What is happening to jobs? Separating AI hype from reality
Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, has warned that AI could eliminate half of white-collar jobs and push unemployment to 20 percent. Yet, current data shows no such upheaval. Unemploy...
Cloudflare’s New AI Traffic Options: What Quality Managers Need to Know
Last year, Cloudflare introduced a one-click "Block AI Bots" option to help website owners reclaim control of their content as AI began consuming it without compensation. But the c...
I Tried Building a Real App with AI. It Took a Year
Alex Hyett tried building an AI-powered habit tracker app with his wife, expecting it to take days, not a year. He found no existing app that met their needs, from local data stora...
Google’s ATLAS Reveals Real-World AI Adoption Trends
Google’s ATLAS study reveals that AI is being used in 68% of U.S. occupations, yet most workers apply it to just 21% of their tasks. This gap between potential and practice shows...
AI Automation in Action: DARPA and U.S. Air Force Fly AI-Controlled F-16
A U.S. Air Force F-16, modified with DARPA’s VENOM Autonomy Kit, is being flown by an AI agent in real-time combat scenarios, a feat that proves AI automation can control complex...
Alphabet’s AI Cash Burn: What It Means for Big Tech and Your Business
Alphabet’s $5.9 billion cash burn in Q2 2025 is the largest in its history and signals a growing strain on even the most profitable tech companies as AI spending surges. With pla...
AI Companies Are Hiding Staggering Debt in 2026
Meta alone has accumulated $420 billion in off-balance-sheet debt, according to a recent _Nikkei Asia_ investigation, a staggering figure that doesn’t show up on its official fin...
Startup founders urge U.S. government not to shut off Chinese open weight AI
Nearly 200 Silicon Valley startups, including Proton and Y Combinator, are warning the Trump administration that banning Chinese open weight AI models could cripple U.S. innovation...
Ugly AI Menu Redesigns: Why Small Businesses Are Getting It Wrong
A Filipino-American customer recently walked into a restaurant in Austin only to find their menu redesigned by AI, and it looked like a horror show. The plates, rendered in a grote...