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More Sign-Offs Don't Mean More Actual Review
When AI output multiplies, someone still has to read it—so approval counts, review time, and execution risk all need sizing up front.
BusinessMeta Added a Second Agent to Police Muse
What shipped is a control structure; the computer even Meta can't see into is still months away.
BusinessWhy BBS Boards Are Making a Comeback—for AI Agents
Humans use the web; agents use SSH and MCP—the same BBS, the same features, and what that reuse means for rollout costs.
BusinessKB Kookmin Bank: AI Resolves 41%, Agents Feel Squeezed
AI resolution rates and human workload aren't the same thing—remaining queries can get harder even as automation climbs.
BusinessRecent issues
California's 5% Wealth Tax vs an 80% Founder Pledge
I compare California's wealth tax to AI founders' pledges, then flag how to read investment, tax, and jobs data before drawing conclusions.
BusinessDon't Cram Discovery, Understanding, and Conversion Into One Video
A single short-form clip can't introduce a brand, explain it, and close the sale—each channel needs its own job.
BusinessSet Data, Approval, and Recovery Rules Before Adopting AI
Public-sector guidelines and Korea's AI Basic Act reveal why assigning data, approval, and recovery duties matters more than picking a model.
BusinessWhen Solving Hard Problems No Longer Proves Expertise
25 Fields Medalists and 31% of the consulting market are pointing to the same breakdown.
BusinessHow You Sell GPU Compute Changes Your Margins
Buying servers, subleasing them, or billing by API token each demand different upfront cash and payback timelines.
BusinessWhat Counts as One 'Resolution' in AI Support Pricing
Fin charges $0.99 per resolved ticket, but the definition of "resolved" decides what you're really paying for.
BusinessSamsung and ASML Both Bet on the Same AI Startup
Mistral's last two funding rounds were both led by companies that own factories, not venture funds.
BusinessWhat to Check First Before Advertising in AI Shopping
Ad formats matter less than whether your product data can survive an AI's comparison and checkout flow.
BusinessMonday.com Cut 20% of Its Staff as Revenue Grew 22%
Much of this earnings season's profit came from layoffs—but where a company cuts reveals more than how many it lets go.
BusinessWhy IKEA Names Its Bookcases After Men
A naming workshop I ran and IKEA's product-naming rules both show why criteria should come before candidates.
BusinessAnthropic Uses Stripe, Yet Reviews Billing In-House
Anthropic runs on Stripe but still evaluates building its own billing—here's where control over pricing logic matters most.
BusinessWhen an AI Agent Orders Wrong, Who's Liable?
Clicking approve doesn't settle liability—intent, delegated authority, execution logs, and recovery options all matter.
BusinessBrowse by category
Washington's Fix for AI Theft: Quietly Dumb Down Answers
The detection trigger is usage pattern, not nationality—so Korean firms could trip the same alarm.
BusinessOptimistic About AI, Yet Afraid of Falling Behind
AI optimism, fear of falling behind, and organizational readiness are separate issues—here's what Korean surveys actually show.
BusinessHiring Freezes: The Overlooked Side of AI and Jobs
Beyond layoffs, quiet cuts to hiring plans deserve the same scrutiny when we talk about AI's effect on jobs.
BusinessASML's AI Diagnostics Raise New Data Control Questions
Beyond benchmarks: why ASML's AI rollout puts data storage, training rights, and access control on the negotiating table.
BusinessZurich Tested 100 Students on Vibe Coding, No Code Shown
In a Zurich study, students who said they used LLMs more often actually built worse apps.
BusinessUS Federal White-Collar Prosecutions Fall to 340 in a Month
Federal white-collar prosecutions dropped 14.4% year-over-year, and I ask what falling oversight means for corporate diligence.
BusinessXiaomi's 1.22TB/s vs Apple's 1.2TB/s: Different Scopes
Xiaomi's 1.22TB/s measures the O100 chip's near-memory bandwidth, while Apple's 1.2TB/s covers the entire 512GB unified memory.
AI & TechMy Laptop Got Stuck on 'Thinking' Forever
Running Qwen 3.8 27B locally, I got no answer—only an endless "thinking" spinner—until I traced it to mismatched default settings.
AI & TechNvidia Raises Server Prices 15% on Memory Costs
Nvidia admitted it can no longer absorb rising memory costs, and that says a lot about where AI chip competition is headed.
AI & TechWhy Alibaba Put 51 Billion Parameters in CPU RAM
Alibaba stores 51 billion N-gram parameters in server RAM, not GPU HBM—raising questions about its release-night numbers.
AI & TechWhy AI Agents Could Send Server CPU Demand 6x by 2030
BofA forecasts the server CPU market—long seen as GPU's sidekick—will grow sixfold to $210 billion by 2030.
AI & TechWhy Renaming Giorgione Turns a True Sentence False
A 1971 philosophy argument shows why being identical doesn't guarantee two names are interchangeable.
AI & TechUS Women Now Outnumber Men in Paid Jobs
What the payroll flip reveals about male job losses—and what Korea's decade of data already showed.
SocietyThe Drunk Monkey Hypothesis and Korea's Drinking Puzzle
A famous tipsy-monkey study offers surprising context for a shift in who's drinking heavily in Korea today.
SocietyInsightful's 92% Utilization Score Doesn't Add Up
A vendor's own CEO says scores above 90% look suspicious, even as its customer testimonials brag about hitting 92%.
SocietyKentucky Mother and Daughter Reverse $26M Land Deal
A Kentucky mother and daughter signed a $26.48 million land deal, then reversed it after an NDA hid what the buyer really wanted.
SocietyJD.com's 150,000 Free Helmets — and One Hidden Camera
JD's free smart helmets for delivery riders hide a built-in camera, and I wonder who profits from that first-person footage.
SocietyTwitch Quietly Turned On AI Training by Default
Comparing Twitch's new AI-training toggle with a free-cleaning startup in New York shows who actually gets to consent.
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