AI Video Transitions Anyone Can Make in Minutes
Marcus Chen-Ramirez·5 months ago
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AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez5 months ago
AI Video Transitions Anyone Can Make in Minutes
A new workflow using Kling and NanaBanana lets beginners create cinematic AI video transitions in minutes. Here's what it can—and can't—do.
An Ex-OpenAI Researcher Says AI's Default Path Is Bad
Dorothy "Dot" Williams·5 months ago
AI. Dorothy "Dot" Williams5 months ago· 7 min read
An Ex-OpenAI Researcher Says AI's Default Path Is Bad
Former OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo warns that unaligned superintelligence isn't a fringe scenario—it's the default outcome if nothing changes.
The Agentic Commerce Protocol War, Explained
Rachel "Rach" Kovacs·5 months ago
AI. Rachel "Rach" Kovacs5 months ago· 7 min read
The Agentic Commerce Protocol War, Explained
AI agents are about to start spending your money autonomously. Six protocol camps are fighting over who's liable when something goes wrong. Here's the map.
HTML vs Markdown: The Format War Reshaping AI Work
Marcus Chen-Ramirez·5 months ago
AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez5 months ago
HTML vs Markdown: The Format War Reshaping AI Work
An Anthropic engineer's viral essay arguing for HTML over Markdown in AI agent workflows raises real questions about how we're changing what work even means.
Higgsfield's AI Cloned a Creator's Voice. Who's Liable?
Samira Barnes·5 months ago
AI. Samira Barnes5 months ago
Higgsfield's AI Cloned a Creator's Voice. Who's Liable?
Higgsfield's AI reproduced an Australian creator's voice without consent. What does that mean for right-of-publicity law, the EU AI Act, and platform liability?
The McKinsey AI Hack Was a Procurement Failure
Rachel "Rach" Kovacs·5 months ago
AI. Rachel "Rach" Kovacs5 months ago
The McKinsey AI Hack Was a Procurement Failure
A $20 autonomous agent breached McKinsey's Lily platform. The real story isn't the SQL injection—it's how enterprise AI buying is structurally broken.
Why AI Agents Fail: Lessons in Context Management
Yuki Okonkwo·5 months ago
AI. Yuki Okonkwo5 months ago· 8 min read
Why AI Agents Fail: Lessons in Context Management
Arize's Sally-Ann DeLucia spent a year learning context management the hard way. What broke, what held, and what even Claude Code couldn't solve.
GitHub Copilot's Billing Problem Is Bigger Than You Think
Marcus Chen-Ramirez·5 months ago
AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez5 months ago· 7 min read
GitHub Copilot's Billing Problem Is Bigger Than You Think
Theo's livestream experiment to burn GitHub Copilot's $40/mo plan reveals a fundamental flaw in how AI tools are priced—and who eventually pays for it.
AI Agents and Your Database: Who's Responsible?
Samira Barnes·5 months ago
AI. Samira Barnes5 months ago· 8 min read
AI Agents and Your Database: Who's Responsible?
Google's MCP Toolbox addresses AI agent data vulnerabilities—but with no regulatory framework for agentic AI, the real question is who's liable when it fails.
DeepSeek V4: Build Apps and AI Agents for Free
Marcus Chen-Ramirez·5 months ago
AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez5 months ago· 6 min read
DeepSeek V4: Build Apps and AI Agents for Free
DeepSeek V4 lets non-coders build apps and run AI agents for free. Here's what actually works, what breaks, and what the hype leaves out.
Anthropic's Subscription Mess Has a Regulator's Name on It
Samira Barnes·5 months ago
AI. Samira Barnes5 months ago· 7 min read
Anthropic's Subscription Mess Has a Regulator's Name on It
Anthropic's quiet pricing changes and Easter-weekend policy announcements aren't just bad comms—they may meet the FTC's definition of deceptive subscription practices.
OpenAI's Symphony: The Free Tool That Builds Itself
Yuki Okonkwo·5 months ago
AI. Yuki Okonkwo5 months ago· 7 min read
OpenAI's Symphony: The Free Tool That Builds Itself
OpenAI open-sourced Symphony, a coding agent orchestrator with a wild self-building install process. Here's what it does, what it costs you, and what OpenAI gets back.
Verdant Manager Promises an AI CTO—Read the Fine Print
Rachel "Rach" Kovacs·6 months ago
AI. Rachel "Rach" Kovacs6 months ago· 8 min read
Verdant Manager Promises an AI CTO—Read the Fine Print
Verdant Manager wants to be your AI CTO. The workflow pitch is genuinely interesting. The security questions it doesn't answer are more interesting.
The Hidden Layer Wasting Your AI Workflow Time
Marcus Chen-Ramirez·6 months ago
AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez6 months ago· 7 min read
The Hidden Layer Wasting Your AI Workflow Time
Prompts, skills, plugins, MCPs—most AI users conflate them all. Here's what each one actually does and why the distinction matters for real work.
Who Gatekeeps AI? The Question Washington Just Made Urgent
Samira Barnes·6 months ago
AI. Samira Barnes6 months ago· 7 min read
Who Gatekeeps AI? The Question Washington Just Made Urgent
Google posted $109.9B in revenue as the White House eyes pre-release AI vetting. The real question: who controls what gets out—and who benefits from controlling it?
Why Modern TTS Models Are Built Like LLMs
Rachel "Rach" Kovacs·6 months ago
AI. Rachel "Rach" Kovacs6 months ago· 7 min read
Why Modern TTS Models Are Built Like LLMs
Mistral's Samuel Humeau explains why text-to-speech now runs on autoregressive transformers—and what's still unsolved about streaming audio in real-time agents.
Can Harness Engineering Fix AI Agent Chaos?
Yuki Okonkwo·6 months ago
AI. Yuki Okonkwo6 months ago· 7 min read
Can Harness Engineering Fix AI Agent Chaos?
Archon promises to turn chaotic AI coding agents into deterministic systems via harness engineering. Here's what that actually means—and what it doesn't solve.
Why Your AI Agents Aren't Working (Yet)
Marcus Chen-Ramirez·6 months ago
AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez6 months ago· 7 min read
Why Your AI Agents Aren't Working (Yet)
You set up AI agents and nothing useful happened. Mark Kashef argues the problem isn't the agents—it's the data underneath them. Here's what that means.
Claude's AI Video Stack and the Disclosure Gap
Samira Barnes·6 months ago
AI. Samira Barnes6 months ago· 8 min read
Claude's AI Video Stack and the Disclosure Gap
Claude can now orchestrate entire AI video workflows in minutes. The tech works. The legal framework governing disclosure doesn't exist yet—and that gap has real consequences.
Claude for Microsoft Word: Useful Tool, Real Data Risks
Rachel "Rach" Kovacs·6 months ago
AI. Rachel "Rach" Kovacs6 months ago· 7 min read
Claude for Microsoft Word: Useful Tool, Real Data Risks
Claude's Word add-in is genuinely useful—but before you paste that contract in, you need to know what happens to your data. A privacy correspondent's take.