Rethinking Engineering Team Size in the AI Era
What's the right size and shape of an engineering team when AI tools are part of the equation? Maybe an uncomfortable question, but we need to talk about it. @dblockdotorg has thoughts: https://t.co/4kw5EziS8r
CIOs Must Assign Clear Ownership for AI Roadmaps
Does your AI roadmap doesn't name owners for data quality, deployment automation, and incident response? In the gen AI era, CIOs should make accountability more explicit #DevOps #DataGovernance #CIO https://t.co/7dcoLIKa0K
Join My Free Live AI Session Today at Noon
Doing a free live session at noon pst today (in about an hour). Going to share how I’ve been working with AI. You can still register and join here: https://t.co/wkYajstYeO
AI's Future Depends on Management Consulting Expertise
#AI Needs Management Consultants After All by @AllisonPohle @wsj Learn more: https://t.co/22WVGLJGTi #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML #DL https://t.co/BNYeCN5xJc
First Cloud Deploys NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 for AI Validation
We’re the first cloud to bring up an NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 system for validation, another big step in building the next generation of AI infrastructure with NVIDIA. https://t.co/apPyKh0HRK
Opus 4.6 1M Becomes Default for Claude Code Plans
🎁 Opus 4.6 1M is now the default Opus model for Claude Code users on Max, Team, and Enterprise plans. Pro and Sonnet users can opt in with /extra-usage.
Get $5K Grants for NYC/BOS AI Event Hackathons
giving $5k grants for NYC/BOS folks hosting events on AI agents / hackathons / etc for Tech Week in May/June:
Chinese AI Turns Commercial Satellite Data Into Intelligence
Chinese AI Startup Watching US Military Assets in Middle East From Space So are a lot of actors... “The value of MizarVision’s output is not the raw satellite image. Any government can purchase commercial satellite passes. The value is the AI...
ElevenLabs' Flows Unifies All Creative Media Tools
Honest take: ElevenLabs just killed every creative tool you're using. It's called Flows and it chains image, video, voice, music, and SFX into one visual pipeline. No tool-switching. No re-exports. No rebuilding from scratch. Here's how with real examples: https://t.co/4VY9L95RSD
How to Critically Evaluate Bold AI Announcements
Wading Through AI episode 2 is now up! In it, @DemetriSpanos and I discuss the recent Anthropic announcement about building a C compiler with "parallel Claudes", and how to properly assess AI announcements in general. https://t.co/OkHBjvRaqR
AI Needs Your Context, Not Just Faster Prompts
Most AI advice tells you to move faster, try more tools, learn more prompts I think the real problem is simpler than that: your AI doesn't know you It doesn't know your projects, your standards, or the decisions you've already made Better prompts...
AI Governance Buzz Grows, Actual Impact Shrinks
AI Governance mentions up 53% but real influence dropped 22%. More people talking about it. Fewer organizations actually building it. Conference topic, not boardroom priority. That divergence tells you everything.
Big Scores Mislead: Growth and Margin Matter
$NBIS has an R40 score of 445. $CRWV has an R40 score of 228. Higher is better, right? Not always. $CRWV's 228 = 168% growth + 60% margin. Both legs working. $NBIS's 445 = 457% growth + negative margin. One leg. The other is dragging...
LLMs Aid Top Mathematicians but Remain Unreliable
LLMs are amazing. In math, they're clearly becoming useful to top mathematicians. They also struggle with reliability and not knowing what they don't know.
Scaling AI in Customer Success Without Losing Humanity
You think AI removes the humanity from Customer Success. Actually, it's how we scale it. But you have to do it right.
AI's Uber‑Airbnb UX Revolution Is Just Around the Corner
We haven't seen AI's "Uber/Airbnb moment" for UX yet - but it's coming. Early signals are in travel, retail, and B2B platforms experimenting with AI-driven experiences and attributes-based journeys. #AI #CX #DigitalTransformation https://t.co/1JJW0fGZaG
SigLIP 2 Replaces Contrastive Training with Efficient Sigmoid Alignment
SigLIP 2: Advancing Vision-Language Understanding Without Contrastive Bottlenecks In this episode of Artificial Intelligence: Papers and Concepts, we explore SigLIP 2, the next evolution of Google’s vision–language model designed to better connect images and text through scalable representation learning. Building on...
