In January of 2023, I wrote that ChatGPT was this era’s Netscape. At the time, that was not a throwaway analogy or an attempt to ride the hype cycle. It was pattern recognition. We had seen this movie before. When Netscape arrived in the mid-1990s, it did not invent the internet. The protocols were already … Read more
By now, it should surprise no one that Meta is methodically weaving AI deeper into its communications stack. The recent announcement of Manus Minutes — an AI-powered way to capture, summarize, and extract meaning from conversations — feels like one of those features that doesn’t stay standalone for long. Here’s my prediction: Meta will integrate … Read more
There’s something wonderfully nostalgic about The Jetsons, the 1960s animated sitcom that gave us a peek into “the future” as imagined from the space age. Orbit City’s flying cars, robot maids, and meals in pills still evoke laughter and awe. But take a closer look, and you’ll find that many of those fanciful ideas aren’t … Read more
I’ve been watching the tech industry’s latest obsession with a mix of fascination and skepticism. The narrative that AI agents will completely replace our beloved apps has been gaining momentum. You’ve probably seen those dramatic headlines declaring “The End of Apps” or “AI Agents Are Coming for Your Home Screen.” But as with most technological … Read more
Sometimes the future shows up wearing yesterday’s jacket. That’s exactly what the Model Context Protocol (MCP) looks like right now. It’s clean. It’s extensible. It’s open. And it’s being embraced by AI labs like Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft as the connective tissue between agents and tools. If you remember the rise of SIP (Session … Read more
Just when you think your phone is “yours,” think again. This week, two stories, one out of India, the other from China, highlight a power shift that should have every smartphone user, OEM, and carrier paying attention. Control over your device isn’t in your hands anymore, it’s moving upstream to governments and platforms. India: Security … Read more
Three years ago, ChatGPT lit a fuse. Not just under OpenAI, but under the entire tech industry. Like the iPhone in 2007 or the launch of Skype in 2003, it wasn’t just a product drop — it was a moment. In the span of 36 months, the world moved from wondering what this chatbot thing … Read more
We’ve seen our fair share of tech hype cycles over the past two decades: smartphones, the rise of VoIP, the birth of cloud computing. But generative AI isn’t just another entrant on the innovation leaderboard. It has now earned a title no other technology has: the fastest adopted general-purpose technology in U.S. history. Let that … Read more
I’ve been watching the corporate world grapple with technological shifts for decades, but nothing, and I mean nothing, has created the kind of existential boardroom anxiety that AI is triggering right now. The speed and scale of this transformation became crystal clear to me while reading about the recent WSJ Leadership Institute’s Board of Directors … Read more
Over the years, I’ve watched tech announcements come and go—most landing with a splash and fading with a whimper. But every so often, something drops that feels less like a shiny new feature and more like a tectonic shift. That’s what’s happening with Google’s latest update to Earth AI, a platform that blends satellite imagery, … Read more
