Steve Reinharz has been thinking about artificial intelligence since before it was widely discussed outside academic circles. Reinharz grew up in Toronto, and in his final year of high school in the 1980s, wrote an essay on AI — an obscure subject at the time that most students would have avoided. He turned it into […]
The debate around artificial intelligence has split industries into opposing teams, and nowhere can that tension feel more personal than in the creative world. Questions about efficiency give way to something deeper: ownership, and the fragile yet enduring connection between storyteller and audience. Mark Gottlieb, a literary agent and Executive Vice President of Trident Media […]
Today, AI is ubiquitous across nearly every sector, yet a misguided focus on AI capability over practical applications may be stalling its adoption in healthcare. While the technology itself is advancing, Freddy del Barrio, founder of Companion AI, argues that a lingering implementation failure exists, stemming from a persistent misalignment with real-world clinical workflows and […]
A 21-year-old founder from Knoxville, Tennessee is quietly constructing the digital plumbing that keeps everyday internet users anonymous, and his business hit six figures in year one without a single outside investor.
The labor union SAG-AFTRA has recently signed an agreement allowing advertisers to buy the rights to actors’ voices to produce AI-generated digital replicas with consent. This development in the unavoidable yet often troubled relationship between the arts and their commercial patrons begs the question: can AI effectively replace the human voice? Jacco Fransen, a renowned […]
Over the past several years, as technology has continued to evolve at an alarming rate, AI models have become increasingly adept at parsing data in response to user prompts. However, modern “thinking models” rely heavily on long chains of thought. That approach improves accuracy, but it also explodes token usage, increases latency, and drives up […]
Each wave of technological innovation arrives with the promise of transformation. From cloud computing to artificial intelligence, the narrative is often centered on speed, efficiency, and competitive advantage. Yet, despite these advancements, many organizations continue to struggle with implementation. Research shows that only 35% of digital transformations succeed in achieving their intended outcomes. The gap […]
The conversation about artificial intelligence and the future of work has been stuck in a loop. For the past two years, the focus has been on generation. AI creates text, images, and code. It assists, it augments, it makes existing workflows faster. But this is a limited view of a much larger structural shift. A […]
Everyone knows there are two ways to publish a book: a traditional publishing house or self-publishing. Both are difficult, and both used to follow the rule of keyword optimization. But now the rules are changing. As AI continues to reshape the digital world, platforms like Amazon are evolving from simple search engines into complex recommendation […]
The founders and venture capitalists racing to build the next generation of AI companies remain overwhelmingly fixated on software, fintech, and consumer applications. Meanwhile, the HVAC sector, despite being one of the largest and most labour-constrained in the American economy, has drawn a fraction of the technological attention its scale warrants. The workers who keep […]
XPANCEO founders Roman Axelrod and Dr. Valentyn Volkov are developing smart contact lenses that combine augmented reality, health monitoring, and AI-driven interfaces—potentially redefining how humans interact with technology.
For much of the last three decades, enterprise progress followed a logic that felt unimpeachable. Organizations identified the best tools in every category, invested decisively, and expected performance to follow. “Best-in-class” became more than a procurement strategy, it became a proxy for seriousness. It reassured boards, satisfied auditors, and signaled modernity to markets. Each system […]
Route AI is helping founders and operators automate post-purchase chaos, quickly resolving issues without support overhead. Unlike traditional storefronts, the process of exchanging goods and services in ecommerce doesn’t end with the moment of purchase. On the contrary, a checkout is only the beginning; from this point, brands must ensure that the package actually arrives. […]
The rapid integration of artificial intelligence into business workflows has triggered widespread discussion around automation, productivity, and operational efficiency. Yet, according to Jason Barnard, founder and CEO of Kalicube, a digital marketing and brand intelligence firm, another dimension of AI adoption is unfolding, one that focuses not on how companies use AI, but on how […]