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Commentary from yours truly and others in this week’s Insight Jam panel on “Machine Age Market Architecture”:
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🔵 Machine Age Market Architecture: Rethinking Strategy, Energy & Security | #ExpertPanel
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December 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Commentary from yours truly and others in this week’s Insight Jam panel on “Machine Age Market Architecture”:
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"How AI Overviews Are Reshaping Organic Search: A Quarterly SEO Framework" (shorturl.at/aBWH3) JK--Net-net: AI overviews presented alongside search results are causing severe drops in clickthrough rates.
How AI Overviews Are Reshaping Organic CTR
A deep analysis of how Google AI Overviews are changing CTR, rankings, and SEO strategy across US & UK search markets.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"How AI Overviews Are Reshaping Organic Search: A Quarterly SEO Framework" (shorturl.at/aBWH3) JK--Net-net: AI overviews presented alongside search results are causing severe drops in clickthrough rates.
"America’s AI Surge: Powering Investment, Jobs, and Growth in Every State" (shorturl.at/x48bD) JK--Detailed research study.
December 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"America’s AI Surge: Powering Investment, Jobs, and Growth in Every State" (shorturl.at/x48bD) JK--Detailed research study.
"CoreWeave Announces Agreement to Power Runway’s Next Generation AI Video Models" (shorturl.at/geCIW) JK--Mentions "W&B Models." That's Weights & Biases. Enable
tracking and visualizing all ML experiments; optimizing and fine-tuning models at scale with hyperparameter sweeps; etc.
tracking and visualizing all ML experiments; optimizing and fine-tuning models at scale with hyperparameter sweeps; etc.
CoreWeave Announces Agreement to Power Runway’s AI Video Models | CoreWeave
CoreWeave partners with Runway to power next-gen AI video models with high-performance GPU infrastructure, integrated AI tools, and global-scale efficiency.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"CoreWeave Announces Agreement to Power Runway’s Next Generation AI Video Models" (shorturl.at/geCIW) JK--Mentions "W&B Models." That's Weights & Biases. Enable
tracking and visualizing all ML experiments; optimizing and fine-tuning models at scale with hyperparameter sweeps; etc.
tracking and visualizing all ML experiments; optimizing and fine-tuning models at scale with hyperparameter sweeps; etc.
"‘Greetings, earthlings’: Nvidia-backed Starcloud trains first AI model in space as orbital data center race heats up" (shorturl.at/gWOlK) JK--"100 times more powerful than any GPU compute that has been in space before."
‘Greetings, earthlings’: Nvidia-backed Starcloud trains first AI model in space as orbital data center race heats up
The company's Starcloud-1 satellite is running Gemma, an open model from Google, marking the first time in history that an LLM has been trained in outer space.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"‘Greetings, earthlings’: Nvidia-backed Starcloud trains first AI model in space as orbital data center race heats up" (shorturl.at/gWOlK) JK--"100 times more powerful than any GPU compute that has been in space before."
"Transparency in AI is on the Decline" (shorturl.at/mlcff) JK--Stanford HAI’s latest Foundation Model Transparency Index finds major providers disclosing less about training data, safety evaluations, and governance than before, even as model capabilities grow.
Transparency in AI is on the Decline | Stanford HAI
A new study shows the AI industry is withholding key information.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"Transparency in AI is on the Decline" (shorturl.at/mlcff) JK--Stanford HAI’s latest Foundation Model Transparency Index finds major providers disclosing less about training data, safety evaluations, and governance than before, even as model capabilities grow.
"PubMatic Strikes Deal With Startup Kontext to Inject Ads Into AI Chatbots Via Programmatic Auctions" (shorturl.at/ErgDY) JK--This sounds potentially quite lucrative if you're an advertiser and quite maddening if you're a user. Shall see.
PubMatic Strikes Deal With Startup Kontext to Inject Ads Into AI Chatbots Via Programmatic Auctions
The integration enables advertisers to buy ads across a range of AI interfaces through PubMatic or their DSP of choice.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"PubMatic Strikes Deal With Startup Kontext to Inject Ads Into AI Chatbots Via Programmatic Auctions" (shorturl.at/ErgDY) JK--This sounds potentially quite lucrative if you're an advertiser and quite maddening if you're a user. Shall see.
DICK VAN DYKE
Ask Mary who was
fleetest of foot: jokester Rob
or Bert of the soot.
Dick’s still a dancing
star and I dug his bro in
“My Mother The Car.”
Betcha hundred year
old DVD can still hoof
with youthful esprit.
—James Kobielus
Ask Mary who was
fleetest of foot: jokester Rob
or Bert of the soot.
Dick’s still a dancing
star and I dug his bro in
“My Mother The Car.”
