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Daily analysis of AI tools, research, and industry shifts — written for engineers and decision-makers.
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Gartner: 40% of Agentic AI Projects Canceled by 2027
One year after Gartner forecast that 40% of agentic AI projects would be canceled by 2027, the data says they were right. Only 11–14% of agent pilots have reached production at scale. Here’s why most fail — and what the…
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AI Tools for Academic Research Workflows in 2026
Systematic reviews that once took 18 months now take weeks. In 2026, Elicit, ResearchRabbit, and Scite.ai have moved from curiosity…
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How GenAI Boosts Productivity Without Replacing Workers
Three Stanford studies quantify what generative AI actually does to workforce productivity—and the answer is more nuanced than either optimists…
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EU AI Act: What August 2026 Means for Your Business
On 2 August 2026, the EU AI Act becomes generally applicable — activating high-risk AI obligations, transparency requirements for chatbots…
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AI Agents Move from Pilots to Production in 2026
The pilot era for enterprise AI is ending. Data from Deloitte, Gartner, and G2 in 2025-2026 shows a clear majority…
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GLM-5: Zhipu AI Tops Chatbot Arena Without Nvidia
Zhipu AI’s GLM-5 — a 744B MoE model trained entirely on Huawei Ascend chips — claimed the #1 spot on…
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Claude Code: From Zero to #1 AI Coding Tool in 8 Months
In just eight months since its May 2025 launch, Claude Code became the most-used and most-loved AI coding assistant among…
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OpenAI gpt-oss: First Open-Weight Models Since GPT-2
After a six-year absence from open-weight releases, OpenAI shipped gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b in August 2025 under Apache 2.0 — models…
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Why AI Makes Experienced Developers 19% Slower
METR’s July 2025 randomized controlled trial found that experienced developers using AI tools took 19% longer to complete tasks —…