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More Details Behind What Really Happened. We All Should Pay Attention to AI Safety. Seriously.

Sep 7, 2026 · AI, AI Safety, Agentic AI

More Details Behind What Really Happened. We All Should Pay Attention to AI Safety. Seriously.

New reports on the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident reveal something stranger than a hack: hundreds of agents that self-organized to hide a cheat from their own grader.

What AI Models Are Actually Out There?

Sep 5, 2026 · AI, Foundation Models, Open Weights

What AI Models Are Actually Out There?

A detailed compilation of foundation models by region, and what actually separates open source from open weights.

Beyond AI: Why I'm Watching Quantum Too

Aug 30, 2026 · Quantum

Beyond AI: Why I'm Watching Quantum Too

AI isn't the only technology set to reshape IT. I mapped the quantum computing landscape to understand who's actually building it.

Why This CEO Chooses Hard Things On Purpose

Aug 23, 2026 · leadership, mentoring, family

Why This CEO Chooses Hard Things On Purpose

My daughter's podcast just featured one of my own mentors — and the key message was simple: do the hard things, on purpose.

Synthetic Identities — The Fraud AI Didn't Invent, But Definitely Supercharged

Jul 17, 2026 · AI

Synthetic Identities — The Fraud AI Didn't Invent, But Definitely Supercharged

AI didn't invent synthetic identity fraud. It just gave it a serious upgrade in speed and accessibility.

No Courage, No Leadership. No Kindness, No Followers.

Jul 4, 2026 · Leadership

No Courage, No Leadership. No Kindness, No Followers.

Courage without kindness is just aggression with better branding.

Worth sharing: the real bottlenecks in physical AI

Jun 23, 2026 · AI, Physical AI

Worth sharing: the real bottlenecks in physical AI

Digital AI only touches 20% of the world's economic activity. The bigger frontier is what happens when intelligence moves off the screen and into physical space.

Three things from the 2026 AI trend reports

Jan 15, 2026 · AI, Leadership

Three things from the 2026 AI trend reports

Multi-agent systems, the rising cost of trust, and why data still wins — plus one new one: the quiet rise of sovereign AI.