Andrej Karpathy: “When you’re talking about an agent, or what the labs have in mind and maybe what I have in mind as well, you should think of it almost like an employee or an intern that you would hire to work with you. For example, you work with some employees here. When would you prefer to have an agent like Claude or Codex do that work? Currently, of course they can’t. What would it take for them to be able to do that? Why don’t you do it today? The reason you don’t do it today is because they just don’t work. They don’t have enough intelligence, they’re not multimodal enough, they can’t do computer use and all this stuff. They don’t do a lot of the things you’ve alluded to earlier. They don’t have continual learning. You can’t just tell them something and they’ll remember it. They’re cognitively lacking and it’s just not working. It will take about a decade to work through all of those issues.”
FT: “Scientists have invented an eye implant to help blind patients
see again by partly restoring central vision crucial to reading and other
everyday tasks. The device helped 81 per cent of trial participants suffering from advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) to achieve clinically meaningful improvements in their vision, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine [recently]. The technology, which targeted a form of AMD known as geographic atrophy, is part of an increasing drive to make prosthetic implants for organs, including the brain, to restore lost physical abilities.”
Messari: “Prediction markets are becoming one of the most important battlegrounds in crypto. At the center: Polymarket and Kalshi, have different playbooks but the same endgame, turning real-world events into liquid, tradable markets. This will result in a better product for consumers in the long run and turn prediction markets into one of the leading sectors in crypto…This isn’t just a race for market share. It’s a competition to optimize both product architecture and distribution rails. Kalshi is expanding into crypto-native infrastructure through data oracles and retail integrations, while Polymarket is moving toward regulatory onboarding and formalized distribution through platforms like MetaMask. The back-and-forth is accelerating iteration across UX, liquidity access, and composability, and that dynamic is what gives prediction markets a real chance to mature into a leading financial primitive.”
BCG Newsletter: “At its best, purpose serves as a practical tool that can help unlock some of today’s most pressing leadership challenges. With AI, geopolitics, and global volatility reshaping every sector, the pressure for transformation is intense. Purpose helps when change fatigue sets in. By connecting why the organization matters to why change matters, leaders can shift teams from resistant to committed. Purpose helps make change personal, which makes it possible—and sets companies up for long-term success. As Ashley Grice, BrightHouse CEO, puts it, “Purpose also helps bring critical strategy to life—through story, emotion, and design that people can feel and relate to, not just hear. What does it feel like to sit at a desk among coworkers, to interact with your product or team? Great storytelling starts with meaning, and meaning starts with purpose.””
