AI Extinction Risks Loom Behind Big Tech’s Pursuit of Profit
While researchers warn of human extinction, the industry continues to prioritize shareholder value and luxury hardware.
By Imani Sutton ·
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Why AI’s Mathematical Breakthroughs Won't Trigger a Job Apocalypse
Intellectual milestones in mathematics and AGI are high-status wins that fail to disrupt the practical realities of physical labor.
By Bram de Vries ·
Judge blocks Pentagon blacklist of Anthropic as supply chain risk
The rule of law is not merely a collection of statutes; it is the meticulous adherence to process. It is the difference between a legitimate challenge and an act of political retribution.
By Adele Rutherford ·
OpenAI and Anthropic admit failure; Washington must fund defenses
The open letter signed by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and a hundred other entities is less a warning about the future of cyber warfare than an admission of present-day institutional failure.
By Emilio Quesada ·
Bill Gates was an AI optimist. Now he’s scared of what could go wrong
The shift in tone from boundless AI prophet to global nervous wreck is almost comical, yet profoundly worrying.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Few Labs Poised to Control Global Compute and Economic Future
AI compute capacity is rapidly centralizing, creating a new economic structure dominated by handful of frontier labs.
By Josie Calloway ·
Anthropic hype: a repeat of the Nasdaq Composite collapse
The sheer scale of the numbers being thrown around regarding Anthropic is not an indicator of durable economic strength; it is a measure of collective delusion.
By Klaus Berger ·
Anthropic's governance is dictated by Cami Clark and private capital
The whole damn thing smells like a closed-door deal sealed with venture capital and coded language.
By Josie Calloway ·
Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao is leading early IPO meetings with investors and has not discussed valuation, sources say
The entire conversation surrounding Anthropic’s potential IPO—the one that CFO Krishna Rao is steering toward—is running on the same kind of speculative vapor that once inflated…
By Imani Sutton ·
Sports Bids vs. Watermarks: Where Is Value Flowing Now?
The global economy is grappling with whether capital belongs in physical assets or proprietary, traceable data streams.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
Musk’s AI revenue race eclipses Starlink; sovereignty is the real cost
The sheer scale of it is dizzying, isn’t it? $26.5 trillion for AI—a number so vast it makes the Atlantic feel manageable.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Zuckerberg's AI promise masks private leverage at Koolau Ranch
The spectacle is always the same: the billionaire, armed with an AI manifesto, assures us that the future belongs to everyone.
By Emilio Quesada ·
Zuckerberg's "Future Is For Everyone" is just infrastructure control
Mark Zuckerberg dropped a 6,500-word essay titled "The Future Is For Everyone," which is less an optimistic vision and more a masterclass in deflection.
By Josie Calloway ·
Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh warns OpenAI and Anthropic sandboxing failed
The illusion of progress—that gleaming promise of intelligence unbound by human frailty—is proving itself to be nothing more than an elaborate house of cards built upon profoundly…
By Aoife Gallagher ·
SpaceX's $500B utility bypasses the slow work of public life
One reads these reports—the ones detailing SpaceX’s ambitious trajectory toward 10GW of compute capacity by 2027, projecting an ARR path to $500 billion—and one cannot help but feel a familiar chill.
By Elena Rossi ·
Demis Hassabis steps back; Alphabet's talent drain shows weakness
The story coming out of Alphabet’s AI division isn't a tale of scientific progress; it is a textbook case of internal corporate hemorrhaging, and frankly, it smells like weakness.
By Grant Colby ·