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As I'm sure you've already heard, YouTube has secured multi-year exclusive global rights to the Academy Awards ceremony from 2029 through 2033, beginning with the 101st Oscars. ABC, which has carried the broadcast for decades, retains rights through 2028. The deal includes red carpet coverage, behind-the-scenes content, and the Governors Ball, all available live and free to viewers worldwide as well as to YouTube TV subscribers in the United States. Continue Reading →

Earlier this month, OpenAI declared "code red" after Google's Gemini 3 and Nano Banana Pro topped the LMArena leaderboards. Last week, OpenAI answered with GPT 5.2. Yesterday, OpenAI introduced a new image creation experience inside ChatGPT alongside a dedicated image model called GPT Image 1.5. The update packages image generation as a core capability of the platform and signals OpenAI’s intent to provide production-grade visual workflows. Continue Reading →

The Creative Commons logo has been the global symbol for the open web, signaling that knowledge is free to share, remix, and reuse. That era may be ending. In a recent blog post, CC announced tentative support for "pay-to-crawl" systems. You can read this as a policy update. You can also read it as a signal that the fair use defense for commercial AI training is under pressure. Continue Reading →

Every few years, a new category of technology arrives with an irresistible promise. Fewer steps. Less friction. More autonomy. AI agents arrived with exactly that pitch. Describe the outcome, turn the agent loose, and let the system figure out the rest. This is a story about what happened when one of my clients decided to test that promise inside a real production workflow. The results were instructive. Continue Reading →

OpenAI announced GPT-5.2 yesterday. The release appears focused on operational improvements rather than introducing a new class of capabilities. GPT-5.2 emphasizes reliability, consistency, and control, with changes aimed at improving how the model behaves in real workflows. Continue Reading →

RSL (Really Simple Licensing) was introduced in September 2025 as a way for publishers to express licensing terms for AI scraping and training. Now, with the 1.0 release finalized, the industry has a stable, "official" version to adopt. It offers a machine readable method for publishers to state how their content can be used and the conditions under which payment or contribution is required. Continue Reading →

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Block quietly did something important yesterday: they donated core pieces of their agent technology into a new neutral nonprofit called the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), established under the Linux Foundation. Continue Reading →

Instacart is the first retailer to offer a full grocery checkout experience inside ChatGPT using OpenAI’s Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP). Continue Reading →

After we complete their AI strategy, every company I work with asks the same question: "How do we know this will actually work?" They want proof, not promises. They need documentation, not declarations. Most importantly, they require a systematic way to measure quality at scale before they put AI in front of customers, employees, or shareholders. The answer is evals. Continue Reading →

Netflix announced it will acquire Warner Bros., HBO, and HBO Max for $82.7 billion in a cash and stock deal that will rewrite the rules of global entertainment. The transaction values Warner Bros. Discovery at $27.75 per share and ranks among the largest media acquisitions in history. Continue Reading →