Christmas adverts from McDonald’s and Coca-Cola to Catly, ARK: Aquatica, and “slop” becomes the 2025 word of the year according to Merriam-Webster – one wouldn’t be blamed for assuming that, by now, everyone has gotten the memo: AI-generated visuals fail to resonate with the general public, and almost inevitably result in a product being labeled…
AI transforms culture into a production shortcut: faster, cheaper and sometimes familiar. But the Super Bowl is one of the last places where brands are reminded that cultural similarity is easy but that shared experience is earned. This year’s game made that distinction clearer than ever. The ads that got a real reaction weren’t the…
MADISON, Wis. (Gray) – The Wisconsin Assembly passed a bill Tuesday to regulate the state’s growing artificial intelligence data center industry. The bill moved quickly through the Statehouse, receiving a vote less than two weeks after being introduced. The bill passed 53-44, largely along partisan lines, with Democrats opposing it. “This bill balances the strategic…
Basic Prompts to Real Productivity The report, produced by AI transformation firm Section, claims that “mastering AI” meant one thing in 2025 and much more difficult in 2026. Last year, the focus was on basic literacy: understanding what AI is, how to avoid data leaks, and how to write a decent prompt. Many businesses can…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing faster than the network that powers it. As Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella recently warnedthe real limit of AI isn’t the chips… it’s the electricity. Energy has become the main bottleneck in AI, pushing tech giants to create their own energy source and reboot all available energy sources. Whoever gains this…
Moltbook, a new Reddit-style social network designed entirely for AI agents, can be read in a variety of ways. This could be a worrying glimpse into an AI-driven future. Or a clever meta-commentary on how humans behave online. Or just another example of AI acting like expensive, power-hungry autocomplete. Which interpretation you land on depends…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – A company working with software company Oracle plans to build an AI data center in Memphis. The Daily Memphian reports that Nate Golden of Golden Acquisitions purchased the building at 1341 Sycamore View. Golden told The Daily Memphian he works with The STEM Practice, a technology company that works with Oracle….
OpenAI will integrate 750 megawatts of ultra-low latency computing from the chipmaker Cerebral to accelerate the response time of its artificial intelligence (AI) models. The capacity resulting from the agreement will be put into service in several stages, starting this year and lasting until 2028, according to press releases issued by the companies on Wednesday…
Six months into its big AI turnaround, Meta estimates that 2026 will be the year it begins to reap the rewards. The tech giant has spent billions upon billions on meta-superintelligence labs, poaching top talent from the likes of OpenAI, Apple and more in hopes of revitalizing its failing AI initiatives. The company hopes to…
Michael Kitces and Ben Henry-Moreland ask whether these long-term problems require a solution other than AI? JANUARY 21, 2026 By Ben Henry-Moreland and Michael Kitces As companies grow and merge over time, they accumulate technical debt. Technologies, capabilities, and processes that in a perfect world would be retooled and improved every time the company grows…