One Engineer + AI Agents Replace Seven-Person Teams
Sid Sijbrandij, the co-founder of GitLab, just said: "One developer with parallel AI agents will outproduce an entire team of seven." And at his new company Kilo, that's already the standard. He has 20 engineers. Each one manages multiple AI agents across parallel work streams. • One builds • One reviews • One deploys All simultaneously while the human keeps the system moving. He said it himself: "It used to be that you needed a team of seven people to do something. Now you have one person and a whole team of agents working on something." He calls 2026 the year this goes mainstream. Kilo is already shipping orchestration features that split tasks across multiple agents with smaller context windows so they run faster, cheaper, and don't lose half their context. They're even building runoffs where two different models tackle the same task so you can compare outputs and ship the stronger one. Every engineering org will have to restructure around this. The question is whether you'll be orchestrating the agents or getting replaced by someone who is. PS. Sid Sijbrandij (@sytses), co-founder at GitLab (@gitlab)and Kilo Code (@kilocode) is doing a keynote on May 7th at SynBioBeta this year. If biotech, open source, or the future of AI-driven science is your world, the founders, investors, and researchers shaping it will be in the room. Link for tickets below.
Hybrid Method Beats Pure Agile for ERP Projects
A hybrid approach often outperforms pure Agile. Later, we'll explore case studies of organizations that struggled with Agile for ERP implementation. #Agile #ERP #ProjectManagement https://t.co/wbz8sKEcDF
Federated Unlearning Boosts Privacy, Adds System Risks
A new approach to AI privacy is gaining attention. Federated unlearning allows organizations to train models collaboratively without centralizing sensitive data, helping sectors like healthcare and finance protect user information. But it comes with a trade-off. Improving privacy at the data level...
GE‑Sim 2.0 Unifies Video
GE-Sim 2.0 shows how simulation is evolving toward embodied intelligence, combining video generation, state estimation and policy evaluation in one framework A relevant step for scalable robot learning #AGIBOT Partner #AGIBOTAIWeek #GenieEnvisioner #Robotics #visualsimulation
Humanoid Robots Become Tireless, Instantly Adaptable Factory Workers
What if the most flexible worker in your factory never gets tired, never calls in sick, and can switch jobs instantly? That’s the promise behind a new wave of humanoid robots now entering real factories. Not labs. Not demos. Actual production floors. One example...
Pilot, ClaudeCode, GLM 5.1 Hit 74.2% Success
Pilot + ClaudeCode + GLM 5.1 74.2% success rate on Terminal Benchmark 2.0 full run. I have to check we didn't violate any rules 😁
Indonesia Ditches Diesel, Saves $2B with Solar Power
Indonesia on the move: Its electricity monopoly moves to retire 2,396 diesel generators across 741 locations > Will replace them with solar + storage and micro-hydro, slashing 200,000 barrels of oil imports/ day > Saves $2b in avoided oil imports every single...
Gig Economy Forces Talent Acquisition to Rethink Hiring
The Invisible Workforce: How the Gig Economy Is Reshaping Talent Acquisition https://t.co/498lrfSDM9 The workforce is not disappearing. It is disengaging from traditional hiring systems.
Too Many False Alerts Kill Trust and Attention
The Law of False Alerts: “As the rate of erroneous alerts increases, operator reliance, or belief, in subsequent warnings decreases.” Too many alerts and people stop reading them. Too many false positives and people stop trusting them.
IO-Link Unites Vendors for Seamless, Faster Automation
🚀 This week I delivered another IO Link training and one thing stands out every time: The diversity of vendors just works together. Devices from ifm , Balluff EMEA , Murrelektronik , Siemens Industry and TURCK integrate seamlessly thanks to...
AI Clone of Zuckerberg Challenges Meaning of Leadership
Meta is experimenting with how leadership scales in the AI era. An AI version of Mark Zuckerberg is being trained on his tone, thinking and communication style so employees can interact with a digital version of the CEO. It raises a new...
Turn Wildfire Alerts Into Automatic High‑Value Contractor Leads
Most contractors wait for leads. Smart ones let fires create them automatically. This OpenClaw system watches NASA wildfire data in real time… and instantly turns risk into revenue. The moment a fire starts: Homes at risk are identified → analyzed → visualized → contacted Not...
Battery‑free Smartwatch Eliminates Charging Hassle Forever
My daily. It's smart enough to sync time and footsteps. I own the original Apple Watch and several generations of them. I'm done. I don't have to charge this thing for two years. There is no mental burden to own it....
