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ASML is Built on Ecosystems, Not on Hierarchy | LinkedIn
They aimed for the impossible: to build machines so precisely they could produce nanoscale chips. No one had done it before. Few believed it could even be done. It’s the fairy tale from Veldhoven (the Netherlands) that became reality. Go to Source
5 Skills Kids (and Adults) Need in an AI World – O’Reilly
Hint: Coding Isn't One of Them I’m constantly asked questions like “Should my kids learn to code?” and “What skills do they actually need in this AI world?” I wonder about this too. I mean, if AI can now write code better than most humans, should we still be teaching...
Self-Management in Action: How a Dutch Team Is… | Corporate Rebels
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, governments weren’t ready. Bureaucracy froze. Systems stalled. But people didn’t wait. A group from the Netherlands stepped up. What started as a simple plan to deliver aid and transport...
Microsoft takes big step in AI race at Build 2025, Deutsche Bank says
Agentic AI is the future, and Microsoft is working to integrate it and bring it to life at scale Go to Source
Alabama paid a law firm millions to defend its prisons. It used AI and turned in fake citations | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian
Butler Snow faces sanctions after lawyer cites false case law defending against inmate who says he was stabbed 20 times Go to Source
Google Unveils ‘A.I. Mode’ Chatbot, Signaling a New Era for Search – The New York Times
The tech giant is taking its next big step in artificial intelligence by adding interactive capabilities to its flagship product. Go to Source
Sergey Brin Says Management Is the ‘Easiest Thing to Do With AI’ – Business Insider
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I really don’t like ChatGPT’s new memory dossier
Last month ChatGPT got a major upgrade. As far as I can tell the closest to an official announcement was this tweet from @OpenAI: Starting today [April 10th 2025], memory … On the one hand, being able to include information from former chats is clearly useful in some...
How AI Transforms the Logic of Value Creation in Markets – and Organizations – Boundaryless
In this essay, I’ll show why properly describing, defining, packaging capabilities and operationalizing work is emerging as the new competitive battlefield that will determine which organizations thrive and which become obsolete in the evolving landscape. Go to...
AI Agents vs. Agentic AI: A Conceptual Taxonomy, Applications and Challenges
This review critically distinguishes between AI Agents and Agentic AI, offering a structured conceptual taxonomy, application mapping, and challenge analysis to clarify their divergent design philosophies and capabilities. We begin by outlining the search strategy and...
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