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Unlike crypto and the latest fads, artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be the most significant technology breakthrough since the Web. How do we know? Because it's already affecting you or your customers, and if you're not already preparing, your competitors certainly are. Here's what we think you should understand about it as it unfolds...

Yesterday's Apple lack of AI is a positive signal (of sorts)

Yesterday's Apple lack of AI is a positive signal (of sorts)

In terms of innovation, the only remotely interesting announcement from Apple's yesterday's keynote was certainly a first concrete AI application. I'm referring to live translation via AirPods paired to an iPhone. If you missed it (or didn't bother — as I nearly did)

We dream of HER, we fear HAL… but we’ll get SAP

We dream of HER, we fear HAL… but we’ll get SAP

Like Sam Altman, we dream of HER. You know, Scarlett Johansson’s voice, the gentle omnipresence of an AI that anticipates our needs, laughs at our jokes, and understands our deepest aspirations. A technology that feels like companionship. And like Stanley Kubrick, we fear HAL. The archetype of the cold,

AI innovation isn’t one-size-fits-all

AI innovation isn’t one-size-fits-all

Google rolled out its flagship healthcare AI, Med‑Gemini, with fanfare, until a board‑certified neurologist publicly called out a major screw-up: the AI “invented” a brain structure called the “basilar ganglia” (seemingly confusing the basal ganglia with the basilar artery). Google’s healthcare AI made up a body part

“Natasha, this is a pencil. Everyone has access to a pencil, and likewise, everyone with a phone will be using AI, if they aren’t already. It’s how you use the pencil. You see?”

This was David Lynch discussing AI in the movie industry before his passing, just like a Photoshop for the mind.

The business winners and losers of the global AI race in 2025

The business winners and losers of the global AI race in 2025

In case you're still in doubt, real money has been made this year with AI. I was breaking down for one of our industrial customers where the big moves were made, and I was a tad surprised. Here's the breakdown of the big AI money makers

iyO Audio: Seeking the next iPhone moment (yes, here we go again)

iyO Audio: Seeking the next iPhone moment (yes, here we go again)

iyO Audio is the latest startup trying to convince us that the future of computing isn’t in your pocket — it’s in your ear. Spun out of Google X in 2021, iyO is building what it calls the world’s first “audio computer”: a screenless, voice-controlled device designed to