AI Slop Melodramas Are Taking Over X—and Their Creators Are Cashing In
For 6 months, my husband convinced everyone that I had stolen millions from the company I built, including…
Europe Is Fed Up and Wants Its Own AI
Earlier this month I attended Vivatech, a huge tech conference in Paris. One fear dominated the discussions: the…
Silicon Valley’s Elite Financial Advisers Say This Era of Wealth Is Different
If anyone in tech has already started their Hot IPO Summer, it’s Silicon Valley’s elite wealth advisers. Two…
Even If You Hate AI, You Will Use Google AI Search
It’s been 17 years since I sat in on the iconic weekly search quality meeting in the Ouagadougou…
AI Drafting My Stories? Over My Dead Body
Sportswriting legend Red Smith once said that writing a column is easy: “All you do is sit down…
Apple Still Plans to Sell iPhones When It Turns 100
Apple is allergic to nostalgia. In 2008, when the Macintosh was about to turn 25, I mentioned it…
At Palantir’s Developer Conference, AI Is Built to Win Wars
It’s a chilly March morning in the undisclosed mid-Atlantic hotel hosting Palantir’s developer conference. The defense contractors, military…
The Iran War Is Throwing Global Shipping Into Chaos
After years of chaos in the global supply chain, Ryan Petersen, CEO of the logistics company Flexport, felt…
Wall Street Has AI Psychosis
Before last week the name Alap Shah didn’t ring a bell for many people. The 45-year-old financial analyst…
The Only Thing Standing Between Humanity and AI Apocalypse Is … Claude?
Anthropic is locked in a paradox: Among the top AI companies, it’s the most obsessed with safety and…
The Math on AI Agents Doesn’t Add Up
The big AI companies promised us that 2025 would be “the year of the AI agents.” It turned…
6 Scary Predictions for AI in 2026
When OpenAI declared a “code red” this month to refocus its teams on competing with Google, I couldn’t…