Alan Shimel

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The First AI War is Already Being Fought

March 23, 2026

The era of AI warfare is here. From drone swarms in Ukraine to algorithmic targeting in the 2025 Israel-Iran 12-day war, explore how Silicon Valley software is reshaping the modern battlefield, compressing decision cycles, and redefining the future of global conflict.

AI Sucks the Life Out of the Metaverse

March 20, 2026

Meta didn’t just pivot away from the metaverse. It liquidated it. As AI spending explodes into the hundreds of billions, even trillion-dollar tech giants are shutting down moonshots to feed an insatiable infrastructure arms race. Horizon Worlds is not a surprise casualty. It is the first of many.

Techstrong is Eating its Own Agentic AI Dog Food

March 19, 2026

After two years of covering AI from the outside, Techstrong is now deploying agentic AI across the company’s operations. What started as experiments on a single Mac mini has become a full-scale transformation touching publishing, video, events, sales and leadership workflows. The result isn’t fewer people doing less work. It’s the same people doing far more, far faster, while rewriting how a modern media company actually operates.

AI & Jobs: The Futurum Files

March 19, 2026

Moving beyond speculation, new 2026 data from Futurum Research reveals that 63% of CEOs view AI as a transformative force, not an incremental one. Explore how AI is redistributing work, creating a “Talent Paradox” of simultaneous shortages and displacement, and why enterprise maturity is shifting from experimentation to full-scale production.

A 360-Degree View on the Impact of AI on Jobs

March 18, 2026

Everyone agrees AI will reshape work. Almost no one agrees how. A deep dive into the latest research, real-world signals and frontline conversations reveals a future that is neither mass unemployment nor frictionless utopia — but something far messier, uneven and deeply personal.

Is Meta the Bronx Zoo Yankees of AI?

March 17, 2026

Meta is spending like the late-70s Yankees, buying stars and headlines in the AI race. But as George Steinbrenner learned the hard way, payroll alone doesn’t build a championship team. With delays, internal friction and rivals pulling ahead, the real question is whether Meta can turn a collection of superstars into a coherent machine before the pennant race is already over.

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When Frankenstein’s Monster Turns on the Good Doctor: AI Hits Tech First

March 12, 2026

AI isn’t destroying the technology industry — it’s outperforming it. By producing vastly more code, automating digital labor, reshaping enterprise buying behavior, and forcing new infrastructure and talent models, AI is quietly dismantling the assumptions that built modern tech. What’s happening in Silicon Valley today is a preview of disruption coming for every industry tomorrow.

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