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OpenAI Is in Trouble – The Atlantic
The start-up is falling behind in the AI race. Go to Source
AI should only run as fast as we can catch up · Higashi.blog
AI should only run as fast as we can catch up. Go to Source
The state of enterprise AI | OpenAI
Today, we’re excited to introduce the state of enterprise AI report(opens in a new window). For the first time, we’re sharing a comprehensive look at how enterprises are adopting AI, what workers say they’re gaining, and how organizational leaders are turning...
AI: Work partnerships between people, agents, and robots | McKinsey
AI is expanding the productivity frontier. Realizing its benefits requires new skills and rethinking how people work together with intelligent machines. Go to Source
The shift in enterprise AI—what we learned on the floor at Microsoft Ignite – Stack Overflow
There's a distinct shift in how enterprises are talking about their AI solutions. Speed and flashiness are giving way to steadier, slower, more focused AI strategies for companies, where market fit and proof points are more important than ever. Go to Source
A quote from Cory Doctorow
Now I want to talk about how they're selling AI. The growth narrative of AI is that AI will disrupt labor markets. I use "disrupt" here in its most disreputable, tech bro sense. Go to Source
Quantifying Human-AI Synergy | OpenReview
We introduce a novel Bayesian Item Response Theory framework to quantify human–AI synergy, separating individual and collaborative ability while controlling for task difficulty in interactive settings. Unlike standard static benchmarks, our approach models human–AI...
China’s open-source AI is a national advantage
Today, there is more reason than ever to believe Chinese AI companies can rival their US peers. DeepSeek’s latest two new models match the reasoning performance of OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Google’s Gemini-3 Pro. The runaway success of R1 and Alibaba’s Qwen have made...
‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe | Social media | The Guardian
Gen Z are the first generation to have grown up with social media, they were the earliest adopters, and therefore the first to suffer its harms. Now they are fighting back Go to Source
Why Dell’s design choices matter: the often-overlooked details that make your laptop last longer | Windows Central
A new report details how Microsoft has cut some internal goals for its AI sales people, why? Nobody wants to use its weak products. Go to Source
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