On April 13, 2025, as tragic events were unfolding at Australia’s Bondi Junction Westfield shopping center, with six people killed and multiple injured in a mass stabbing, Elon Musk’s Grok AI was propagating false narratives in real time. Queries about the incident prompted Grok, the AI chatbot integrated into the X platform (formerly Twitter), to…

In an era defined by rapid AI expansion and climate urgency, few debates capture the paradox quite like the one ignited on Fox Business in early 2025: Should Christmas tree farms give way to AI data centers? Dagen McDowell’s commentary defending tech over tradition sparked a wide-reaching discussion, not merely about agriculture versus infrastructure, but…

China’s abrupt rejection of NVIDIA’s next-generation H200 AI chips has surfaced as a pivotal inflection point in both semiconductor geopolitics and U.S.-China tech rivalry. Once seen as the leading candidate to receive high-performance computing (HPC) systems despite Washington’s escalating export controls, China has instead opted to revitalize its domestic AI stack and sideline constrained offerings…

A new wave of venture capital is reshaping two of the most strategically significant sectors—cybersecurity and energy—pointing to major transformations on the horizon. In the last two months alone, record-breaking funding rounds demonstrate growing investor conviction that innovation in these fields is not just a commercial imperative but a geopolitical one. Of the ten largest…

December 2025 brings a convergence of critical issues shaping the national landscape. Across the United States, five pivotal areas—public health strategy, redistricting, extreme weather response, immigration policy, and artificial intelligence regulation—are undergoing rapid changes. These developments signal pressing transformations not only for policymakers but for citizens, businesses, and technology stakeholders. From Medicare overhauls and strategic…

As the artificial intelligence (AI) sector accelerates into commercial viability and geopolitical centrality, a foundational question is finally gaining urgency among founders and investors alike: who gets to decide what future we build? This “Founder Dilemma”—a coinage now entering the lexicon of AI discourse—describes the tension between pluralistic innovation and the gravitational pull toward a…