OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says AI will create “massively deflationary pressure,” making goods and services radically cheaper. But the company is slowing hiring as it burns billions, and current economic data tells a very different story.
A new AI system can identify individual brown bears by their facial features and posture, a task even experts struggle with. Trained on over 72,000 photos, it’s a breakthrough for non-invasive wildlife monitoring and could be adapted for other species.
Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth jumped to $251.7 billion on Thursday, pushing him past Jeff Bezos. The surge came as Meta announced plans to spend up to $135 billion on AI this year.
Software stocks are in a full-blown bear market, with the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) down 21% from its high. The sell-off accelerated Thursday with a 5% drop, the worst since last April.
Microsoft’s latest earnings show Xbox hardware revenue crashing 32% year-over-year. With first-party games heading to PlayStation and Game Pass at risk, the next Xbox console faces an existential crisis. Is the hardware trap inescapable?
Google is learning its most important lessons about scaling AI in education from India’s massive and complex school system. The country now accounts for the highest global usage of Gemini for learning, forcing Google to rethink its one-size-fits-all approach.
A provocative piece in Forbes argues that our education system, designed to create compliant factory workers, is now failing in the AI age. The future belongs to those with ‘chutzpah’—the nerve to question and improve systems, not just follow them. The solution involves a radical rethinking of how w
German automation startup Robco has raised a $100 million Series C round to accelerate its expansion in the United States. The funding, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, reportedly values the company above $500 million.
SeaArt is launching SeaVerse, a new AI-native creative platform, in January 2026. The move signals a major pivot from a visual AI tool to a social community where creators can connect and monetize their work.
According to a PwC survey, 56% of companies say AI hasn’t delivered cost savings or revenue gains. The author argues this is because leaders are using the wrong metrics, treating AI as an efficiency tool instead of a new, cheap source of analytical capacity.
