Extinct Virus Recreated Cheaply Sparks Call for Screening Laws
In 2017 a researcher reconstructed an extinct virus from roughly $100,000 of mail-ordered DNA. Which is exactly why I signed a letter asking Congress to require synthesis screening alongside the CEOs of leading frontier labs.
AI Data Centers Will Outspend Marshall Plan Fourfold
Tech companies will spend $650B on AI data centers in 2026 alone. For context: the entire Marshall Plan — which rebuilt postwar Europe across multiple nations and years — cost roughly $160B in today's dollars. We are funding civilization-level infrastructure...
Apple Admits Siri's Future Runs on Google Gemini
Apple spent 15 years telling us Siri was the future. At WWDC on Monday, they finally revealed the future: it's powered by Google Gemini. The stock fell 5%. That's not a pivot. That's a confession.
Claude Writes 80% of Its Own Production Code.
Anthropic reports Claude now writes over 80% of its own production code — meaning an AI is the primary author of the systems training future versions of itself. Claude's research judgment matched human experts 22% of the time in 2024....
Rejecting Safer Self‑Driving Cars Kills Hundreds of Thousands
If self-driving cars are 8x safer than human drivers and we refuse to deploy them because of one bad case, we are choosing to let hundreds of thousands of people die per year to protect our feelings about control.
Claude Now Writes Code 52× Faster, May Self‑evolve
Anthropic published a paper warning that Claude can now improve AI code 52x faster than a human and might soon build its own successor. The paper, blog and safety guidelines were written with Claude's help. It's fine.
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AI Frontier Narrows to Anthropic‑OpenAI Duopoly, Google Scrambles
We started with five frontier AI labs. Meta is seemingly out of the running. XAI just dissolved into SpaceX. We may be heading toward a duopoly: Anthropic and OpenAI. With Google fighting to stay ahead.
OpenAI Model Topples 80‑Year‑Old Erdős Conjecture
An OpenAI model just disproved an 80 year old math conjecture from Paul Erdos, one of the most prolific mathematicians in history. We're going to SOLVE everything.
AI Economy Soars: Billions in Funding, Trillions in TAM
In ONE week: Anthropic raised $30B at a $900B valuation — overtaking OpenAI. OpenAI filed its S-1. SpaceX filed for a $75B IPO, and a $28T TAM. NextEra agreed to a $67B utility megamerger to power AI. The exponential economy...
Solo AI Founder Scales to $80M Exit Without Funding
In 2025, a solo founder named Maor Shlomo built an AI-coded startup alone in 6 months, 300K users, and a $3.5M ARR. Wix bought it for $80M in cash without raising a seed round or hiring engineers. THIS is why...
2026‑2035 Longevity Metatr
I've spent decades studying exponential tech, and this longevity report is one of the most important I've done. My 2026–2035 Longevity Metatrends Report covers the breakthroughs that will redefine healthspan, performance, and the meaning of aging. Read it here: https://t.co/mLVBlpmmCg
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Education, Not AI, Is the Real Job Killer
If AI now accounts for 25% of corporate layoffs, but 275,000 'AI jobs' are open, what's the real problem? It's not that AI is killing jobs. It's that we're training people for careers that expired five years ago. The education...