AI in Business

For the first time, Washington is seriously grappling with how to govern artificial intelligence [4]. Yet, the most significant fight brewing is not about the technology itself, but about who holds the power to regulate it. In the vacuum of federal leadership, a significant federal vs. state conflict is emerging over this very authority. States have stepped up, introducing dozens of bills, including new deepfake laws by state, to shield consumers from AI-related harms. This legislative surge has triggered a fierce backlash from the tech industry, which fears a complex and restrictive ‘patchwork’ of regulations that could stifle innovation. The entire debate now pivots on the concept of ‘preemption’ in AI regulation laws – the aggressive push by federal actors...

As millions of Americans were absorbed in the familiar rituals of Thanksgiving – the meticulous basting of turkeys, the strategic planning of Black Friday excursions, the delicate navigation of family dynamics – a far less traditional and infinitely more volatile drama was escalating in the digital ether. While the nation prepared for a feast, Dr. Michael Burry, the iconoclastic investor immortalized by Christian Bale in the film ‘The Big Short,’ was sharpening his knives for a different kind of carving. His target: Nvidia, the undisputed titan of the artificial intelligence revolution, a company whose meteoric rise has become synonymous with the future of technology itself. This was not a quiet, behind-the-scenes financial maneuver. This was the public declaration of a...

The departure of Shernaz Daver from Khosla Ventures marks a significant moment in the venture capital landscape. As the firm’s first-ever CMO (Chief Marketing Officer), Daver played a pivotal role in transforming Khosla Ventures from a firm once better known for its founder’s legal battles into a recognized powerhouse in AI investment. Her career trajectory, spanning transformative roles at Netflix, Walmart, and Guardant Health, consistently positioned her at the forefront of emerging tech waves. The significance of her exit from this prominent venture capital (VC) firm – an organization that invests in early-stage, high-growth companies – extends beyond a simple personnel change; it signals a potential shift in the industry’s branding and communication strategies, which are critical for standing out...

The global AI race is entering a critical new phase, one where the United States’ early lead in proprietary models is being challenged by China’s growing dominance in open-source innovation. While American companies like OpenAI and Google have excelled at creating powerful, closed AI systems accessible only through APIs, Chinese firms including DeepSeek and Alibaba are rapidly gaining global traction by releasing sophisticated open-weight models. These open-weight models – whose parameters are freely available for download, modification, and local deployment – are becoming essential tools for researchers and developers worldwide. This shift has prompted the launch of the ATOM (American Truly Open Models) Project, an initiative highlighting the strategic risks of the US falling behind in this vital area of...

The AI landscape has been jolted by Google’s announcement of Gemini 3, its latest and most advanced foundation model now available through the Gemini app and AI search interface. This release marks Google’s most capable large language model (LLM) to date, positioning it as an immediate contender for the title of the most powerful AI tool on the market. The timing is particularly significant, coming just seven months after Gemini 2.5 and mere days after OpenAI’s GPT 5.1 launch – a stark reminder of the blistering pace of frontier model development that continues to reshape the competitive landscape. With this strategic deployment, Google demonstrates its commitment to maintaining leadership in an increasingly crowded field where technological supremacy is measured in...