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GenAI Advantage May Belong to Firms That Already Have It

AI tools are everywhere. Profits may not be. GenAI Advantage Tools Profits

Image of a smart phone with Codex app open.

Codex for (Almost) Everything, And the End of the AI Subsidy Era

Codex is no longer just a coding assistant. As Anthropic did with Cowork, OpenAI has turned Codex into a persistent AI agent. But as these systems scale, the economics are changing fast. The era of cheap, flat-rate AI is ending, and leaders now need to manage token consumption like any other operational cost inside organizations.

Here’s What People Actually Do With ChatGPT

Data-driven insights on the shift from cool tool to global utility; ChatGPT Data-Driven Insights

The Attachment Science Behind AI Companions

New Harvard research offers a clear framework for understanding how chatbots create deep emotional bonds. Attachment science AI companions.

The AI Race Goes Global

What China’s “diffusion-forward” strategy reveals about technology, production, and who wins in the AI economy; AI Race China Diffusion Strategy

The Real AI Divide Isn’t Who Uses It Most

Research shows that giving AI to everyone doesn’t help everyone; AI Divide Colleagues Research

An image of the OpenClaw app

The OpenClaw Phenomenon (And Why Dispatch Is the Version Built for Business Professionals)

Since late 2025, the open-source AI agent called OpenClaw has become the fastest-growing project in GitHub history, crossing 302,000 stars by early April. It showed what a persistent AI assistant could do: remember preferences, schedule tasks, control your computer, and coordinate across email, calendar, and messaging. However, for most business leaders, its risks outweigh its benefits.

The AI Content Problem

How generative AI is reshaping the quantity and quality of expert analysis; AI Content Problem

Is AI Making Your Team Lazy?

Exploring the hidden cost of human disengagement from AI; AI cost human team lazy

The Hidden Economics of Workplace AI

As AI learns directly from how people work, a new tension is emerging about expertise, power, and governance.