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Why Europe Is Losing the AI Race (opens the original)
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"Bureaucracy defends the status quo long after the quo has lost its status." Laurence J. PeterFormulator of the “Peter Principle”I love Europe. I just returned from a trip leading UNC MBA students to Berlin, Germany, Vilnius, Lithuania, and Tallinn, Estonia. Our focus was innovation; what encourages it and what limits it. Given that AI is one of the most important emerging technologies, it was a major topic of our discussions. One thing that became readily apparent is that Europe lags the U.S. a
The New News in AI: 9/25/26 Edition (opens the original)
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Anthropic and OpenAI roll out cheaper models, the cost of AI is dropping the fastest of any new technology, Treasury Sec Bessent says humans, not AI, are responsible for rogue actions, China wants their AI to carry CCP’s values, AI is Ukraine’s most potent weapon, Trump renames AI as “Super Intelligence,” Humanoid robots are coming, Some tips for using AI, and more, so…<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!K1kt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressi
What Are Your Superpowers and Demons? (opens the original)
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The Question“The things that make us different, those are our superpowers.” Lena Waithe“We must all face our demons sooner or later.” Matt AbramsAs I’m writing this, I’m in Berlin listening to a speaker talk about the skills needed to work internationally. One of the things she told the audience was that, to be successful, each of them needed to know their personal superpowers and demons. I found this idea intriguing and worth exploring. <
The New News in AI: 9/18/26 Edition (opens the original)
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AI CEOs call for halt in AI progress…Trump says “no” and critics think it’s an Op, polls show Americans fear AI and its now top of mind, Bernie Sanders wants criminal penalties for pursuing AGI, OpenAI has humans reading your ChatGPT prompts, The case for AI having free speech, China’s biggest concerns about AI, Robots demonstrate for AI regulations, 14 reasons robotics is hard, and more, so…<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!adfW!,f_auto,q
Soft Tech™: The Silent Code that Runs the World (opens the original)
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MRM: This piece is the premise for a book I am writing of the same title: Soft Tech™: The Silent Code that Runs the World.We have too limited a definition of technology. When we think of technology, we point to smartphones, self-driving cars, or computers. I think of those as “hard technologies,” things that expand what humans can do in the physical world. We need to broaden our view of technology to, “anything that helps humans solv
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