AI Will Transform Payments, Payments Will Shape AI
Thinking about what AI will do for payments (and what payments will do for AI) https://t.co/Jb8eYuz2hs https://t.co/S513uVHayQ
China Leads State‑Sponsored Cyberattacks on U.S.,
"The United States is China’s #1 target for Cyberattacks. From 2000-2023, China was responsible for 240 statesponsored or state-affiliated cyberattacks, followed by Russia at 158 and Iran at 102." Great note from the always brilliant Michael Cembalest on the economic...
EXRAY Underwater Drone Streams Live Video in Real Time
This Underwater #Drone Streams Live Video Through Water—Meet EXRAY™ by @hydromeanews #Innovation #TechForGood #EmergingTech #Technology #Tech https://t.co/VkSygjfzZc
Robots Excel at Structured Tasks, Humans Still Needed
Maybe robots will not replace us. At least not as quickly as the headlines suggest. Watch enough real-world footage, and you see it: Robots slipping. Missing objects. Failing in simple, unpredictable situations. Not because the technology is bad. But because the real world is messy. Uneven surfaces. Changing conditions. Ambiguous...
Manufacturing Isn’t Vanishing, It’s Becoming Automated
This map looks like the decline of manufacturing. It isn’t. It’s the disappearance of manufacturing jobs. That difference matters more than most people think. If you normalize each country to its peak manufacturing employment, you get a clear story: The...
Even Budget Teslas Outdrive Luxury Car Autopilot
No matter how much money you spend on a car — Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolls Royce, whatever — you can’t get the kind of self-driving that comes on even the most basic entry level Tesla
Michigan Data Centers Could Cost $119B in Damages
"under the existing laws, our analysis shows that the expected growth in data centers would lead to $118 billion in climate damages and $1.6 billion in health damages by 2050 due to air pollution and emissions from fossil fuel power...
AI Accelerates Faster than Policies, Shaping Equity Matters
The latest AI Index shows just how fast the technology is moving. But it also highlights a growing gap between rapid progress and the systems meant to manage its impact, from policy to infrastructure to society. The takeaway is clear. AI’s trajectory...
Intel Poised for Agentic AI Surge, Nvidia Also Benefits
I wrote on $INTC on March 29th as a new idea based on Agentic AI requiring more server microprocessors per gigawatt versus chat-based AI. Though the stock is up over 50% already since then, I think there is more upside...
Rebuild Your Tech Stack for Scalable AI Agents
Your AI Strategy Needs A Rebuild Before Agents Break It #AI agents are moving from pilot projects into real business roles, but many companies are discovering that their #cloud #infrastructure , #security models, and #workflows were built for people, not...
US Labs Lead Frontier AI Race by Months
And this is a very generous definition of notable. If we are talking frontier models, only the US and China that are even in the race. And that obscures the fact that the Big Three US labs really do seem to...
Anthropic Hands Mythos to Sole Trusted Individual
Anthropic turning over Mythos to the only person who can be trusted with it https://t.co/9OizaQBvlu
AI's Convenience Trades Privacy for Trust
The most dangerous thing about AI may be how helpful it feels. That is what more people are starting to realize. AI now drafts our emails, summarizes reports, helps us code, manages calendars, and answers questions in seconds. Convenient, impressive, efficient. But none of...
Samsung to Mass‑produce Apple's Foldable iPhone Displays
Samsung will apparently begin mass production of Apple's foldable displays for the new iPhone in June This marks the production start of an alleged 3 year deal between Samsung and Apple
AI Threatens Medical Expertise; Recommendations to Prevent Deskilling
In today's @washingtonpost, a terrific piece on the risk of AI-based deskilling in medicine, along with some sensible recommendations. I'm quoted, along with @CarlaPughMDPhD. Authors: Rebecca Adams/Laura Landry. https://t.co/eDlBmNvyXV
Apple's Edge Token Lead Makes Windows Price Fight Futile
Will be increasingly hard for Windows OEMs to compete with Apple on price. Not something many had on their bingo card. AND if Mac’s end up being better at edge token generation, any cost argument from IT is...
WiFi HaLow Emerges as Ideal Mid‑range IoT Solution
I’m increasingly a believer in the #WiFi #HaLow story for midrange #IoT connectivity, at least for integrated “solutions”, especially for industrial, commercial and smart-city applications. https://t.co/VtEhL1bJz8 https://t.co/euVaW697Ad
Data Literacy Gap Causes 95% AI Project Failures
The Data Literacy Gap: Why 95% of AI Projects Fail - Digital Download https://t.co/Hm2A7Yq1jJ via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech #TechNews #AgenticAI #AIAgents #Agentic #AI #FutureOfWork #Strategy https://t.co/DJTBfHfZIM
Most Future Data Centers Will Shift to Rural Areas
Interesting: "Currently, 38% of Americans live within 5 miles of at least one operational data center... Living near a data center doesn’t have much of an effect on public opinion about the facilities." From now on, it looks like most DCs will be rural....
