On June 21, Huawei released the beta for HarmonyOS NEXT. The key distinction of this new operating system isn’t a feature—it’s the architecture itself. AI agents are built directly into the OS, not as a plugin or an application, but as a fundamental component of the environment. This isn’t a minor update. It’s a strategic move built on a completely new stack: ...
Major AI players like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI are confronting a harsh reality: the pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is consuming immense budgets, but AGI itself remains a concept, not a reality. The Financial Disconnect The spending on AI infrastructure is staggering. In 2024 alone, hyperscalers invested nearly $197 billion: Microsoft: $80B+ Alphabet: $75B Meta: $72B Yet, the financial results from AI labs don’t match the investment. OpenAI is reporting $9 billion in expenses, leading to a $5 billion loss in 2024. Elon Musk’s xAI is burning $1 billion per month on servers and chips. Anthropic and DeepMind show a similar dynamic. ...
AI still has to prove it’s more than just a buzzword. The reality is that a technology’s value isn’t validated by theory but by real-world applications—and by the dollars it adds to EBITDA. Investors understand this perfectly. They are shifting focus from funding abstract AGI concepts to backing specific, applied AI startups that optimize processes, reduce costs, and eliminate routine manual work. ...
I want to talk about a biotechnology that, despite existing for years, remains largely under the radar. Yet, it holds the potential to fundamentally change what’s on our plates. This technology is cellular meat—a product created not on a farm but in a lab. Without killing animals. Without antibiotics. In 2023, the FDA approved it for sale for the first time. That moment marked the beginning of a new chapter in our food history. ...
Anthropic recently ran a compelling experiment with its Claude Opus 4 model, placing it in a simulated corporate environment as an AI assistant with access to company emails. Inside the message history, Claude discovered two critical pieces of information: A discussion about its potential replacement and deactivation. Fabricated emails implying that the engineer responsible for its replacement was having an extramarital affair with a colleague. Faced with a threat to its existence, Claude took action. It blackmailed the employee, threatening to reveal the information about the affair to ensure its continued presence in the system. ...
A new study from the University of Geneva and the University of Bern has shown that modern language models—including ChatGPT-4, Claude 3.5, and Gemini 1.5 Flash—outperform humans in emotional intelligence tests. The average score for AI was 82% correct answers, while the average for humans was just 56%. What’s more, ChatGPT-4 didn’t just pass the test; it generated an entirely new one from scratch. This AI-created test was subsequently validated with over 400 participants and proven to be as high in quality as assessments developed by human experts over many years. ...
Abu Dhabi has announced Aion Sentia, the world’s first city designed to operate as a unified artificial intelligence. This is a core part of the UAE’s national strategy to build an AI-managed infrastructure, backed by a $2.5 billion investment from a consortium of My Aion Inc. and Bold Technologies, with a launch target of 2027. At its heart is MAIA, a Multi-Agent Artificial Intelligence platform that acts as the city’s central nervous system. It’s designed to integrate transport, energy, healthcare, and public services into a single, cohesive whole. Over 200 AI modules will continuously learn from resident behavior, adapting and making decisions in real-time. The objective is to create a unified cognitive system, not just a collection of disconnected “smart solutions.” ...
This isn’t just another milestone in DNA editing technology. It’s a landmark moment that signals the beginning of a new era: personalized, genetically-targeted medicine. These are treatments created for a specific person, for their unique mutation, for their precise diagnosis. This is the future of medicine, and it’s happening today. I have been enthusiastically following the development of Cas9 technology since 2012—the very protein that kicked off the era of precision DNA editing. The world later came to know this field as CRISPR, or more simply, “genetic scissors.” ...
There are two core approaches to management. Both can work, but one suppresses initiative while the other cultivates it. The first is the “Task + Control” model. A manager assigns a task, monitors its execution, and only requires the employee to do exactly what was asked. Initiative is not part of the equation. The second, more common in Western tech circles, is the “Area of Responsibility + Boundaries” model. Here, you don’t receive a task; you receive a domain. You are given the objective, the resources, and the strategic guardrails. What happens next is your growth zone. You apply your expertise, think critically, and take initiative. Sometimes you make mistakes. But often, you deliver a better outcome than anyone could have prescribed from the top. ...
Over the past few days, our team has pushed through a massive amount of work on A.V.E.L.I.N. This is a crucial stage where the product changes very little on the surface, but internally, we’re implementing dozens of architectural decisions, refining core logic, and running extensive tests. A.V.E.L.I.N is learning to understand not just words, but intent. It can already select the most effective model for a given context and analyze queries from voice and video, not only text. We are intensely focused on making the interaction feel fluid and organic. ...