Betcha hundred year
old DVD can still hoof
with youthful esprit.
—James Kobielus
December 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
DICK VAN DYKE
Ask Mary who was
fleetest of foot: jokester Rob
or Bert of the soot.
Dick’s still a dancing
star and I dug his bro in
“My Mother The Car.”
Betcha hundred year
old DVD can still hoof
with youthful esprit.
—James Kobielus
Ask Mary who was
fleetest of foot: jokester Rob
or Bert of the soot.
Dick’s still a dancing
star and I dug his bro in
“My Mother The Car.”
Betcha hundred year
old DVD can still hoof
with youthful esprit.
—James Kobielus
"How People Use AI Agents" (shorturl.at/wtdgl) JK--Good market study from Perplexity and Harvard.
How People Use AI Agents
Explore Perplexity's blog for articles, announcements, product updates, and tips to optimize your experience. Stay informed and make the most of Perplexity.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"How People Use AI Agents" (shorturl.at/wtdgl) JK--Good market study from Perplexity and Harvard.
"2025: The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise" (shorturl.at/jN4XB) JK--Good market overview from Menlo Ventures.
2025: The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise | Menlo Ventures
For all the fears of over-investment, AI is spreading across enterprises at a pace with no precedent in modern software history.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"2025: The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise" (shorturl.at/jN4XB) JK--Good market overview from Menlo Ventures.
"China’s AI Power Play: Cheap Electricity From World’s Biggest Grid" (shorturl.at/R0tyS) JK--Energy infrastructure is the tail that wags the AI dog. See my thoughts posted yesterday: shorturl.at/lyqGD
China’s AI Power Play: Cheap Electricity From World’s Biggest Grid
Government push for power supremacy transforms Inner Mongolia. Tech leaders worry about a U.S.-China “electron gap.”
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December 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"China’s AI Power Play: Cheap Electricity From World’s Biggest Grid" (shorturl.at/R0tyS) JK--Energy infrastructure is the tail that wags the AI dog. See my thoughts posted yesterday: shorturl.at/lyqGD
December 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
New Kobielus LinkedIn thought-leadership article: "Energy Strategy Has Become the Tail that Wags the AI Dog" (www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...)
Energy Strategy Has Become the Tail that Wags the AI Dog
Energy strategy has long been a secondary concern for AI practitioners. That’s because many enterprises have tapped their data centers into commercial power grids for so long that they just assume thi...
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December 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
New Kobielus LinkedIn thought-leadership article: "Energy Strategy Has Become the Tail that Wags the AI Dog" (www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...)
"Everyone in Seattle Hates AI" (shorturl.at/hEKHG) JK--Really? Even the people who make tons of money from it? Did AI put poison in their coffee? What gives?
Everyone in Seattle Hates AI — Jonathon Ready
A post about everyone in Seattle hating AI.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Everyone in Seattle Hates AI" (shorturl.at/hEKHG) JK--Really? Even the people who make tons of money from it? Did AI put poison in their coffee? What gives?
"Making Sense of Memory in AI Agents" (shorturl.at/v72pJ) JK--Interesting discusson of current state of the art in memory management for AI agents.
Making Sense of Memory in AI Agents – Leonie Monigatti
Learn how to make stateless LLM agents remember conversations, manage context, and implement memory banks.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"Making Sense of Memory in AI Agents" (shorturl.at/v72pJ) JK--Interesting discusson of current state of the art in memory management for AI agents.
"How AI is transforming work at Anthropic" (shorturl.at/xbWha) JK--Yeah, I know they have every interest in spinning positive, but these are insightful comments on how AI-powered autocoding is changing development shops/skills/careers.
How AI Is Transforming Work at Anthropic
How AI Is Transforming Work at Anthropic
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December 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"How AI is transforming work at Anthropic" (shorturl.at/xbWha) JK--Yeah, I know they have every interest in spinning positive, but these are insightful comments on how AI-powered autocoding is changing development shops/skills/careers.
"Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says he might rename the company 'Agentforce'" (shorturl.at/HzIM1) JK--Um, OK. In other industry news, Meta has admitted that "metaverse" was a faddish dead-end strategy. Will Zuckerberg change its name back to Facebook?
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says he might rename the company 'Agentforce'
The SaaS pioneer recently learned in focus groups that customers want to talk about AI agents now
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December 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says he might rename the company 'Agentforce'" (shorturl.at/HzIM1) JK--Um, OK. In other industry news, Meta has admitted that "metaverse" was a faddish dead-end strategy. Will Zuckerberg change its name back to Facebook?
"Mistral launches Mistral 3, a family of open models designed to run on laptops, drones, and edge devices" (shorturl.at/Ts4QV) JK--Great. Can it turn my laptop into a drone with an edgy attitude?
