This week’s key AI developments were underscored by this theme: the candid admission from Anthropic’s CEO that we have no idea how AI works. Regardless, meaningful advances from this remarkable technology continue to accelerate. This week, the FDA announced an aggressive AI rollout speeding up approvals for drugs and medical…

Welcome back! Starting with this newsletter, you’ll see a new layout with quick-scan highlights instead of dense blocks of text. Each edition still seeks to curate the week’s top AI stories, with its broader goal than simply tracking new models, instead focusing on how AI breakthroughs impact business, policy, and…

Welcome back to another edition of the TekTonic newsletter. This week was another peak week in AI news, and I’m thrilled to guide you through it. We saw players like Microsoft and Google unveil substantial updates to their products. Microsoft celebrated its 50th anniversary by rolling out new Copilot features,…

Welcome back. This week witnessed a flurry of activity in AI. The number of stories hitting the newswire was considerable and reached an all-time high for the year. From bold predictions by industry leaders to major funding rounds, society has reacted to the latest discoveries and embraced disruptive product launches.…

Welcome back. This week has been a crazy decade in AI, with mind-blowing developments. I was particularly struck by OpenAI’s dramatic revenue projections, the surprising underperformance of leading Chinese AI models on new benchmarks, and bold predictions about AI’s transformative impact on work and society. In this newsletter, I’ll take…