Communities were Homo Sapiens’ greatest hack
Harari on the Cognitive Revolution and the idea that products should be driven by community; Placy powered by 8k+ subscribers and social feedback.

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Harari on the Cognitive Revolution and the idea that products should be driven by community; Placy powered by 8k+ subscribers and social feedback.

Sergey Osipov on how US strengths (chips, cloud, VC) and China’s power capacity (coal, hydro, nuclear) shape AI infrastructure and geopolitics.

Five emerging AI leadership models — Augmented, Algorithmic, Transparent, Adaptive, Collective Intelligence — and a talk with psychologist Andrey Evdokimov.
Playsense and Valorant celebrated a Clio Award; a question about whether ad festivals will penalize agencies for using AI after the Expedition33 case.
On Claire Obscure's Expedition 33 losing Indie Game Awards over AI use; industry reactions from Kojima, Vávra and players and what it means for modern GameDev.

Course for expats preparing Cyprus politics & history exams; Russian group starts 26 Dec, English 3 Jan. Instructor Natalia Kardash.

A candid first-person account of deploying Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees, inflated metrics, and corporate buzzwords around AI enablement.
DeepSeek V3.2 and V3.2‑Speciale (685B) match GPT‑5/Gemini in reasoning; open weights and aggressive pricing reshape AI product economics.
Satya Nadella’s 'per agent' shift at Microsoft and Google’s AI-snippet moves — boards may track agentcount vs headcount and rethink team composition.
Practical steps to cut AWS costs: spot instances, Savings Plans, optimisations and ways to claim up to $100k in AWS credits (e.g., Spendbase promo).
OpenAI pilot for group chats — ChatGPT aims to become a messenger; frequency stats show messaging could make it stickier and threaten AI startups.

Notes on Harry Stebbings’ “media+investments” VC model — how LinkedIn posts and the 20VC podcast helped a portfolio company reach $3.5m ARR.
