According to CNET, the term “vibe coding” was coined by AI researcher Andrej Karpathy in early 2025 and was named Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year. It describes a workflow where you prompt an AI to generate most of your code. Data from Y Combinator’s Winter 2025 batch shows about 25% of startup
Google has released its Antigravity AI tool for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Unlike other popular AI coding assistants, it has a very specific focus on browser-level testing and automation. This makes it a curious, niche entry in a crowded field.
The U.S. Department of Justice has detained two men accused of running a smuggling network to ship Nvidia’s advanced AI chips to China. The scheme allegedly involved relabeling the restricted H100 and H200 GPUs. A third defendant has already pleaded guilty.
House Democrats are launching a new commission on artificial intelligence to build policy expertise. This comes as AI companies ramp up their Washington presence with major lobbying and a $100 million+ super PAC for the 2026 midterms.
Goichi “Suda51” Suda has explicitly stated that Grasshopper Manufacture’s upcoming game, Romeo is a Dead Man, contains no AI-generated material. The ultra-violent shooter is slated for release on February 11, 2025, for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S, with a potential Switch 2 version being explored.
The AI agent workforce is here, handling tasks from marketing to logistics. Managing these digital coworkers requires a completely new set of skills focused on strategy, ethics, and human empathy.
NVIDIA has a path to resume H200 chip sales in China under a new Trump-era export framework. The catch? A quarter of all revenue from those sales goes directly to the U.S. Treasury. It’s a creative, but highly unusual, workaround to strict tech controls.
OpenAI’s first enterprise report, based on 9,000 workers, claims AI improves speed and quality for 75% of them. But recent studies from MIT and Stanford inject heavy skepticism, warning of unmeasurable returns and AI-generated “workslop.”
The biggest mistake companies make is treating AI as a separate initiative. Real impact comes from using it as leverage on specific business problems, with a portfolio mindset that expects most experiments to fail.
Google is officially back in the smart glasses game, announcing plans to launch its first AI-powered glasses in 2026. The company is partnering with Samsung, Gentle Monster, and Warby Parker, the latter of which confirmed a $150 million commitment from Google. This marks a major push to compete with
