I watched Professor Byron Sharp’s session, “Scientific Marketing from the Latest Research: Brand Growth Strategies in the AI Era,” at the “Nikkei Cross Trend FORUM 2026 is Back!” event. What I thought about after finishing it was the difficulty of continuing to value the mundane in practical work. ▼ You can watch the lecture for…
The vibe coding productivity paradox no one wants to talk about getty Vibe coding won the adoption war. 90% of developers regularly use at least one AI tool at work as of January 2026, up from 85% mid-2025. 63% of vibe coding users have never been developers. Lovable, the Swedish AI app builder, hit $100…
(Caroline Hu for WBUR) Suzi Sanford sat at a desk in a cozy nook of her bedroom and let her feelings flow out her fingertips. She typed back and forth, in “conversation” with Claude — the generative artificial intelligence chatbot owned by Anthropic — on her computer. It’s how she’s processed a lot of life the last…
Generative artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping voice technology and AI-powered hardware, enabling devices to understand and respond to natural human language in ways that were once futuristic science fiction. Advances across major tech platforms are accelerating this transformation, and analysts say improved comprehension and context understanding are making voice AI a central interface for everyday…