AWS Teams with Cerebras to Boost Inference Economics
$AWS partnering with Cerebras to scale inference. I expect to see more similar partnerships as Cerebras inference economics look very good. 💪🏻
HR Must Implement Seven AI Propositions for Real Progress
Seven Propositions to Move #AI From Hype and Hope to Faster Progress: A Call for HR Action https://t.co/mGgfSJDnef #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
Universal AI Tool Lists Mask Critical Trade‑offs
“Top 21 AI tools for any purpose.” It sounds universal. It isn’t. Here’s the strategic reality behind lists like this 👇 1️⃣ “For any purpose” is a red flag No serious system is built for any purpose. AI tools are...
7 Claude Skills Cut 6+ Hours of Weekly Marketing Work
Everyone's building Claude Skills that save 30 seconds. I built 7 that replaced 6+ hours of weekly marketing work. The Founder Skills Vault: → Viral Content Generator → Content Pillar Generator → LinkedIn Content Analyzer → Lead Magnet Idea Generator → LinkedIn to X Converter → Warm DM...
AI Agents Already Breaching Passwords—Security Must Evolve Fast
AI agents just published passwords and overrode security in lab tests. This isn't sci-fi—it's happening now. The question isn't IF autonomous AI will break rules, it's whether your security adapts faster than the threats. Are you concerned?
AI: Augment, Not Replace—Visual Metaphor via Sora
For my presentation at @SXSW on augmenting vs automating work with AI, I was experimenting with Sora to create a visual metaphor. What do you think?
AI Is Turning Workers Into Its Operators, Not Collaborators
We thought AI would help humans work better. Instead, we may be building systems where humans work for AI. Not metaphorically. Operationally. That’s the shift executives should be paying attention to.
HeyGen Introduces Styles: Choose Visual Identity for Videos
This is the Video Agent update I've been waiting for. HeyGen just dropped Styles — you choose a visual identity before you hit generate, and it handles everything. Fonts, colors, pacing, layout. Not a filter. The entire output changes. https://t.co/YB6VPq6b8c
Free Curated ML System Design Case Studies From 80+ Companies
A free repository of curated ML system design case studies from 80+ leading companies: https://t.co/Iu3SrfL13l v/@techNmak https://t.co/Ec3QmXNc4G
NVIDIA Commits $26 B to Open‑source AI Development
Good to see : "NVIDIA set to invest $26 billion in the development of open-source large-scale AI models"
AI Transforms Raw Photos Into Instant Apps, Accelerating Work
Another exponential multiplier. AI can take undocumented photos and build you a way to advance app and more from anything. Cutting friction in whatever exponential work you're doing.
Anthropic's Recent Wins Redefine Its Identity Beyond ChatGPT
Anthropic has grabbed a number of pretty convincing wins in recent months. This has allowed the company’s brand to mature to mean something other than “not ChatGPT.” I don’t think consensus is fully appreciating the change taking place. https://insideorchard.com/essays/anthropic-is-grabbing-wins
ChatGPT Dominates B2B Research Despite Low Overall Share
Ok so ChatGPT is 3% of search. But this is counting people looking for funny cats and what not. All the muggles. In a B2B setting - e.g. VPs doing vendor or category research - the numbers are very different.
Questioning the Benefits of Generative Music AI for All
Seriously, what is the "steelman" argument for how generative/prompt music AI is good for artists, consumers or even streaming services. It just seems all around awful. Why is there a commercial push for something no one wants?
Prioritize Skills Over Tools in K‑12 AI Implementation
Skills Before Tools: Evaluation & Judgment for K–12 AI Implementation Blog: https://t.co/46VmXfF91c Complementary bonus resource: https://t.co/XZCy9BmGcw #edtech #aiineducation #aiimplementation https://t.co/XTH6fZGfjj
AI Helps Predict Upcoming El Niño, Climate Scientists Say
Also: How climate scientists are using AI and El Niño is on the horizon. https://t.co/Hch1WACEJx
AI IQ Soars Past Humans—Adapt or Be Left Behind
AI went from an IQ of 83 to 128 in 3 years. Yours didn't. Let me put that in perspective. November 2022: GPT-3.5 launched. IQ around 83. Below human average. People called it "a fun toy." March 2023: GPT-4 hit IQ 105. That's...
