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AI 2026: Data Centers Restart Growth of a Stagnant U.S. Electrical Grid
Optimism about artificial intelligence has driven a massive new wave of construction to house the chips AI depends on. The energy required to power…
 • Samo Burja
7 New Insights From 2025 at Bismarck Brief
In 2025, our analysts wrote nearly a quarter of a million words on new technologies, global industry, and live players. Here are 7 key insights from our…
 • Samo Burja
Blue Origin Sparks the Race to Move Millions of Tons Into Space
Jeff Bezos' rocket company has shown it is the closest contender to match or surpass Elon Musk's SpaceX. This marks the emergence of true market…
 • Samo Burja
AI 2026: Ilya Sutskever and the End of the Age of Scaling
The researcher who played a central role in developing ChatGPT now bets that new fundamental breakthroughs are still needed to unravel the mystery of…
 • Samo Burja
John Carmack Attempts Fundamental AI Research
The famed game developer is a skilled software engineer who has lent his talents to advancing space and virtual reality technology in the past. He now…
 • Samo Burja
The Four-Year Anniversary of Bismarck Brief
Four years ago, we launched the unique and essential guide for every live player seeking to shape modern civilization and make a lasting impact on it.
 • Samo Burja
Demis Hassabis’ Quest to Discover Artificial General Intelligence
The British artificial intelligence researcher and Nobel Prize winner is now the head of Google's AI efforts. He has long been on a personal quest to…
 • Samo Burja

November 2025

AI 2026: Z.ai is Open to Government Customers in China and Abroad
The Chinese AI startup is a sister organization to a top Chinese academic computer science lab. As it seeks a viable business strategy, it has not shied…
 • Samo Burja
AI 2026: Alibaba’s Qwen Seeks to Encourage AI Adoption
The Chinese e-commerce and data center giant has been releasing popular open-source AI models and investing in smaller AI labs. Its founder Jack Ma…
 • Samo Burja
Carl Zeiss’ Tradition of Knowledge in Optics
Hopes for further scaling computing power for artificial intelligence currently all depend on one foundation-owned German firm that manufactures mirrors…
 • Samo Burja
AI 2026: Sundar Pichai is Tasked With Preserving Google
The CEO of Google presided over years of peaceful growth but now finds himself in an extreme competition for commercial and technological leadership.
 • Samo Burja

October 2025

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