Mistral launches Mistral 3, a family of open models designed to run on laptops, drones, and edge devices
Mistral AI releases 10 open-source AI models designed to run on smartphones, drones, and enterprise systems, escalating Europe's challenge to U.S. tech giants and Chinese competitors in the race for AI dominance.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"Mistral launches Mistral 3, a family of open models designed to run on laptops, drones, and edge devices" (shorturl.at/Ts4QV) JK--Great. Can it turn my laptop into a drone with an edgy attitude?
"Why local tech scenes have changed" (shorturl.at/GouRd) JK--"Human bloatware"? I'll bet you could get your a** kicked calling somebody that in any Silicon Valley coffee bar.
Local tech scenes have changed
AI has changed the risk-benefit equation for local talent and opportunity cost
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December 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"Why local tech scenes have changed" (shorturl.at/GouRd) JK--"Human bloatware"? I'll bet you could get your a** kicked calling somebody that in any Silicon Valley coffee bar.
"Frontier agents, Trainium chips, and Amazon Nova: key announcements from AWS re:Invent 2025" (shorturl.at/5P7j3) JK--Wow. That's substantial AI infrastructure, tool, and DevOps investment throughout their solution portfolio.
Frontier agents, Trainium chips, and Amazon Nova: key announcements from AWS re:Invent 2025
AWS introduces Graviton5 processors, its most powerful CPU, alongside Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, Trainium3 UltraServers, and AI Factories.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"Frontier agents, Trainium chips, and Amazon Nova: key announcements from AWS re:Invent 2025" (shorturl.at/5P7j3) JK--Wow. That's substantial AI infrastructure, tool, and DevOps investment throughout their solution portfolio.
"How Blue Origin Plans to Beat SpaceX to the Moon" (shorturl.at/yKYyk) JK--"It has invested in technology aimed at converting the dusty material on the lunar surface into solar cells, power-transmission wire and other resources that would facilitate long-term stays there."
How Blue Origin Plans to Beat SpaceX to the Moon
Successful launches are helping Jeff Bezos’ company set up missions to ferry cargo—and eventually astronauts—to the lunar surface.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"How Blue Origin Plans to Beat SpaceX to the Moon" (shorturl.at/yKYyk) JK--"It has invested in technology aimed at converting the dusty material on the lunar surface into solar cells, power-transmission wire and other resources that would facilitate long-term stays there."
"Microsoft Is Sitting on a Pile of Unused GPUs" (shorturl.at/8Qrr8) JK--If anybody out there's sitting on a pile of unused power to run them, you might want to give Microsoft a ring.
Microsoft Is Sitting on a Pile of Unused GPUs -- Redmondmag.com
All the company needs to move forward is the one thing Microsoft can't provide or obtain.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"Microsoft Is Sitting on a Pile of Unused GPUs" (shorturl.at/8Qrr8) JK--If anybody out there's sitting on a pile of unused power to run them, you might want to give Microsoft a ring.
"Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?" (shorturl.at/0ewgD) JK--AI doesn't have a specific style/voice. Rather, it produces text at a specific "register"--ie., a particular part of the range of a voice or instrument." It generates any text at a too-consistently polished register
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December 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?" (shorturl.at/0ewgD) JK--AI doesn't have a specific style/voice. Rather, it produces text at a specific "register"--ie., a particular part of the range of a voice or instrument." It generates any text at a too-consistently polished register
"OpenAI Declares ‘Code Red’ as Google Threatens AI Lead" (shorturl.at/FjAGE) JK--All the while, Altman is making "we wanna be a rocket company too" noises. Alarmism? Strategic confusion? Me-too business strategy? Sheer exhaustion?
OpenAI Declares ‘Code Red’ as Google Threatens AI Lead
Sam Altman told employees they must focus on the company’s chatbot experience, to the exclusion of other priorities including advertising.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"OpenAI Declares ‘Code Red’ as Google Threatens AI Lead" (shorturl.at/FjAGE) JK--All the while, Altman is making "we wanna be a rocket company too" noises. Alarmism? Strategic confusion? Me-too business strategy? Sheer exhaustion?
"This is how poetry broke AI safety" (shorturl.at/fqoq1) JK--This is disturbing. I'm assuming that AI regulators will require strict iambic pentameter, ABAB rhyme schemes, and no more than one vague metaphysical allusion per code build.
This is how poetry broke AI safety
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December 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"This is how poetry broke AI safety" (shorturl.at/fqoq1) JK--This is disturbing. I'm assuming that AI regulators will require strict iambic pentameter, ABAB rhyme schemes, and no more than one vague metaphysical allusion per code build.