From Silicon Valley to Nairobi: What the Global South’s AI leapfrogging teaches tech leaders

When I write about the cognitive migration now underway, brought about by the rapid advance of gen AI, I do so from the perspective of someone who has spent four decades in the technology industry. My [...]

Can AI Pass Human Cognitive Tests? Exploring the Limits of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has significantly advanced, from powering self-driving cars to assisting in medical diagnoses. However, one important question remains: Could AI ever pass a cognitive test [...]

AI promised productivity but IT teams got cognitive overload instead

AI cognitive overload is real — fragmented security tools are pushing already stretched IT teams further. [...]

The CES companies hoping your brain is the next big thing in computing

At every CES I’ve ever been to, there’s been one or two gadgets promising to boost your mental health. In recent years, the number of companies making forays into this space has grown, and will li [...]

Monitoring LLM behavior: Drift, retries, and refusal patterns

The stochastic challengeTraditional software is predictable: Input A plus function B always equals output C. This determinism allows engineers to develop robust tests. On the other hand, generative AI [...]

Salesforce’s Agentforce Vibes 2.0 targets a hidden failure: context overload in AI agents

When startup fundraising platform VentureCrowd began deploying AI coding agents, they saw the same gains as other enterprises: they cut the front-end development cycle by 90% in some projects.However, [...]

MIT study shows 'cognitive debt' through ChatGPT - here’s what it means in real-world practice

A new MIT study suggests that using AI writing assistants like ChatGPT can lead to what researchers call "cognitive debt" - a state where outsourcing mental effort weakens learning and criti [...]

Study warns of "AI Brain Fry" as workers hit cognitive limits overseeing AI agents

A BCG study of nearly 1,500 workers shows that simultaneously overseeing too many AI tools triggers cognitive exhaustion. The consequences are measurable, from higher error rates to increased intent t [...]

Wharton researchers coined ‘cognitive surrender’ to describe what happens when people let AI think for them

A pair of Wharton researchers have put a name to something that many AI users have quietly started doing: letting chatbots make their decisions for them. Steven Shaw and Gideon Nave published a study [...]