… I set up these new product reviews once a week. They were AI product reviews, making sure we are intentional about how we apply this technology, where we apply it, and to review everything firsthand, that anything to do with AI, which we were shipping to users, went through that channel. …
… Where OpenClaw drove adoption by integrating with tools people already used, Google can do this too via MCP — but it can also build deeper links into its in-house suite of products, including Gmail, Drive, Docs, Photos, and Search. …
… Over the past few years, most top AI labs have introduced new subscription tiers to court power users. OpenAI and Anthropic shifted their pricing plans for enterprise. OpenAI introduced in-platform advertisements. …
… The Googlebook demos of AI generated widgets, casting apps and pulling files from your paired Android phone, and having Gemini create images based on other pictures all seem like things that could be done on a Chromebook. …
… MacBook will get more touch-friendly before 2026 is out, and there’s supposedly a foldable 18-inch iPad in the works, but Apple has no intention of merging the two product lines anytime soon. Execs have remained steadfast in their dedication to keeping the two things separate. …
… We’ve had this focus on AI everywhere and then AI impact and now AI-native because we really want to be rethinking everything in this AI era. There’s some rebalancing of power between product managers, designers, and engineers because AI lets them all do each other’s jobs. …
… I don’t think consumer AI products are very good. I don’t think there’s a great consumer AI product, and I think a ton of the angst we hear about AI is a reflection of that. You have used all the products, you’ve used the expensive ones, the bleeding-edge ones. …
… But amid shifting alliances, lawsuits, and melodrama, it’s easy to lose sight of the larger context — that AI is, and long has been, deeply embedded in the military. …