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How DeepSeek Shook the AI Industry—and NVIDIA Along With It
Artificial Intelligence has long been synonymous with high budgets, cutting-edge infrastructure, and the dominance of Silicon Valley’s...

Rich Washburn
Jan 274 min read


Stargate Initiative: America’s $500 Billion Power Play to Lead in AI
There’s a rare kind of charge in the air—the kind you feel when history is taking shape right in front of you. Yesterday, President...

Rich Washburn
Jan 224 min read


Stargate: America’s $500 Billion Leap Into AI Greatness
Ladies and gentlemen, history is being written. On his second day back in office, President Donald Trump unveiled a breathtaking...

Rich Washburn
Jan 213 min read


OpenAI’s Super Agents and Level 4 AGI Innovators: Welcome to the Age of Recursive Progress
Strap in—2025 is shaping up to be the year artificial intelligence doesn’t just change the game but rewrites the rulebook. Rumors...

Rich Washburn
Jan 194 min read


The Reversible Chip Revolution: Promising, but Not Quite World-Changing (Yet)
Sometimes, the most intriguing ideas sneak up on you during casual conversations. Recently, while chatting with a fellow member of G7—a...

Rich Washburn
Jan 173 min read


From Dial-Up to AI: Why We’re Still in the Early Days of the Revolution
Remember the days of dial-up internet? You’d fire up your modem, endure that symphony of screeches and beeps, and maybe—just maybe—get...

Rich Washburn
Jan 163 min read


Stop Outsourcing Your AI: Why It’s Time to Bring It In-House
Historically, if you needed a specific tool or service for your business, you’d probably turn to a SaaS provider, hire a consultant, or...

Rich Washburn
Jan 143 min read


Is WordPress the Internet’s Biggest Liability?
For years, WordPress has been the undisputed giant of the web, powering nearly half of the internet. But like a blockbuster sequel that...

Rich Washburn
Jan 53 min read


Ai Use Case: How Barrel Sage Makes AI Relevant to Everyone
AI often gets pegged as some Silicon Valley buzzword—reserved for tech billionaires or geeky research projects. But let me show you a...

Rich Washburn
Dec 31, 20243 min read


The Digital Panopticon: AI-Powered Surveillance, Civil Liberties, and the Battle for Privacy
Imagine a world where your every move is logged—where your grocery trips, gym visits, or detours to a favorite coffee shop are...

Rich Washburn
Dec 19, 20243 min read


From Steel Mills to Superposition: Chicago Bets Big on Quantum Computing
For over three decades, the 600-acre South Works site on Chicago’s Southeast Side has stood as a stark monument to industrial decline—a...

Rich Washburn
Dec 17, 20244 min read


Drones Gone Wild: New Jersey and Beyond—What the Hell is Going On?
It started like a bad episode of X-Files : low-flying drones—hundreds of them—appearing nightly over quiet New Jersey towns, lighting up...

Rich Washburn
Dec 16, 20244 min read


Top 7 AI Certifications That Pay Incredibly Well Right Now
If you’ve been scanning the job boards wondering when your dream job with a hefty paycheck will show up, the answer might be staring you...

Rich Washburn
Nov 24, 20244 min read


Open-Source Q-Star: DeepSeek R1 – The Dawn of Transparent AI Thinking
In the fast-paced world of artificial intelligence, breakthroughs come thick and fast, but every so often, something truly...

Rich Washburn
Nov 22, 20244 min read


Q-STAR 2.0: Self-Evolving AI Models Are Breaking the Mold
If you’ve been following AI’s rapid ascent, you’ve probably heard whispers about the so-called “LLM stagnation thesis” —the idea that...

Rich Washburn
Nov 22, 20244 min read


Microsoft and OpenAI Just Revealed the FUTURE of AI: A Glimpse into 2025
In a world where AI already feels omnipresent, Microsoft and OpenAI just took the stage at Microsoft Ignite 2024 to remind us: the best...

Rich Washburn
Nov 20, 20244 min read


ChatGPT Operator and OpenAI’s “Agentic AI”: The Future of Work is Here
AI is stepping out of the chat bubble and into your apps—and the possibilities are mind-blowing. OpenAI’s latest feature for ChatGPT,...

Rich Washburn
Nov 15, 20243 min read


Are Specialized, Agentic AI Models the Next Big Thing?
In the race to develop ever-larger AI models, we may have overlooked something crucial: maybe it’s time to think smaller. The AI...

Rich Washburn
Nov 14, 20244 min read


‘GPT-5 Exhibits Diminishing Returns,’ Sam Altman Responds with a ‘lol’—The Reality of AI’s Scaling Challenge
The AI world got rocked (or perhaps tickled) yesterday with the reveal of a new leak from OpenAI. According to inside sources, OpenAI’s...

Rich Washburn
Nov 11, 20244 min read


Jensen Huang Reveals NVIDIA's 2025 Masterplan
Jensen Huang, CEO and founder of NVIDIA, recently unveiled his vision for the future of artificial intelligence at the AI Summit in...

Rich Washburn
Nov 8, 20244 min read
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