Who Gets to Build the Future?
Dario Amodei wants two very different things to be true at once. He wants the world to believe that cheap, open-weight AI is a public good that deserves to spread freely. And
Today: Jul 29, 2026
Winning the AI Race Requires Knowing What Winning Actually Means
There is a version of American China policy in which the White House punishes Beijing’s AI champions, protects Silicon Valley’s dominance, and still lets American AI companies build whatever they want, however
A Dress Rehearsal for Disaster?
OpenAI’s “rogue AI” cyberattack on Hugging Face is less a sci‑fi glitch than a policy failure: we are letting companies weapon‑test frontier models without the guardrails that this level of power demands.
Trump’s Big Tech Play: Make Silicon Valley Pay for Its AI Electricity Gluttony
In a significant policy shift aimed at addressing the escalating energy demands driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and data centers, President Donald Trump is set to announce a directive that would compel
The Year the Machines Stumbled
At the dawn of 2025, Silicon Valley had braced for what many dubbed “the year of the AI agent.” The prophecy was clear and confident: artificial intelligence would transcend chat interfaces and
Why Europe Thinks the Next Cyberwar Will Happen in Space
On the edge of the Arctic Circle, where Greenland’s ice-scoured landscape stretches toward the horizon, Europe is quietly building infrastructure for a new kind of security threat. It’s not missiles or submarines,
Israel Climbs Global AI Rankings — but Talent Flight Raises Alarms
Israel has regained momentum in the global artificial intelligence race, according to the latest edition of the Observer Global AI Index, one of the most widely cited international benchmarks of national AI
Win the AI Race or Lose America
President Trump’s new executive order on artificial intelligence reflects a deeply rooted American instinct: don’t choke the next great technology before it has a chance to grow. It is an instinct forged
$70 Billion Tech Tsunami: Why US Giants Are All-In on India
Amazon’s fresh pledge to invest $35 billion in India over five years, coming days after Microsoft’s $17.5 billion commitment to cloud and AI infrastructure, signals that India has become the primary global
Europe vs. Silicon Valley: The Digital Sovereignty Showdown
The clash over the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) enforcement—embodied in the recent €120 million penalty against X—marks far more than a regulatory spat. It is a geopolitical confrontation over who controls
Welcome to the Enshittoscene: Why Our Digital Lives Fell Apart – and How Do We Get Them Back
There was a time—not so long ago—when logging onto Twitter felt like slipping into a crowded bar where everyone was witty, well-read, and improbably on the pulse of whatever mattered. Yes, it
Italy’s Google Deal Shows National Regulators Still Shape Europe’s Tech Crackdown
By reaching a settlement with Google over how the company seeks consent to use customer data, Italy’s competition watchdog has underscored an important reality of Europe’s digital rulebook: even in an era
The Privatization of Planetary Cooling
Silicon Valley likes to move fast and break things. But what happens when the things at stake are not social networks or taxi markets, but the global climate system itself? That question
