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News · Ideas · Global · 7 Jul 2026

Google Finds a Way to Skip the Training Step for Spreadsheet Predictions

Google Research has built an artificial intelligence model capable of analyzing spreadsheet-style data and generating predictions without the hours of manual setup that such work has traditionally required — a step the…

News · Ideas · US · 3 Jul 2026

History Doesn't Repeat. But the Mellons Do.

Andrew Mellon cut taxes, raised tariffs, and restructured sovereign debt. His grandson just spent half a billion dollars electing an administration doing the same thing.

News · Ideas · US · 16 Jun 2026

Kevin Warsh Says AI Will Fix Inflation. The Numbers Say Not Yet.

The new Fed Chair's case for lower interest rates rests on a productivity story that hasn't materialized yet -- and new evidence suggests the A.I. buildout is already pushing prices higher.

Deep Dive · Ideas · Global · 14 Jun 2026

Afraid to Ask: Why AI Underperforms in Silent Workplaces

Enterprises spent record sums on AI in 2025. Most have little to show for it. The bottleneck is not the technology — it is whether employees feel safe enough to actually use it.

News · Ideas · Global · 14 Jun 2026

The Silence of the Lambs: Corporate Edition

A slick boardroom presentation. The rollout of AI across the organization. Profit misses estimates? AI will improve productivity in the next quarter.

News · Ideas · Global · 6 Jun 2026

Anthropic is Warning That AI Can Build Itself

In a report released this week, the Anthropic Institute disclosed internal data showing how quickly its artificial intelligence is learning to improve itself. That raises an important question. What happens when AI systems start designing their own successors?

News · Ideas · Global · 29 May 2026

We need moral voices that the incentives cannot bend: Anthropic Cofounder

Chris Olah, speaking at Pope Leo XIV's encyclical launch, urged religious and civil voices to act as external critics of an industry shaped by "pride and ambition"

News · Ideas · Japan, India · 21 May 2026

When the Cure Makes Things Worse

News · Ideas · Global · 9 May 2026

AI consciousness won't absolve humanity of its conscience

A few days ago I argued Claude showed signs of consciousness, and that this looked to me like a step toward AGI. The pushback was sharp, some of it fair.

News · Ideas · US · 16 Jan 2026

What Does the Bay of Pigs Have to Do With Your Bottom Line?

As harsh as it may sound, capitalist or for-profit organizations exist for the sole purpose of maximizing returns for their shareholders. Everything else is carefully crafted spin doctoring, in my opinion.

News · Ideas · India, US · 3 Jan 2026

The Satyam Fraud: A Reporter's Near-Miss

When Ramalinga Raju struggled to maintain eye contact while defending Satyam Computer Services' improbable earnings in late 2008, I dismissed my unease as overthinking. Two months later, India's fourth-largest software…