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A.I.

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Trump’s A.I. Moon Landing

The administration’s Genesis Mission, an unprecedented attempt at public-private A.I. development, has been speciously compared to the Manhattan Project, which ended World War II, and the Apollo program, which brought us to space. But where is the money coming from—and what, exactly, is it poised to do?
Ian Krietzberg • December 2, 2025
Ian Krietzberg • November 25, 2025
How A.I. Broke the Sound Barrier
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Over the past half-decade, Nagish has emerged as one of the more promising companies harnessing A.I. to help hearing-impaired people with speech-to-text—and soon, real-time sign language translation.
Ian Krietzberg • November 20, 2025
The Kingdom & The Power
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As A.I. hyperscalers and startups around the country scramble to build data center capacity, the energy demands have become increasingly untenable for overburdened utility companies.
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Ian Krietzberg • November 18, 2025
Hollywood’s A.I. Doppelgänger Hunters
Among the infinite challenges introduced by the A.I. boom, deepfakes and digital impersonators are among the most pernicious. Loti, an A.I. startup catering to the entertainment industry, hopes to solve the problem at scale.
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Ian Krietzberg • November 13, 2025
A.I. Goes Nuclear!
In pursuit of boundless energy to meet their growth targets, A.I. hyperscalers are cutting deals and throwing resources at yet another industry moon shot: a second nuclear energy renaissance. Ironically, their own technologies might jeopardize the push.
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Ian Krietzberg • November 11, 2025
The A.I. Underground
While the Big Five blow through trillions in pursuit of a theoretical A.I. breakthrough, smaller labs are using models that are far less energy-intensive to solve practical, real-world problems. Who needs giant L.L.M.s?
Space Station
Ian Krietzberg • November 6, 2025
A.I. Contemplates the Final Frontier
As the companies at the heart of the A.I. race search for inventive, cost-efficient ways to satisfy demand, a number of them are beginning to look to outer space as the next frontier for chip and data center development.
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Ian Krietzberg • November 4, 2025
Bubble Trouble?
As the A.I. gold rush enters a new, more precarious phase—with hyperscalers like Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta pouring hundreds of billions into data centers and chips to support “insatiable” demand—a handful of industry insiders weigh in on whether we’re actually entering bubble territory.
Ian Krietzberg • October 30, 2025
The Joy of A.I. Cooking
Posha, a new “private robot chef” that can prepare complex, multistep dishes, is among the first A.I. products to take aim at revolutionizing the kitchen. The creamy Tuscan chicken isn’t bad, either.
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Ian Krietzberg • October 28, 2025
Meet Miami’s Robocop
Nobody seems to know what the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office’s new all-seeing, self-driving, A.I.-infused police van will actually do, or how much it cost. What’s the worst that could happen?
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Ian Krietzberg • October 21, 2025
The A.G.I. Manifesto
The search for a non-B.S. definition of artificial general intelligence remains an industry goal, and the noble pursuit of Dan Hendrycks’s recent paper—or “manifesto,” as some have called it. Does it pass the smell test?
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Ian Krietzberg • October 16, 2025
Hoh Knows
Dr. Coral Hoh has spent nearly a decade trying to prove that Dysolve, an A.I. platform designed to treat dyslexia, actually works. A randomized controlled trial just validated her approach.
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Ian Krietzberg • October 14, 2025
OpenAI’s Legal Battlefield
In the wake of OpenAI’s countersuit against Elon Musk, Sam Altman’s company has sent a flurry of subpoenas to nonprofits asking for information about their funding sources, among other things. Is this a pro forma byproduct of their legal battle with Musk—or an intimidation tactic?
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Ian Krietzberg • October 9, 2025
Welcome to A.I. Boomtown, U.S.A.
Ever heard of little ole Quincy, a small city on the Columbia River? Well, it’s home to a Microsoft mega-facility, a BlackRock-backed A.I. firm, and a handful of other entities that are harvesting its natural gifts—including its water supply—into a mini economic miracle.
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Ian Krietzberg • October 7, 2025
Sora 2’s Social Network Problem
OpenAI’s new video-generation app has only been available to the public for a week and it’s already caused a reckoning in Hollywood while raising existential questions about the future of social media. In a pair of incisive conversations, Puck’s own Julia Alexander and copyright attorney Simon Pulman consider what comes next…
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Ian Krietzberg • October 2, 2025
How to Train an A.I. Mathlete
An exclusive look inside Harmonic’s new A.I. math model, Aristotle—a $100 million step toward what co-founders Tudor Achim and Vlad Tenev are hoping will become the world’s first “mathematical superintelligence.”
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Ian Krietzberg • September 30, 2025
House of the Rising Sunny
A newish startup hopes to leverage generative A.I. to treat millions of people with cognitive issues. But like most shiny new industry objects, the next step is gathering robust evidence to prove that the system actually works.
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Ian Krietzberg • September 25, 2025
OpenAI’s Fuzzy Math
Sam Altman’s company, which is valued at half a trillion dollars, will earn around $13 billion in revenue this year and likely burn through $100 billion by the end of the decade. Here’s why that makes sense, at least according to Global X’s Tejas Dessai.