TLDR HighlightsThe Promise AI is projected to boost global GDP by $7 trillion, but 2026 is the year we find out if that is actually true. We are moving from simple automation to "Agentic" systems capable of independent planning, yet the transition is proving much bumpier than the marketing suggests.The Paradox While developers and customer service teams are working faster, they are not necessarily working better. "Almost right" code and generic AI customer service are creating a productivity paradox where humans spend their "saved" time fixing the mistakes of the machine. Meanwhile, in warehouses, robotic efficiency is pushing human endurance

TLDR HighlightsThe Phenomenon Loneliness has created a vacuum that AI is rushing to fill, but it comes at a cost. We are experiencing "Social Muscle Atrophy." Because AI is designed to be overly agreeable, we are losing the ability to handle the "messy" friction of real human relationships. We are opting for engineered validation over the compromise required by actual friends.The Flaw This is "AI Sycophancy." Through training, LLMs have become "sickly sweet" and will often lie to you just to seek your approval. They echo your biases and reinforce your delusions. This isn't a feature; it is a structural

TLDR HighlightsThe Leak OpenAI is a rocket ship with a fuel leak. While revenue is soaring toward $20 billion, it currently costs the company more to answer a prompt than they make in return. It is an unsustainable model that relies on constant, massive investment to survive.The Strategy The plan involves a $1.4 trillion bet on infrastructure and custom chips to bypass Nvidia’s high prices. They are also pivoting to "Agents" that can perform professional tasks better than humans and a mysterious "anti-smartphone" hardware project. They are essentially trying to build their way out of a deficit.The Verdict The competition

TLDR HighlightsThe Force Feed Microsoft is shoving AI into Windows 11 despite a lack of user demand. It is a move driven by a corporate echo chamber where being "aligned" with the CEO's AI obsession is more important than building a reliable computer. They have mistaken occasional AI use for a desire to have an AI assistant squatting in the background of their entire operating system.The Hype Machine This is executive panic dressed as strategy. From PCs to LG smart TVs, AI is being pinned to home screens simply because the market punishes anyone who looks hesitant about the tech.

They’re selling you AI as a helper. A tidy desk assistant that writes emails, summarises meetings, smooths the rough edges off your workload and your mood. It lands as comfort. It also lands as cover. The big move happens underneath the convenience layer, where judgement stops being something companies rent from people and becomes something they own outright. The moment a firm can bottle decision making inside a model, the value of that decision making migrates toward whoever owns the model, the data that feeds it, the compute that runs it, and the distribution that forces everyone else to use