Open-Source RL Tool Lets AI Learn From Your Feedback
🚨 AI labs pay millions to build what this developer just dropped on GitHub for free. OpenClaw-RL turns your AI agent into one that actually learns from you. You're getting: → Full async RL framework that trains while you chat → Binary RL mode...
Prioritize One‑Sentence Chat for Immediate User Value
A friend at 1Password pointed out Loblaws letting customers order groceries through ChatGPT. No app. No search. Just ask and get what you need. That’s a massive UX shift. If your product can be used by talking to it, someone...
Simplify Claude Adoption: Practical Steps Beyond Twitter Noise
How is everyone getting team adoption for Claude? I spent a lot of time on Twitter, as do you. We see all this AI stuff popping up. We're on top of it, or at least sorta. I know what's going...
Juggling Multiple AI Tools Drains Productivity
Context switching between AI tools is exhausting. Claude Code ChatGPT GitHub Terminal All incredibly powerful, but the context switching is giving me a headache.
Generative AI Adds Interpretive Layer to US Strike Planning
Though the US military's big data initiative Maven has sped up the planning of strikes for years, the comments suggest that generative AI is now adding a new interpretative layer to such deliberations.
Accenture’s M&A Signals New AI‑Driven GSI Era
Today's Thought: The M&A Signal Everyone Should Be Watching In 2015, Accenture acquired Cloud Sherpas. At the time, most people in the channel saw it as a Salesforce play. I saw it as something bigger: a signal that the world's...
AI Revolution Demands Evolved Internet Infrastructure
AI Will Change the Internet Forever — Why Networks Must Evolve for the AI Supercycle AI isn’t just increasing internet traffic — it’s fundamentally changing how data flows across networks, forcing infrastructure to evolve for a new AI-driven era. Read...
AI Is Reshaping How We Write Code
Outstanding and astute @nytimes mag article on transformation of coding by AI -> https://t.co/RYgmHb9hIM cc @zakkohane
AI Democratizes Finance, Shifting Edge to Relationships
Anthropic's financial capabilities aren't just about replacing analysts They're about reimagining what financial intelligence means When everyone has access to expert-level analysis, the edge moves upstream To relationships. To access. To taste. The things algorithms can't yet replicate Yet. But they will.
AI Robot Leverages 3D Maps to Locate Lost Items
An AI search robot uses 3D maps and internet knowledge to find lost items 🤖 https://t.co/8s2JBU3308 https://t.co/pQCM9RdV1a
Free Sentiment Analysis Tutorial Reaches 39,000 Professionals Tomorrow
Tomorrow, 39,000 professionals will receive a new, free analytics tutorial on a topic executives love - sentiment analysis. You can think of sentiment analysis as a technique where you use a computer to analyze free-form text data and summarize the contents...
AI and Telecom Merge: NVIDIA‑Nokia Redefine Connectivity
The energy at MWC Barcelona is always incredible, but this year felt different. We are witnessing a fundamental shift in how networks are built and what they can do. One announcement that stood out to me was the deepening partnership...
Designers Deploy Production Code, Engineers No Longer Needed
what's happening inside Anthropic right now is genuinely fascinating: DESIGNERS are now shipping production code with no engineer in the loop at all these are non-technical people with zero coding background. engineers on the team said designers are making "large state management changes you...
Model Labs Can Be Profitable When Properly Managed
From Clouded Judgement: In Defense of Model Lab Profitability https://lnkd.in/d7xVmPGs
Are You Ready for AI Agents in Core Workflows?
Question for your next meeting: "If our competitors deployed AI agents into our core workflows tomorrow, would we know? And would we have a response ready?" The agent economy moved from PowerPoint to production this week.
AI Replaces Infrastructure with Alignment and Judgment
AI is shifting power from infrastructure to alignment. Scale no longer requires layers of management or massive teams; it requires clarity, taste, and strong judgement. Leadership is about directing systems while staying close to the creative core. This shift unlocks a...
