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Circular financing ain’t what it used to be

Circular financing ain’t what it used to be

Nvidia is falling. The mood has changed.

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An open letter to David Sacks

An open letter to David Sacks

China is closing the gap, but it’s not because we have too much regulation on AI

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OpenAI’s disconcerting hack of HuggingFace

OpenAI’s disconcerting hack of HuggingFace

and what we should do about it

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China has all but caught up. The US is not going to “win” the AI war. Here’s what we should do instead.

China has all but caught up. The US is not going to “win” the AI war. Here’s what we should do instead.

Seven options, considered

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Breaking: Demis Hassabis endorses preflight safety testing for AI

Breaking: Demis Hassabis endorses preflight safety testing for AI

Good news, for once.

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Off for adventures

Leaving you with a couple laughs

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China catches up

China catches up

Has the US been focused on the wrong things?

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The month Generative AI lost its mojo

The month Generative AI lost its mojo

June is not over, and anything could still happen, but a lot already has.

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The Generative AI Fizzle™

The Generative AI Fizzle™

Disclaimer: Anything can happen at anytime in the market; I don’t give stock picks, and as the saying goes, the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.

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Accenture: Then and now, and how it may signify things to come

Accenture: Then and now, and how it may signify things to come

Blip, or one more data point that is on trend?

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Breaking: Trump asks the impossible of Anthropic

Breaking: Trump asks the impossible of Anthropic

Where do we go from here?

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OpenAI’s lead is dwindling fast

OpenAI’s lead is dwindling fast

As James Carville might have said, “It’s the lack of a moat, stupid”

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What Washington must do

What Washington must do

”The only way out is through”

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The White House’s shambolic AI policy

The White House’s shambolic AI policy

Also , why states are taking things into their own hands, and what might be better

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Breaking news: US Commerce Department effectively shuts down Anthropic’s latest models

After two years of underregulating AI, the US government suddenly takes the nuclear option

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You can’t get more 2026 than that

Hallucination of the day:

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Breaking: OpenAI is pondering “drastic” price cuts.

And that’s a sign of weakness

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Maybe Section 230 doesn’t shield AI companies from liability, after all

Maybe Section 230 doesn’t shield AI companies from liability, after all

An idea inspired by the new German ruling that could turn everything upside down

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Breaking: Google liable for hallucinations

Breaking: Google liable for hallucinations

Sorry to bother your mailbox again but this legal decision is potentially huge, especially if it spreads and other countries make similar decisions.

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Breaking news, and how the end might begin

Breaking news, and how the end might begin

A flashback to my most recent interview with Steve Eisman, and some potentially critical news

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The revenge of Claude Mythos

The revenge of Claude Mythos

🙄

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An entire industry is being propped up by math that is insane.

An entire industry is being propped up by math that is insane.

Welcome to fantasy land

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Slop, productivity, and why the AI-fueled world is going nowhere mighty fast

Slop, productivity, and why the AI-fueled world is going nowhere mighty fast

Just saw a graph at the FT from John Burn-Murdoch that really distills something I have been trying to articulate.

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AI’s Black Friday

AI’s Black Friday

Some thoughts on what just happened

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No, Anthropic did not call for a pause on AI development

Not really