Instead of helping users draft messages, the true evolution of communication is AI agents negotiating tasks like scheduling meetings directly with other agents. This bypasses the need for manual back-and-forth in apps like iMessage.
Users' entire personal lives鈥攃ommunications, files, locations鈥攁re stored in iMessage. This makes it a "system of record" that new platforms like AI assistants or smart glasses must integrate with to be useful, giving Apple a massive competitive advantage.
The conviction of an ADHD startup founder for over-prescribing Adderall illustrates the danger of optimizing healthcare for conversions. It proves that a doctor's assessment and incentive for quality care is a critical patient safety feature, not a bug to be removed by tech.
Major AI labs plan and purchase GPUs on multi-year timelines. This means NVIDIA's current stellar earnings reports reflect long-term capital commitments, not necessarily current consumer usage, potentially masking a slowdown in services like ChatGPT.
Google successfully trained its top model, Gemini 3 Pro, on its own TPUs, proving a viable alternative to NVIDIA's chips. However, because Google doesn't sell these TPUs, NVIDIA retains its monopoly pricing power over every other company in the market.
xAI's 500-megawatt data center in Saudi Arabia likely isn't just for running its own models. It's a strategic move for Musk to enter the lucrative data center market, leveraging his expertise in large-scale infrastructure and capitalizing on cheap, co-located energy sources.