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Behind Wall Street’s Abrupt Flip on Crypto

Colin Henderson

The reversal risks declawing a century of consumer financial protections and replacing the backbone of bank accounts. By Rob Copeland Rob Copeland has been covering Wall Street’s posture on cryptocurrency for more than a decade. Aug. 13, 2025Updated 6:12 p.m. ET Sign up for the Audio newsletter, for Times subscribers only.  Our editors share their favorite listens from the New York Times Audio app. Get it sent to your inbox. Listen to this article with reporter commentary 13:45 Not long ago, bank executives would compete with one another to be the loudest critic of cryptocurrencies. Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, once … Continue reading Behind Wall Street’s Abrupt Flip on Crypto

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What is behind the staggering ascent of Palantir?

Colin Henderson

The unorthodox firm is profiting from the AI and Trumpian revolutions Source The Economist May 8th 2025|PALO ALTO|5 min readListen to this story ALEX KARP acts like everyone hates him. As the boss of Palantir strutted the stage at a recent gathering of clients, he got a kick out of sounding perverse, in his tousle-haired, punk-professor way. He used words like “masturbation” and “self-pleasuring”. He berated Silicon Valley, though he was speaking in Palo Alto, its heartland. At the last minute, he cancelled an interview with The Economist, though he used to sit on its parent company’s board; he did not like … Continue reading What is behind the staggering ascent of Palantir?

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Technology Trends, Product Launches, and Innovations from the Past Week (August 5-11, 2025)

Colin Henderson

Source perplexity.ai with presentation from Sonnet 4 Based on the latest technology developments from the past week, here are the most significant trends, product launches, and innovations: Major Big Tech Developments OpenAI and AI Advancements OpenAI launched GPT-5, its latest and most advanced AI model, making it available to all ChatGPT users. The company also announced that Apple Intelligence’s ChatGPT integration will use GPT-5 starting with iOS 26, though users will need to wait for this integration.theverge+1 Microsoft’s AI Integration Expansion Microsoft quietly launched Copilot 3D as an experimental feature that converts 2D images into 3D models. The company is … Continue reading Technology Trends, Product Launches, and Innovations from the Past Week (August 5-11, 2025)

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Making sense of the AI revolution

Colin Henderson

AUTHOR Iskander Rehman https://engelsbergideas.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9abbef4a5715ca7b3fef001ad&id=d1577c2abf&e=e1b990f871 Iskander Rehman is a Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation. In order to understand the profound transformations, and boundless potential, unleashed by artificial intelligence, we need to expand our own intellectual horizons into the realms.The sense of being overwhelmed and constantly listracted is nothing new. Historians anc policymakers should look to the 17th century for guidance on how to grapple with information.. ——————————————– In 1961, the Brookings Institution produced an advisory report for NASA, which pondered, among other things, the societal ramifications of the discovery of intelligent extraterrestrial life. The announcement of such a dramatic … Continue reading Making sense of the AI revolution

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Palantir Advocates for Balanced Data Privacy Legislation in RFI Response

Colin Henderson

This blog post highlights Palantir’s response to a Request for Information from the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Privacy Working Group, which is exploring the creation of a national data privacy law. For more information about Palantir’s contributions to AI Policy, visit our website here. Introduction In April, Palantir submitted a response to a Request for Information from the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Privacy Working Group regarding its efforts to develop a federal comprehensive data privacy and security law. How the federal government finally works to resolve the challenges of a patchwork of consumer privacy legislation is not just … Continue reading Palantir Advocates for Balanced Data Privacy Legislation in RFI Response

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The Evolution of AI Infrastructure: From Hyperscaler Dominance to the Rise of AI Factories (2024–2045)

Colin Henderson

The global landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure is undergoing a profound transformation, shifting from the current era dominated by hyperscalers—massive cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud—towards a future where AI Factories, purpose-built and sovereign-controlled facilities for manufacturing intelligence, are poised to prevail. This report provides a comprehensive analysis of this evolution, examining the technological, economic, and geopolitical forces shaping the transition. Drawing on recent market data, industry forecasts, and emerging trends, the report details the limitations of the hyperscaler model, the architectural and operational innovations of AI Factories, and the implications for global … Continue reading The Evolution of AI Infrastructure: From Hyperscaler Dominance to the Rise of AI Factories (2024–2045)

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How AI’s Integration Across Industries by 2050 Will Reshape Societal and Economic Structures

Colin Henderson

Profound Restructuring of Society and Economy By 2050, the integration of AI across all major industries is expected to fundamentally reshape both societal and economic structures. This transformation will be characterized by: Societal Transformation Economic and Social Risks Scenario Outlooks for 2050 Futurists and scenario planners outline several possible futures: Conclusion By 2050, AI’s integration will create a society marked by hyper-efficiency, new forms of work, personalized services, and smart environments. While economic growth and quality of life may improve, these advances will bring significant challenges in equity, ethics, and governance. The ultimate impact will depend on how societies manage … Continue reading How AI’s Integration Across Industries by 2050 Will Reshape Societal and Economic Structures

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Thoughts on The AI Infrastructure Landscape of 2050

Colin Henderson

The AI Infrastructure Landscape of 2050: Access Models, Architecture, and Future Scenarios Executive Summary By 2050, artificial intelligence (AI) will underpin global infrastructure, establishing a multi-tiered ecosystem where businesses of all sizes access AI through diverse models. The convergence of hyperscale computing, distributed edge networks, and autonomous AI systems will define a new paradigm of intelligent, adaptive infrastructure (IPFA, 2024)[1]. AI Factories: The Industrialization of Intelligence Definition and Role NVIDIA’s “AI Factory” concept marks a shift from general-purpose data centers to specialized facilities dedicated to the AI lifecycle: ingesting raw data, training and refining models, and delivering high-volume inference. These … Continue reading Thoughts on The AI Infrastructure Landscape of 2050

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API-Driven Future for AI Access

Colin Henderson

I have been searching for views and predictions on AI access over next 25 years. The going assumption is that all business will use AI, but they cannot all build full scle LLM driven AI. Agents will play a part as will other yet to be determined models. But the broad framework indicates an API-Driven Future for AI Access. Note: I am also considering a future where search is not direclty a source of reference, but AI handles that and my job is to tailor the response and make it mine. I am working to understand and deploy full citations … Continue reading API-Driven Future for AI Access

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Bloomberg reports more on OpenAI and Jony Ive

Colin Henderson

Shirin GhaffrayA super assistant For several years, top AI developers have been working inside research labs to build more powerful artificial intelligence systems that might one day rival humans at many tasks. But as AI has rapidly improved in recent months, leading model makers have moved aggressively to try to translate those advances into apps and devices that people could use in the real world.That shift was on full display last week when I visited Jony Ive’s minimalist studio in San Francisco’s trendy Jackson Square neighborhood. Ive, the legendary former Apple designer who has done more than almost anyone to … Continue reading Bloomberg reports more on OpenAI and Jony Ive