This message from the CEO of Blocks, announcing the decision to lay off 40% of its workforce due to the changes brought by AI in recent months, is impactful. One detail in the message that the other day someone pointed out to me, which I hadn't reflected on, is that, of course,
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Distinguishing hype cycles from genuine megatrends
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How to tell if it's a hype cycle or a megatrend https://t.co/5baTW66ykb pic.twitter.com/lrDWOC1P8L
— Lenny Rachitsky (@lennysan) 26 février 2026How to tell if it's a hype cycle or a megatrend
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TSMC Taiwan Risk AI Chips Hyperscaler Capex Analysis
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For our first episode of our new show In-Context Cooking, we have the Founder & CEO of SemiAnalysis Dylan Patel.
— Latent.Space (@latentspacepod) 26 février 2026
We talk about:
• Taiwan endgame scenarios & TSMC risk
• AI export controls + Chinese talent flight
• $180–200B hyperscaler capex (is this a bubble?)
• Nvidia vs… pic.twitter.com/qvJCoGCiVqFor our first episode of our new show In-Context Cooking, we have the Founder & CEO of SemiAnalysis Dylan Patel. We talk about:
• Taiwan endgame scenarios & TSMC risk
• AI export controls + Chinese talent flight
• $180–200B hyperscaler capex (is this a bubble?) • Nvidia vs -
Beyond AI Company Labels: Integration Strategy
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i'll be in SF, ships in the night! idk, "can't be an AI company" seems like it eliminates from consideration all of the companies you would see have serious gains. we were not an "AI" company until we started using it for everything we do
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AI’s Impact Accelerates: Innovation and Future Prospects
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AI’s Impact Accelerates
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Nano Banana 2 debuts at number one in Image Arena
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And it's still only Feb, 2026 … Arena.ai (@arena) 🚨BREAKING: Nano Banana 2 debuts at #1 in Image Arena, and it changes the game again 🍌🍌 Officially released as Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview, it is powered by real-time information and images from web search. Highlights: – #1 Text-to-Image scoring 1279, surpassing GPT-Image-1.5 and Nano Banana Pro – Ties for #1 Single-Image Edit, scoring 1407 on par with ChatGPT-Image-Latest – Top 3 Multi-Image Edit, alongside Nano Banana Pro variants – $0.067 per image ~2x cheaper than Nano Banana Pro Congrats to the @GoogleDeepMind team for continuing to push the frontier! — https://nitter.net/arena/status/2027053222876393703#m
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OpenAI’s Valuation and Sustainability Under Scrutiny
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what *EXACTLY* did I say there that was wrong? many people now, over a year later, think that OpenAI is unsustainable at its current valuation. it’s hard to call the exact date of bubble but certainly the vibe has shifted massively towards skepticism in the intervening 13
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Robotics breakthroughs: robot dogs, humanoids, autonomous vehicles investments
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Top stories in robotics today: – Unitree robot dog runs 11 mph, hauls 143 lb.
– Honor teases humanoid alongside robot phone
– Audi brings robot hands to the assembly line
– UK’s Wayve nabs $1.2B for $8B valuation
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AI Plateau: Debunking the Stagnation Myth
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Hubo un tiempo en el que algunos creyeron que la IA había chocado contra un muro y no se qué
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Google Nano Banana 2: New Text-to-Image Model Benchmarks
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A second banana has hit the timeline Google's new Nano Banana 2: – #1 text-to-image on both LMArena and Artificial Analysis
– 2x cheaper than Pro
– Flash speeds with 4K resolution and better text rendering – Can handle 5 characters + 14 objects with consistency per scene