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· 11 min read
AIGenerative AIAI writes the code. Who checks it?
Automated tests, code-checking tools and human judgment verify different things, and none of them is enough alone. What the original sources say and what to ask whoever sells you AI-written code.
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· 10 min read
AIGenerative AIAI risk: will AI kill us all?
What are the real risks of AI? What p(doom) means, why extinction estimates range from near zero to over 10%, and which AI risks actually survive verification: chains of command, sandbox escapes, insecure code. With a checklist for small businesses.
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Data modelingData GovernanceMultiple values in one Excel cell: lists and arrays, after 40 years
With lists (Ctrl+J) and arrays in cells, Excel now holds multiple values in one cell. What changes, the four new functions, and what still can't read them.
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AICareerWho will train your seniors: the bench AI is shortening
In the US, employment of young developers sits 19% below peers in less AI-exposed occupations (Stanford). What that means for whoever hires.
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AIDigital SovereigntyAI energy consumption: the IEA numbers and the bill that's coming
The IEA expects data center electricity use to nearly double by 2030, driven by AI. Verified numbers, European costs, and how to govern consumption.
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Data GovernanceAIPalantirThe write-back problem: medallion has no place for agents
Bronze, silver and gold were designed assuming readers never write. AI agents break that assumption, and three vendors solve it in three incompatible ways.
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AIGenerative AIDigital SovereigntyLocal AI: what actually runs on your own hardware (and what doesn't)
What it takes to run an AI model in house, where it stops working and when it actually pays off. With speeds measured on 24 GB cards.
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ForecastingAIWhy Polymarket was worth $8 billion with no revenue
In 2025 Polymarket collected zero fees and was valued at $8 billion. A prediction market's real asset is not the fee on volume, it is the probability.
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Forward Deployed EngineerAIWhy AI Projects Stall in Pilot Mode (and How to Get Out)
95% of AI pilots show no measurable return, per MIT. The problem isn't the model, it's the missing owner until production. FDE, costs, build vs buy.
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OntologiesData GovernanceAIThe ontology illusion: a buzzword for not talking about data
Gartner: 80% of data governance initiatives will fail by 2027. Why 'ontology' is the buzzword of the moment, but without clean data it's still just marketing.
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AIGenerative AIWhy your brain rejects the AI-made Odyssey
Three Odysseys in summer 2026: Nolan without AI, Musk and Koosha with it. Why 32% of customers trust AI-generated content less, and what changes for companies.
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Multi-Agent SystemsKnowledge GraphAIStigmergy: what it is and what ants teach AI agents
Ants coordinate with no boss or messages. In 2025 the idea came back: Cursor measured 70,000 merge conflicts among poorly coordinated AI agents.
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GISData GovernanceAIGeospatial Data Governance: GIS's Blind Spot
What GIS and Location Intelligence are, why geospatial data governance needs its own CRS and standards, and why without them AI gets spatial data wrong more often.
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· 13 min read
Digital SovereigntyData GovernancePalantirPalantir and digital sovereignty: what's true, what's not
France, Germany and the Netherlands restricted Palantir in 2026; Switzerland rejected it at least 9 times in 7 years. Palantir answered with an AI sovereignty manifesto.
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Forward Deployed EngineerCareerAIForward Deployed Engineer: full-stack developer rebranded?
"Forward Deployed Engineer" postings have quadrupled, but plenty are fully remote. Palantir's CTO already has a name for that: "sparkling sales engineer".
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Knowledge GraphOntologiesAIKnowledge graphs and ontologies: AI you can trust
AI projects fail on the data, not the model. Knowledge graphs and ontologies in plain words: Gartner expects 40% of firms on GraphRAG by 2029.
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Knowledge GraphOntologiesAITemporal knowledge graphs: why Pluto breaks your graph
Is Pluto a planet? Not since 2006, but it was one for 76 years. A static knowledge graph erases that history: here is the bitemporal model that keeps it.
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SEO & GEOAISEO vs GEO vs AEO: why that's the wrong question
80% of search users now rely on AI summaries. The real difference between SEO and GEO isn't what you write, it's what you measure. Google confirms: still SEO.
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