







As AI has escalated increasingly quickly, more and more of my posts have ended up focusing on AI.
AI #176 Part 1: Doing It Live
Enough things added up that this week is getting split into two parts.

Want to understand the current state of AI? Check out these charts.
According to Stanford’s 2026 AI Index, AI is sprinting, and we’re struggling to keep up.


Suhail on Twitter / X
Oh, this is coming back in such a big way this year with AI. We were a bit too early.Remember: Browser = OS pic.twitter.com/YoMaS8cjmI— Suhail (@Suhail) June 23, 2025

Is there something it is like to be an AI?
Posted on Wednesday 2 Jul 2025. 1,593 words, 6 links. By Matt Webb.

The Scaling Era: An Oral History of AI, 2019–2025
An inside view of the AI revolution, from the people an…

AI Dry July: Aborted
Reflections on trying to go a month without AI. I made it two weeks (sort of). 5.2k words, 23 minutes reading time.

The 2026 AI Index Report | Stanford HAI
Get the latest news, advances in research, policy work, and education program updates from HAI in your inbox weekly.

The Scaling Era: An Oral History of AI, 2019–2025
An inside view of the AI revolution, from the people and companies making it happen.


State of AI Report 2025
The State of AI Report analyses the most interesting developments in AI. Read and download here.

State of AI 2026 | The Industry-Defining Report
Explore how AI is shaping the digital economy in 2026, with 80+ pages of data on ad spend, app downloads, web behavior, user demographics, and so much more.



Top AI Security Incidents of 2025 Revealed | Adversa AI
Discover how AI systems are being hacked in the wild — from prompt injection to agent abuse — with real breaches, lessons, and defenses in Adversa AI’s 2025 report.
