agent sparked a frenzy of "raising lobsters" in March, with users training the tool to suit their needs.
US Faces Patchwork AI Regulation
The U.S. remains without a federal AI law, relying on fragmented state and agency guidelines following the revocation of a Biden-era safety order in 2025.
AI agents promise to 'run the business,' but who is liable if things go wrong?
Vendors tout the potential, but responsibility remains unclear. Topic group: Labor & Society
Technology & Infrastructure
Adoption & Impact
Netflix - yes Netflix - jumps on the AI bandwagon with video editor
Video-language model revises how objects interact when things get removed from a scene. Topic group: Adoption & Impact
The Search Game is Changing: Why Authors Need to Master AI Discoverability.
AI doesn’t just match keywords; it tries to understand context and user intent. Readers are using natural, conversational language to ask for recommendations.
Geopolitics
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