Industry Developments
Industry news and analysis of AI developments that matter for people who don't have time to read all the papers but still need to sound informed in front of clients.
The Biology of AI: Inside the Brain of a Large Language Model
The Biology of AI: Inside the Brain of a Large Language Model What does a CEO need to know about an AI’s internal thought processes? And should they care? A...
Meta's Three-Llama Monte
Meta’s Three-Llama Monte Meta just released Llama 4, its new family of AI models, and while the technical specifications are genuinely interesting, the entire launch feels like watching someone try...
Google's Second Chance at AI Dominance
One of the peculiar narratives in modern technology is how Google, with its vast resources, elite talent pool, and decade-long head start in machine learning, somehow found itself playing catch-up...
The Great Divergence: How AI Will Transform Wealth Distribution in the 21st Century
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. This is an audiobook version of my long-form article on AI and wealth inequality - a topic I...
OpenAI Really Likes Reinforcement Learning
One way to think about artificial intelligence development is that companies build increasingly sophisticated machines to answer questions about how to build even more sophisticated machines. Another way to think...
Knowledge Companies Can't Just Build Their Own ChatGPT
Knowledge Companies Can’t Just Build Their Own ChatGPT The thing about modern artificial intelligence is that it’s technically two things: there’s the raw intelligence part (the “large language model” or...
AI, Insight, and the Business of Science
One thing to think about in artificial intelligence is the distinction between information processing and insight. AI models are getting really good at the former – they can process vast...
Accounting for AI
Accounting for AI There’s a thing that happens in the world of frontier AI models where companies announce how much it cost to train their latest model, and everyone gets...