We are all captive to the narrative of "progress" and "efficiency," but beneath the surface, a cold and calculated process of extracting human value is taking place. In a jarring interview , investigative journalist Karen Hao reveals the dark side of the AI industry. She compares tech giants to colonial empires . Just as past empires invaded territories, plundered natural resources, and ignored the local population - today’s AI empires operate the same way. They aren't seeking land; they are...

Building an AI-First company isn’t a technological project; it’s a human one. To make it work, we need a mix of three specific archetypes, each presenting a completely different challenge in recruitment, retention, and education: 1. The Domain Authority (Mind) Take, for example, a CFO with 15 years of experience . They don’t need to know how to code; they need to know what to ask . When operating an array of AI agents, they are the only ones who know what to request and how to direct them in...

This tweet from the OpenAI CEO is likely a new peak of detachment and cynicism. Altman wrote that he is full of "gratitude" for the developers who wrote complex software "character-by-character," adding, with a touch of fake nostalgia, that "it already feels difficult to remember how much effort it really took." Let’s lay the truth out on the table: It’s like a giant pharmaceutical company breaking into the lab of a scientist who spent 30 years researching a life-saving formula, copying that...