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The Age of Ridiculous Invention: 2.0
(Still the same day. And yes, I’m still waiting for Amazon to catch up.) Hey, remember that ridiculous IR floodlight project from this...

Rich Washburn
Oct 103 min read


Apple Got Sued for Failing at AI. Then They Showed Up With This.
So let’s rewind for a second. Apple’s been selling this “Apple Intelligence” dream for over a year now. They pitched the iPhone 15 Pro as...

Rich Washburn
Sep 43 min read


There's a Prompt for That: From Idea to Exit in the Age of AI
Let’s get something out of the way: we’re not guessing anymore. We’re not theorizing. We’re not wondering if AI-powered app creation...

Rich Washburn
Jun 253 min read


Dragos Sprinceana: From Transportation to Think Thanks—And He’s Just Warming Up
If you’ve ever met Dragos Sprinceana, you know he’s not the kind of guy you forget. At 6’5” with the posture of a Navy SEAL and the...

Rich Washburn
Jun 12 min read


From If-Then to Figure It Out: The Rise of Autonomous, Collaborative AI
Almost two years ago, I wrote about a future where our operating systems wouldn’t just sit there waiting for input—they’d morph . They’d...

Rich Washburn
Apr 103 min read


2025 AI Predictions: How DeepSeek R1 Changed the Future Overnight
If you thought artificial general intelligence (AGI) was decades away, think again. The future isn’t knocking—it just kicked down the...

Rich Washburn
Jan 295 min read


DeepSeek: The Latest Developments That Have Shaken the Tech and Financial Worlds
DeepSeek’s meteoric rise from an AI side project to a global disruptor has set the tech and financial industries ablaze, with...

Rich Washburn
Jan 285 min read


DeepSeek’s Janus Pro: The AI Model That’s Making OpenAI and NVIDIA Sweat Even More
Just when you thought the AI world had recovered from the shockwaves of DeepSeek R1 , the Chinese AI upstart has doubled down with Janus...

Rich Washburn
Jan 284 min read


The Rise of DeepSeek: AI Innovation, Geopolitics, and the Market Ripple Effect
Artificial Intelligence is the tech world’s hottest commodity, and the recent developments surrounding DeepSeek R1 , a Chinese-developed...

Rich Washburn
Jan 284 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 204 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


The Moment Everything Changed: Reflections on AI's Quiet Revolution
Sometime back in 2022—maybe early 2023—the world changed. Quietly. Subtly. Like a scene in a movie where everything seems normal until...

Rich Washburn
Jan 164 min read


Cognitive Architectures for Language Agents: A Bold Step Toward Smarter AI
The world of AI is evolving faster than ever, and frameworks like Cognitive Architectures for Language Agents (CoALA) represent a...

Rich Washburn
Dec 18, 20243 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


Did OpenAI Just Crack AGI?
Is AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) finally within our grasp? That’s the billion-dollar question in the AI space right now, and...

Rich Washburn
Nov 16, 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


2025: The Year AI Agents Change Everything (And Why Eric Schmidt Thinks We're Not Ready)
In an age where tech buzzwords come and go, it’s rare for a statement to make even the most tech-savvy folks pause. But when Eric...

Rich Washburn
Nov 5, 20244 min read


OpenAI’s ‘Orion’: The Next AI Frontier?
The tech world has been abuzz with rumors about an upcoming AI model from OpenAI, codenamed Orion. Speculated to be as much as 100 times...

Rich Washburn
Nov 2, 20245 min read


AI Scientist 2.0: A Step Closer to AGI?
Following the groundbreaking debut of SakanaAI's original AI Scientist, the research world was electrified by the idea of an AI capable...

Rich Washburn
Aug 22, 20243 min read
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