The promise is clear: Feed an AI your project description, employee data, and supplier catalog, and it will generate a detailed cost sheet in minutes instead of weeks. No more spreadsheet archaeology. No more chasing down procurement for vendor quotes. In theory. Several research teams and startups are already building this future. Early results suggest...
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The Web’s Old Guard Isn’t Chasing AGI—They’re Building the New Infrastructure
Christina Wodtke, veteran product designer and Stanford lecturer, captured something profound recently: "The old timers who built the early web are coding with AI like it's 1995. They gave blockchain the sniff test and walked away. Ignored crypto. NFTs got a collective eye roll. But AI? Different story. The same folks who hand-coded HTML while...
The AI Job Apocalypse Is Already Here—But It’s Not What You Think
Simon Willison has a problem. As co-creator of Django and a veteran software engineer with 25 years of experience, he's watching his own profession get disrupted by the very technology he's helping to advance. However, in his recent conversation with journalist Natasha Zubes, what emerges isn't the typical doom-and-gloom narrative about AI replacing everyone. Instead,...
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke on the Future of Programming: Why Kids Should Still Learn to Code
In a world where AI can generate entire applications with a simple prompt, the question of whether learning to code is still relevant has become increasingly urgent. GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke, speaking at Microsoft Build 2025, offered a nuanced perspective on how programming will evolve—and why traditional coding skills remain crucial even as AI agents...
The Great Rewiring: Nadella and Zuckerberg on How AI is Reshaping Tech’s Foundation
AI isn’t just upgrading our tools—it’s redefining the tech foundation. In a compelling fireside chat, Satya Nadella and Mark Zuckerberg reveal how artificial intelligence is reshaping the very foundations of software development. From multi-model orchestration to AI-powered coding agents, they paint a future where the boundaries between documents, applications, and human input dissolve into a...
Duolingo’s AI-First Pivot Isn’t Just Smart. It’s Survival.
When Luis von Ahn, CEO of Duolingo, told his team they were going “AI-first,” it wasn’t framed as an option. It was framed as survival. In an all-hands email, von Ahn doesn’t mince words. AI isn’t coming. It’s here. And companies that wait for permission, or perfection, are already too late. If that sounds dramatic,...
Integrating AI Agents into Teams—How to Succeed Without Tech Overload
AI agents are more than just smart chatbots—they're becoming genuine team members. With the right approach, AI agents like Roman from support function as part of your team, not as foreign entities. These AI agents don't hide behind interfaces or in the cloud. They have email addresses. They respond. They coordinate. And when implemented correctly,...
AI is automating our jobs – but values need to change if we are to be liberated by it
Artificial intelligence may be the most significant disruptor in the history of mankind. Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai famously described AI as “more profound than the invention of fire or electricity”. OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman claims it has the power to cure most diseases, solve climate change, provide personalized education to the world, and lead...
The Great Knowledge Work Revolution: How AI Could Transform One-Fifth of Global Jobs
Picture a world where artificial intelligence can read every research paper ever written in minutes, analyze complex market trends instantly, and draft comprehensive reports while you sleep. This isn't science fiction—it's the promise of Deep Research from OpenAI, and it's poised to revolutionize how knowledge workers work in ways we're only beginning to understand. A...
Breaking Down Data Silos with Email-Based AI Agents
Picture your organization's data ecosystem as an ancient city. In one quarter, sales records are meticulously kept in towering databases. Across town, customer stories echo through spreadsheets and feedback forms. And in yet another district, market insights are sealed away in countless reports and presentations. Between these quarters stand invisible walls – not of stone...
