Parmy Olson

Google CEO Sundar Pichai needs to have a broader, fundamental rethink of the sprawling company’s incentive and management structures.

Google’s power struggles are killing its AI mojo

A presentation during Apple’s annual developers’ conference in Cupertino, California, on Jun 8. Apple will roll out the upgraded Siri, which uses technology from Google, along with a range of apps with more AI features, later this year.

Apple is handing AI power to its rival Google

In November 2025, Anthropic partnered with Palantir Technologies, a data analytics company that does a lot of work for the Pentagon, turning its LLM Claude AI into the reasoning engine inside a decision-support system for the US military.

Claude AI helped bomb Iran. But how, exactly?

It is hard to tell if professionals doing expert AI training work will be the new form of work that fills the hole that AI could leave in labour markets, while many other jobs morph.

AI’s white-collar gig economy is booming. Can it last?

Brain chip implants raise important ethical questions concerning privacy and consent.
PERSPECTIVE

Boosting your brain with a chip carries a price

Nvidia's US$20 billion “non-exclusive licensing arrangement” with Groq sounds like an outright purchase, but is more of a backdoor acquisition aimed at dodging an antitrust review, says the writer.

How Silicon Valley will eat its AI competitors in 2026

Character.ai is one of the most popular consumer AI apps after ChatGPT, with roughly 20 million monthly active users.

AI’s next smart move might be scrapping the chatbot

This December, ChatGPT will be imbued with more personality and the ability to engage in “erotica” with verified adult users.

OpenAI’s pivot to porn is problematic – but lucrative

Nvidia is now the world’s biggest company at a market valuation of US$4.5 trillion, while OpenAI is the world’s largest private tech firm.
THE BROAD VIEW

The US$100 billion Nvidia-OpenAI virtuous circle has an ugly side

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman (pictured) is among the Silicon Valley CEOs joining US President Donald Trump on his trip to the United Kingdom.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Take Sam Altman’s royal UK visit with a pinch of salt