The Invisible Hand of AI on the Factory Floor A single brick factory in Ohio, the Belden Brick Company, recently saw its monthly electricity bill surge from $1,600 to $12,000. This is not an isolated incident. Across Read More
The Illusion of Algorithmic Efficiency Twenty-seven thousand government websites. Three years. A small team, deep agency cuts, and a presidential mandate to let AI ‘fill the digital potholes’ and make them ‘more usable and beautiful.’ Read More
The Illusion of Oversight Donald Trump’s latest executive order on artificial intelligence safety arrived not with a bang, but with a barely audible sigh of relief from the industry it purports to oversee. Last Read More
The Quiet War on Digital Transparency The Department of Justice’s recent lawsuits against four states refusing to grant undercover license plates to ICE agents represent more than a bureaucratic spat over vehicle registration. They Read More
The idea that nation-states can simply decree the relocation of complex, globally distributed manufacturing has always been a political fantasy. Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s CEO, just delivered a $150 billion annual reality check to that notion. Read More
Trump’s Desperation, China’s Leverage Donald Trump’s gambit to bring Silicon Valley’s most recognizable faces – Tim Cook, Jensen Huang, and Elon Musk – to an unprecedented summit with Xi Jinping in Beijing isn’Read More