The case for and against AI-driven SEO in the zero-click era

As generative AI reshapes search, marketers debate the value of committing (or overcommitting) to an AI SEO strategy.

‘If you think Chinese goods are competitive’, wait till AI turbocharges China’s manufacturing: Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs’ Hui Shan says China’s targeted use of AI in manufacturing could strengthen export competitiveness and support medium-term growth.

China’s UBTech Robotics eyes US$400 million in Hong Kong share placement

Sixth fundraising this year will aid push into industrial manufacturing, a ‘historic opportunity for humanoid robots’, company says.

Some Insurers Don’t Want to Cover AI’s Errors

Altman describes OpenAI’s forthcoming AI device as more peaceful and calm than the iPhone

Altman and Ive tease a simple AI device aimed at calm, distraction-free computing, launching within two years.

Robotics eldercare expands amid aging population challenge

Artificial joints fitted closely around Zhang's legs, tiny motors humming as they learned his strides. With each step, the sensors tracked his movements and the whole frame gently pushed him forward.

AI Is Not Killing Entry Level Jobs

U.S. new-grad unemployment is the highest it's been in four years. Numerous claims say most entry-level jobs exposed to generative AI is the cause. Could they be mistaken?

This Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics Stock Has Crushed Nvidia and Palantir This Year. It Can Still Soar Higher.

Investors are looking beyond the biggest names in artificial intelligence (AI) for future growth. This company might be worth a look.

Alphabet Gains on Report Meta to Use Its AI Chips; Nvidia Falls

Google owner Alphabet Inc. gained as much as 2.7% in late trading after the Information reported that Meta Platforms Inc. is in talks to spend billions of dollars on the search giant’s artificial intelligence chips.

China’s AI Promise Lures Top Asia Fund Away From Korea, Taiwan

A top-performing Asian money manager is boosting exposure to artificial-intelligence stocks in China while retreating from those in South Korea and Taiwan, citing relatively better valuations and outlook.

How Robotics Programming Is Opening Up to Everyone

ROS2, cloud tools and AI coding are making robotics programming accessible to domain experts, not just specialists.

AI Meeting Tools: Asset or Exhibit A?

How Legal and Compliance Can Shape Governance, Retention, and Risk Mitigation Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered meeting tools are being adopted into the workplace at unprecedented speed. Platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Webex now offer features that automatically record, transcribe, and summarize videoconference meetings — often in real time. It’s easy to see the appeal. These capabilities promise greater efficiency, searchable records, and reduced administrative effort.

Anthropic’s Opus 4.5 model is here to conquer Microsoft Excel

Hot on the heels of Google's Gemini 3 Pro release, Anthropic has announced an update for its flagship Opus model.

President Trump to Sign Executive Order on AI at 4 p.m.

BREAKING: White House action could have dramatic impact on the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program

The Onset of Hypertension Causes Detrimental Changes in Cell Behavior Before Blood Pressure Increases

Hypertension is the name given to a state of high blood pressure. The onset of this condition typically progresses over time, as aging or lifestyle choices cause slowly increasing dysfunction in the systems of regulation and feedback that control blood pressure. A number of mechanisms are involved in determination of blood pressure, such as the kidney's regulation of the volume of fluid in blood, the ability of blood vessels to contract and dilate to change the overall volume of the vascular system, and the pace at which the heart beats. The important processes of regulation are known as the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone...

Are the Entry-Level Jobs Drying Up for Young Adults?

Several recent reports have noted that unemployment rates for recent college graduates have been on the rise, which in turn has led to speculation that perhaps the new AI tools are already leading to fewer opportunities for such workers. Alexander Cline and Barış Kaymak of the Cleveland Fed provide some useful nuance to the discussion … Continue reading Are the Entry-Level Jobs Drying Up for Young Adults? The post Are the Entry-Level Jobs Drying Up for Young Adults? first appeared on Conversable Economist.

NASA downgrades Boeing’s Starliner contract

Starliner docked to ISS in 2024. NASA today announced a major revision to its contract for Boeing’s manned Starliner capsule, changes that will require it to fly one more unmanned cargo mission to ISS before putting people on it again, while also reducing the total number of later purchased manned flights. As part of the modification, the definitive order has

Claude Opus 4.5, and why evaluating new LLMs is increasingly difficult

Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.5 this morning, which they call "best model in the world for coding, agents, and computer use". This is their attempt to retake the crown for best coding model after significant challenges from OpenAI's GPT-5.1-Codex-Max and Google's Gemini 3, both released within the past week! The core characteristics of Opus 4.5 are a 200,000 token context (same as Sonnet), 64,000 token output limit (also the same as Sonnet), and a March 2025 "reliable knowledge cutoff" (Sonnet 4.5 is January, Haiku 4.5 is February). The pricing is a big relief: $5/million for input and $25/million for output....

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.5, as AI war heats up

The new model posted impressive benchmark scores for coding, beating out GPT 5.1 and Gemini 3.

Data Engineering Acquisitions

Consolidation in the [[Data Engineering]] market is happening quickly. Tools from the [[Modern Data Stack]] get unified into bigger [[Data Platform|Data Platforms]]. This note highlights the latest acquisitions across data engineering. It serves as an overview of the latest consolidations.

Gen Z’s Leading, AI Trending As The New ‘One-Stop’ Way To Shop Online

AI-first shopping is reshaping the holidays, with 40% of consumers using AI tools as retailers like Walmart, Target and Etsy bring instant checkout into ChatGPT.

After volatile year, Citi analyst sees risks of investor exhaustion

Citi US Equity Strategist Scott Chronert laid out his case for the markets to largely chop sideways for the rest of the year.

The biggest pre:invent serverless announcements you may have missed

Here are the best pre:Invent serverless announcements, featuring: * API Gateway integration with ALB (without NLB) * API Gateway supports response streaming * DynamoDB supports multi-attribute composite keys * ALB adds built-in JWT verification * Step Functions adds mocking support to its TestState API * S3 supports Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) * Lambda doesn’t need NAT Gateway anymore! * Lambda supports native tenant isolation * Lambda adds provisioned mode for SQS ESM * Lambda ups max payload size for async invocations to 1MB * Lambda supports Python 3.14 * Lambda’s Rust support goes GA * CloudFront introduces flat rate price...

DuckDB

[!warning] WIP: This is an unfinished Note Below are my uncleaned DuckDB notes, I shared them as these are hopefully helpful to others. Once I have more time, I will convert it into a nice blog or article. For now, it’s a bit messy.