Gartner's 2026 consumer panel finds half of US adults would actively prefer brands that don't use generative AI. Half. A February 2026 NBER paper finds 90% of surveyed firms report zero productivity impact from AI deployments. An MIT GenAI stud…

This piece lays out a pretty dark cycle that goes way beyond "fake videos." AI companies are running a feedback loop where their tools destroy public trust in reality, and then they use that collapse to sell AI governance as the "objecti…

This week: the billionaires who broke the economy want to pay you to shut up about it. Last week, Elon Musk pinned a post to the top of his X profile: "Universal HIGH INCOME via checks issued by the Federal government is the best way to deal with …

CNBC · April 1, 2026 xAI's Grok chatbot has been granted advisory access to STRATCOM systems after Musk convinced the Pentagon that "an AI with a sense of humor is exactly what nuclear deterrence needs." When asked about the risks, Grok r…

There's an old joke among pilots. Automation has made flying so safe and so boring that the biggest risk is now the pilot forgetting how to fly. The joke stopped being funny a while ago. In 2009, the crew of Air France Flight 447 faced a situation …