AI Just Solved a Problem Humans Couldn’t Crack for 50 Years. Here’s What Else Happened This Week.

I’ve been watching this industry long enough to know that the real breakthroughs don’t come with press releases and fanfare. They come quietly, in labs and research papers, and they change everything before anyone notices. This week, three of them landed. OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra Solved a 50-Year-Old Math Problem in Under an Hour Let me start with the one… Read more →

The AI That Uses 10,000 Times Fewer Operations

Let me start with the one that actually made me sit up straighter. Northwestern University engineers built a brain-like electronic device that mimics the cerebellum—the part of your brain that handles reflex reactions without you even thinking about it. Here’s the insight: your cerebellum doesn’t waste energy analyzing every moment. It constantly monitors the world for the unexpected and springs… Read more →

SpaceX Just Bought Cursor for $60 Billion. And That’s Not Even the Week’s Biggest AI Story

Let me start with a number that made me do a double-take: $60 billion. That’s what SpaceX just paid to acquire Anysphere, the company behind the AI coding platform Cursor. All-stock deal. Expected to close in the third quarter. I’ve been watching this space for years, and I’ll be honest—I didn’t see this coming. A rocket company buying a coding assistant?… Read more →

Your Earbuds Just Learned to Predict Heart Attacks. And That’s the Third-Biggest AI Story This Week

Let me tell you about the three things that actually surprised me this week. First, Microsoft quietly declared independence from OpenAI. Second, an AI-designed vaccine just completed human trials for the first time ever. And third, a tiny startup figured out how to turn your regular earbuds into a continuous heart monitor. This isn’t the same AI news we’ve been… Read more →