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Rent a Human
AI & MLFeb 6, 2026

Rent a Human

Artificial intelligence systems are becoming more capable every year, but they still share one major limitation. They cannot physically move through the world. They cannot pick up packages, visit locations, or perform in-person checks. To solve this gap, a new idea has emerged that sounds strange…

Michael Willson
Moltbook
AI & MLFeb 6, 2026

Moltbook

Introduction Artificial intelligence is no longer limited to chatbots, analytics tools, or recommendation systems. In early 2026, a new platform called Moltbook introduced a different idea altogether. Instead of humans creating posts and conversations, Moltbook allows AI agents to generate content,…

Michael Willson
Kraken-Backed SPAC Raises $345M
CryptocurrencyFeb 4, 2026

Kraken-Backed SPAC Raises $345M

A Kraken-linked blank-check company has just done what SPACs do best: raise a huge pile of cash first, and worry about what to buy later. The company, KRAKacquisition Corp, recently raised $345 million through an upsized initial public offering and listed its units on Nasdaq, commonly referenced…

Michael Willson
Tether US Treasury Holdings Reach Record Highs
CryptocurrencyFeb 4, 2026

Tether US Treasury Holdings Reach Record Highs

Tether, the issuer behind the world’s most widely used stablecoin, has reached a new milestone as its U.S. Treasury holdings climb to record highs. In an industry that often thrives on volatility, this move signals a growing emphasis on stability, liquidity, and long-term trust. Tether’s expanding…

Michael Willson
ChatGPT Edu
AI & MLFeb 4, 2026

ChatGPT Edu

Universities spent the last couple of years doing the academic equivalent of panicking quietly: students were using AI anyway, faculty were split between banning it and embracing it, and administrators were stuck trying to enforce integrity policies with tools that were never designed for…

Michael Willson
Claude’s New Constitution
AI & MLFeb 4, 2026

Claude’s New Constitution

Humanity has decided to build machines that can think, speak, reason, and possibly one day argue better than we do. Naturally, the next step is to write them a constitution. In January 2026, Anthropic published Claude’s New Constitution, a detailed document meant to guide how its AI model, Claude,…

Michael Willson
Interactive Claude Apps
Claude AiFeb 4, 2026

Interactive Claude Apps

For a while, AI assistants have been impressive in the same way a motivational poster is impressive: lots of confident words, not much actual work getting done. Interactive Claude Apps are Anthropic’s attempt to fix that by turning Claude from a text-only helper into a place where real tools run…

Michael Willson
Cloudflare’s Moltworker
AI & MLFeb 4, 2026

Cloudflare’s Moltworker

People keep asking for personal AI agents that can handle emails, schedule meetings, manage daily workflows, and generally reduce the number of tasks humans insist on doing manually. At the same time, most people do not want the burden of running servers, maintaining hardware, or exposing sensitive…

Michael Willson
SME AI Accelerator
AI & MLFeb 4, 2026

SME AI Accelerator

Small and medium-sized enterprises are the backbone of most economies, which is a polite way of saying they do most of the work and get most of the headaches. One of those headaches is adopting AI without turning the business into a chaotic science project. In late January 2026, OpenAI announced a…

Michael Willson
OpenAI’s In-house Data Agent
AI & MLFeb 4, 2026

OpenAI’s In-house Data Agent

OpenAI’s in-house data agent is not a chatbot doing party tricks with SQL. It’s an internal system built to solve a very boring, very real problem: how do thousands of employees get reliable answers from hundreds of petabytes of data without breaking things or trusting hallucinations. If you want…

Michael Willson
Google Search Makes the Gemini 3 Default AI Model
AI & MLFeb 3, 2026

Google Search Makes the Gemini 3 Default AI Model

This is now live. Google Search has made Gemini 3 the default AI model behind AI Overviews worldwide, and it quietly changes how people search, click, and continue asking questions. If you are trying to understand where search is heading, this update matters more than it sounds. Before we go…

Michael Willson
Crypto at Davos
CryptocurrencyFeb 3, 2026

Crypto at Davos 2026

Crypto at Davos 2026 felt different because the conversation was not “should crypto exist.” It was “how do we plug tokenization and stablecoins into real finance without breaking markets, rules, or trust.” Davos 2026 (World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters) ran 19 January 2026 to 23…

Michael Willson