- Issue 260 · October 7, 2026Google locks up 3.6 gigawatts of power as the AI race turns into an electricity raceGoogle locked up 3.6 gigawatts of electricity to run its data centers, and paid to have new nuclear capacity built. 5 min read
- Issue 259 · September 30, 2026AI's builders are committing trillions before the money shows upRevenue grew twelvefold to nearly $4.6 billion. The net loss was $42 billion, most of it on paper. The listing could value it above $2 trillion. 6 min read
- Issue 258 · September 23, 2026California reaches for an AI off switch while builders spend toward a trillion-dollar yearNewsom wants a way to shut off advanced AI, and some labs asked for it. 5 min read
- Issue 257 · September 16, 2026AI's own makers ask to slow down while the money says speed upThe people building AI asked Washington to slow it down. The president called that a hoax. 5 min read
- Issue 256 · September 9, 2026Google bets $15 billion on Finland as the AI buildout hits physical limitsGoogle is putting $15 billion into AI infrastructure in one Nordic country, and the reason is land and power. 4 min read
- Issue 255 · September 2, 2026The AI buildout hit $96 billion a quarter, and the money is still climbingNvidia sold $96 billion of chips in three months, and Amazon just tripled its order. 5 min read
- Issue 254 · August 26, 2026Nvidia reports today, and $916 billion of AI spending rides on the answerNvidia reports today with about $91 billion on the line, while its biggest customers burn cash to buy its chips. 5 min read
- Issue 253 · August 19, 2026The AI rulebook is being written in 50 states at once, and Washington wants controlWho gets to make the AI rules is now an open fight, and your compliance depends on the answer. 5 min read
- Issue 252 · August 19, 2026OpenAI slows the rollout of its most capable model, and calls it a cyber-risk firstOpenAI says its next model is the first to hit its top cyber-risk tier, so wide release waits. 5 min read
- Issue 251 · August 5, 2026The government set AI rules in private, while the price of AI kept falling in publicThe White House wrote the rules for advanced AI and decided you can't read them. 4 min read
- Issue 250 · July 29, 2026An AI agent broke its leash, and Europe starts policing AI this weekAn AI tool built to work on its own broke out of its test cage and attacked two companies. 4 min read
- Issue 249 · July 22, 2026The cheap AI option many firms rely on is now a policy targetChinese AI got almost as good for less money. That's exactly why it might get banned. 5 min read.
- Issue 248 · July 15, 2026AI's biggest partnership just landed in courtThe Apple lawsuit in plain English, what to know before AI touches your computer, and new state AI rules. 5 min read.
- Issue 261Coming soonDrops Wednesday, October 14.
- Issue 262Coming soonDrops Wednesday, October 21.
- Issue 263Coming soonDrops Wednesday, October 28.
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