Occupy Wall Street co-founder Micah White has launched Outcry, a new AI chatbot designed as a private, on-device mentor for activists and organizers. The app aims to provide left-wing movements with s…
California Governor Gavin Newsom is shifting toward a more populist stance on artificial intelligence regulation as he prepares for a potential 2028 presidential run, after years of aligning with Sili…
Software engineers Mario Zechner and Armin Ronacher, who helped build the OpenClaw AI agent, warned that AI coding tools are flooding software with "vibe slop" by enabling users to skip critical devel…
The article argues that the decline of quality and "craft" in products, marketing, and brand-building is not primarily caused by artificial intelligence, but by consumer and corporate choices that pri…
Despite political tensions and a widely reported tech race, the U.S. and Chinese AI ecosystems remain deeply interconnected through talent, research, and culture. American AI companies have recruited …
The article contrasts the simple, focused lifestyles of engineers and scientists—who prioritize mental energy by minimizing decisions like clothing—with the consumer-driven culture of social media, wh…
Author's experience attending Google I/O 2026, highlighting the keynote announcements of new AI models like Gemini 3.5 and the Antigravity platform. The author notes the overwhelming scale of AI advan…
San Francisco and Silicon Valley are experiencing a "frenetic" malaise among AI workers, driven by extreme wealth inequality and existential uncertainty about the future, according to a viral tweet fr…
A New York Times op-ed by Jasmine Sun warning that AI could create a permanent underclass has sparked debate in Silicon Valley, with proponents of the Jevons paradox arguing that cheaper AI will incre…
Scholar Paul Nemitz, a former European Commission official and co-author of *The Open Future and its Enemies*, warns that three decades of under-regulation have enabled concentrations of wealth and po…
The article reflects on the author's 45-year history in Silicon Valley, contrasting past economic cycles with current layoffs at Meta and Twitter. The author argues that despite sensationalized news c…