Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards.
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The Hive Is Here
There was no announcement.No launch event.No moment where we could point and say: this is when it happened. One day, answers simply started to sound the same. Not wrong. Not misleading. Not even shallow.Just… familiar. Polished. Predictable. Comfortably aligned with what we already expected to hear. At first, it felt like progress. Prologue – The…
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Cybersecurity Gets Harder with AI Agentic Systems in Play
Microsoft recently released a whitepaper titled Taxonomy of Failure Mode in Agentic AI Systems (by the Microsoft AI Red Team, with Pete Bryan among the contributors). It highlights how AI agents—systems that can sense, reason, and act—introduce new and amplified security and safety risks beyond traditional AI models. These aren’t theoretical risks. The paper makes…
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The Tea-Party Prophecy – part one
When Time Turns Against Us Why is it, dear reader, that every tick of the clock sounds more like a drumbeat of doom than the polite clink of a teaspoon? At this peculiar tea-party of progress, Time itself has turned angry upon us – and like the Hatter’s eternal tea table, we are stuck in…
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The Flavors of Microsoft Copilot
A Guide for Engineering Leaders As a Head of Software Engineering, I’m constantly evaluating how to empower my department – and by extension, our partners – with the right tools to work smarter, not harder. When Microsoft Copilot entered the scene, it promised something more than just automation – it hinted at an integrated AI…
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Truth is the greatest illusion of them all
Introduction Since the beginning of our kind, we have chased a vision for a better world, shaped by our own hands. Fire gave us warmth. Tools gave us power. Language gave us memory. And machines gave us speed. We called it progress. Civilizations rose in its light. Others perished in its shadow. Those who hesitated…
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Demystifying Artificial Intelligence – 2025 Edition
By Ivan Vlaevski A Journey Through AI Evolution Back in 2018, Swami Chandrasekaran, then Head of AI & Data Labs at KPMG Delivery Network, created an insightful infographic breaking down the components of artificial intelligence. Kudos to him for the clarity and structure! However, AI has come a long way since then, and the landscape…
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Into the Crystal Ball: The Future of Jobs, 2025 Edition
Imagine gathering the greatest minds from across industries – visionaries, data crunchers, and perhaps a few coffee-fueled insomniacs – to answer one of humanity’s most pressing questions: What will we do with ourselves tomorrow? No, this isn’t the plot of a futuristic novel but the foundation of the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report…
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What Has Life Taught Me?
Reflecting on over 35 years of experience in the ever-evolving world of software, I’ve arrived at some conclusions — enlightenments if you will — that have shaped not just my career but my perspective on life itself. These lessons are philosophical at their core, tinged with humor, and often wrapped in real-world experiences. Let me…
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Hyperbolic Labs Reports Growing Adoption of Autonomous AI Agents
In a recent announcement, Hyperbolic Labs reported an unexpected surge in the utilization of their GPU rental services by autonomous AI agents. This increase is largely attributed to their innovative AgentKit, which enables AI agents to independently manage GPU resources for various tasks, including blockchain validation, AI swarm coordination, and autonomous model training. (Source) Since…
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AI Models Go Cheaper: NovaSky T1 Sets a New Standard
In the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, achieving high-level reasoning capabilities often comes with a hefty price tag. However, the NovaSky team from UC Berkeley’s Sky Computing Lab has rewritten the rulebook with the introduction of Sky-T1-32B-Preview, a 32-billion-parameter AI model that combines efficiency, affordability, and exceptional performance. What is Sky-T1-32B-Preview? Sky-T1-32B-Preview is a large-scale…
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