In a talk, Erik Peterson says AI spending is overtaking cloud bills and causing a cost crisis in software engineering. He covers tokenmaxxing and unit economics, and predicts fully autonomous AI will write, deploy and govern code by 2028.
Loops Smart AI, which builds agentic tools for online retailers, has raised $3.5 million in seed funding led by a16z's speedrun accelerator. NTT Docomo, Connecticut Innovations, Alumni Ventures and Monday Capital also took part.
The job market is gradually closing to young workers in the occupations most exposed to generative AI, according to the report, which counts 75,000 fewer permanent contracts a year.
This opinion piece argues that while French high-school students blockade their schools, AI is already eliminating jobs they might hold in future. It urges them to focus on learning the technology.
This opinion piece argues that beyond models, uses, chips and record investment, another AI revolution is already under way.
AI promises productivity gains, but this piece looks at what happens when adopting it creates extra work. It also warns that useful activities can be neglected in the process.