Ready to Fill Last‑Minute Artemis III Spot
Standing by, @NASA 👨🚀 If someone drops out last minute for Artemis III, I’m ready.
Blueprint for Secure, Scalable Enterprise Search Deployment
Moving enterprise search from a prototype to a secure, full-scale production environment is a complex hurdle. 🔍 There is a great step-by-step blueprint available for deploying the open-source NVIDIA AI-Q template to build scalable, "agentic" search stacks integrating private data....
Colorado House Legalizes Plug‑in Solar for Renters
Colorado House passes legislation to legalize plug-in solar for renters #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/037Gt3scH8
Delivery Giants Hike Fees as Energy Costs Surge
US delivery companies are passing higher energy costs onto their customers. FedEx and UPS fuel surcharges are up to ~27%, and Amazon added a 3.5% fee for third-party sellers. AMERICANS SHOULD SEND A BILL FOR DAMAGES TO TRUMP. https://t.co/oOjUlOb1ZA
Critical Loop Secures $26M Series A for Modular Microgrids
Modular microgrid company Critical Loop announces $26 million Series A round #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/QdfhDyUOUP
AI Tools Boost Security for Lean FinTech Teams
Excellent write up on what a leading FinTech (with a compact, but good security team) can do to improve security with AI tooling.
Stanford AI Index Reveals Growing Public Hostility Toward AI
Today's Stanford AI Index shows that people hate AI. The attacks on Sam Altman's home over the weekend show what's at stake. https://sources.news/p/ai-reputational-crisis
Renewables Reach 80% in Australia's Coal‑Heavy Grid
Renewables hit 80 pct share in Australia’s most coal dependent grid for first time #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/Dk0QZ7Vq1w https://t.co/yNYoXCh4hA
Measuring AI's Impact on Sales Team Performance
What results do you see from your salespeople using AI? by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/wnQyykiAAs @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Salesforce #Leadership #Marketing #MarketingStrategy #MarketingSuccess #SalesEnablement https://t.co/hq49Hn6txo
Alzheimer's May Be Multifactorial End‑Stage, Not Single Cause
Absolutely astounding that two of the most interesting candidates for lowering Alzheimer’s risk in the last decade came accidentally: GLP-1 drugs and the shingles vaccine. Really suggests Alzheimer’s has no true “cause”, but is the end stage of a long, complex...
AI Model Regression Mirrors iPhone Slowdown Before Upgrade
It’s been shocking to see Claude go from an AI model that seemed one upgrade away from taking over most of the routine tasks in my day job to not even being able to reliably download a webpage without lots...
Apple Takes $1K Midrange as Windows Flagships Vanish
The era of $999 flagship Windows laptops is over Surface Laptop 13.8 is $1499, Galaxy Book6 Pro starts at $1799, XPS 14 at $1599 and so on Apple will dominate the midrange and ~$1K market simply because there isn't anyone else. Neo...
Enterprises Need Dedicated AI Agent Deployers
The more enterprises I talk to about AI agent transformation, the more it’s clear that there is going to be a new type of role in most enterprises going forward. The job is to be the agent deployer and manager...
AI Creates as Many New Jobs as It Replaces
Hot take: Businesses will need just as many new hires to manage, update, and babysit the constantly evolving AI systems as the ones it's displacing. Corporate America isn't exactly built for speed. Good luck with that.
Silicon Test Data: From Byproduct to Cost Driver
#Technology #Thread #Semiconductor #Manufacturing #Data The Semiconductor EPDT Article On Silicon Test Data Cost: 1/ - Published In Electronic Product Design And Test (EPDT), My Latest Article Explains How Silicon Test Data Has Evolved From A Byproduct Of Manufacturing Into A...
Beware: QR Code Texts Mimic Traffic Tickets
A new phishing scam using QR codes in text messages, pretending to be traffic or toll violations.
AI-Built Plant Journal Goes Live in Under an Hour
On Sunday, in under an hour we built a plant journal and it works so well on my computer or phone. I blabbered on to Antigravity about what I wanted and then asked the agent manager to ask me questions one...
Gemini’s “Your Day” Revives Google Now Experience
✨ Here's your first look at Gemini 'Your Day' in action Gemini's upcoming 'Your Day' tool looks a lot like Google Now reborn ✅ Details & more screenshots - https://t.co/3VOd60qldj https://t.co/IOgJfWft1L
