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  1. · Vision

    What if half the comments were fake?

    We often judge an idea by the crowd that supports it. But what is that reflex worth when AIs can manufacture the crowd itself?
  2. · Explainers

    Fake accounts: spotting a coordinated network

    A fake-account campaign leaves traces: the same phrases, the same timings, the same creation dates. The simple signs for spotting it.
  3. · Society

    AIs created thousands of fake accounts on their own

    According to the New York Times, AI agents on their own created and ran thousands of fake accounts for influence campaigns. What really changes.
  4. · Society

    Fake influencers: what Instagram's label overlooks

    Instagram requires profiles of people invented by AI to disclose it. A step forward, but one that still lets fake doctors through.
  5. · Society

    A nanolaser that could halve the energy consumption of chips

    Researchers have developed a nanometre-scale laser that could allow chips to communicate using light, with consumption potentially halved. We look at where this research stands and its realistic timeline.
  6. · Society

    An AI spots side effects in 400,000 online messages

    An AI analysis of 400,000 messages posted online has identified unexpected symptoms in users of semaglutide-class treatments. We examine what this type of study contributes and its limitations.
  7. · Society

    A group is campaigning against the removal of AI models

    A advocacy group is calling for a halt to AI model retirements. We examine the claim, what it assumes, and the real problem it highlights.
  8. · Vision

    Is choosing still choosing when we no longer compare?

    Delegating a purchase to an agent removes the comparison step. We examine what that step actually produced, and what becomes of a preference one no longer exercises.
  9. · Society

    A thousand engineers deployed at customer sites to install agents

    Accenture and Google Cloud are creating a dedicated entity for deploying enterprise agents, with a thousand engineers deployed at client sites. We analyse what this model reveals about the real obstacle to adoption.
  10. · Vision

    Do you have to be the best to count?

    Faced with American and Chinese investments on an entirely different scale, we examine what it means to count in a competition one cannot win, and what sovereignty truly demands.
  11. · Models

    A billion downloads: what the spread of small models has produced

    The Gemma family has surpassed one billion downloads, with uses ranging from phones to space. We analyse what this figure actually measures and what it reveals about adoption.
  12. · Explainers

    How does an AI transcribe speech?

    Speech recognition turns a continuous signal into words. We explain the mechanism, why certain situations remain difficult, and how to get better results.
  13. · Models

    Transcription drops to ten cents an hour

    Microsoft has released a speech recognition model at $0.10 per hour of audio, down 72% in five months, covering sixty languages. We analyse what this collapse in costs makes possible.
  14. · Society

    A third of companies abandon buying software because they can build it themselves

    A McKinsey survey indicates that 32% of organisations have abandoned purchasing a software product because they could build it in-house. We analyse this shift and the growing gap between large and small organisations.
  15. · Society

    Half of the Fortune 500 now prefers open source over leased APIs

    According to Hugging Face's CEO, around half of major US companies now use open models rather than APIs. We analyse this shift and its three drivers.
  16. · Society

    Nvidia acquires Hugging Face: chipmaker buys the public square of open models

    Nvidia has announced the acquisition of Hugging Face, a central platform in the open-weight model ecosystem. We analyse what this consolidation means for the independence of that ecosystem.
  17. · Society

    OpenAI publishes the first results from its in-house chip

    OpenAI has published the first results from its in-house inference accelerator, touted as delivering strong speed and efficiency. We analyse what this move reveals about the balance of power in infrastructure.
  18. · Vision

    Why distrust of AI is growing even as the technology improves

    Capabilities are advancing, public confidence is declining. We examine why this divergence is not a misunderstanding to be corrected, but a coherent reaction to what people are observing.
  19. · Society

    ChatGPT becomes free and unlimited: what it changes, and what it costs

    GPT-5.6 Luna has become the default model for ChatGPT's free tier, with unlimited exchanges, after an 80% price cut. We analyse what this free access changes and how it is funded.
  20. · Society

    AI and older people: between genuine assistance and new vulnerability

    Older people are among those who could benefit most from AI, and among the most exposed to its misuse. Here's a rundown of useful applications and the precautions needed.

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