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 [...]

Microsoft escapes EU antitrust fine after unbundling Teams

Microsoft is no longer in trouble with the European Commission, at least when it comes to Teams. The commission has accepted the changes and commitments the company made in response to its concerns re [...]

Why wearable AI must reduce cognitive overload

We're in a cognitive load crisis. Here's what wearable AI can actually solve. [...]

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, [...]

Vibe coding can build your pipeline. It can't explain it six months later

AI coding agents are rapidly accelerating data engineering by generating transformations, pipelines, orchestration workflows, validation tests, and infrastructure configurations from prompts. 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 [...]