Alex Kantrowitz is a WrapPRO contributor. He’s the founder of Big Technology, a free newsletter and podcast about Big Tech and society. He’s also the author of “Always Day One: How the Tech Titans Plan to Stay on Top Forever” and a contributor at CNBC.
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Why AI Is the New Social Media
Companionship is now the No. 1 use case for generative AI, filling a void Facebook could not
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As AI Takes His Readers, This Leading History Publisher Wonders What’s Next
World History Encyclopedia CEO Jan van der Crabben saw his site show up in Google’s AI Overviews and ChatGPT. Then traffic dropped 25%
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Scale AI CTO: AI Isn’t Taking Your Job Anytime Soon
AI isn’t yet measuring up to benchmarks Scale set for human-level adeptness in fields like law, finance, and education
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Notes on DeepSeek: Generative AI is All About the Applications Now
Building with AI might cost 5% of what it did a week ago, so what gets built has never been more important.
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Will Your AI Agent Be Your Friend or Lover Too? | Commentary
Instead of an assistant that feels like a travel agent, maybe a friend (or romantic partner) is the most likely experience.
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7 Predictions for Tech in 2025: TikTok Stays, Bluesky Fades and AI Hits a Speed Bump
AI’s ups and downs, a potential C-suite shakeup and a TikTok surprise – what might be coming in the new year?
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What Is Sora For? | Commentary
OpenAI’s new video generator is high on cool factor but low on utility, at least for now.
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Enterprise AI is Moving Fast, and Other Takeaways From a Week With Amazon
We may not get an AI phone anytime soon, but generative AI is solving real business problems, a promising sign for the technology’s future.
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Universities Are Woefully Under-Resourced For AI Research. They’re Fighting To Change That. | Commentary
Stanford University has 300 GPUs. Microsoft will have 1.8 million. Here’s what’s needed to make academia relevant in AI research.
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Rough Times Ahead for News Business as Trump Bump Gives Way to Trump Dump | Commentary
Cancellations and disinterest hit news business hard as second Trump term approaches.
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The AI Story Will Roll On in Trump’s Second Term | Column
History often repeats itself, but the AI story is now too consequential to take a backseat again as Trump returns to the White House
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Tech’s Winners and Losers From Trump’s Election | Commentary
Prediction markets thrived, Elon got his wish, Facebook sat out, podcasts dominated and Silicon Valley mattered.
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Trade War? Tariffs? How A Trump Election Would Change Tech
Breaking down how Trump might impact Apple, semiconductors, and ecommerce should he be elected and implement the tariffs he’s proposed.
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Four Truths About OpenAI’s Wild Financial Position
A peek inside OpenAI’s books shows a company losing money fast and coming up with novel profitability calculations. Is it sustainable?
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Where’s The Generative AI ROI? Start With The Supply Chain | Commentary
An industry that communicates with unstructured documents turns to generative AI to clean up its processes. And it’s delivering real returns.
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