News

DeepSeek’s latest drop forces another round of price cuts

An open-weight model that is good enough is now a pricing event, not a research paper. The closed labs are answering the only way they still know how.

Maya ChenSep 18, 2026

Briefs

This week in AI: chips, copyright, and another model dump

The DeskSep 19, 2026

Opinions

The open-source AI panic is a business model, not a security briefing

Jordan HaleSep 17, 2026

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Analysis

Who actually pays for inference?

Free tiers, student credits, and ‘unlimited’ chat are not gifts. They are a bet that someone else — advertisers, enterprises, or tomorrow’s you — will cover the meter.

Priya RamanSep 16, 2026

News

Europe’s first GPAI enforcement wave is quieter than the hearings — and more expensive

The AI Act’s general-purpose model duties are no longer a slide. Providers are getting letters. The argument is about what counts as a model, and who counts as a provider.

Maya ChenSep 14, 2026

Opinions

Safety theater will not survive the next capability jump

Red-team blogs and usage policies are not a control system. They are a costume. Costumes tear when the model gets cheap enough to live outside the costume shop.

Jordan HaleSep 12, 2026

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