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AI is driving productivity gains and massive investment, but rising layoffs and shrinking labor share raise deeper economic questions. https://hackernoon.com/the-ai-productivity-paradox-nobody-wants-to-price-in #aieconomics

Agentic AI is reshaping the classic buy or build decision. Not by replacing SaaS across the board, but by shifting the economics and governance of building software. The real change is hybrid: owning code while depending on external AI infrastructure. #agenticai #enterprisesoftware #aieconomics

The Buy-or-Build Decision, Rev...

Agentic AI is reshaping the classic buy or build decision. Not by replacing SaaS across the board, but by shifting the economics and governance of building software. The real change is hybrid: owning code while depending on external AI infrastructure. Make becomes viable for commodity tools and differentiating layers, while regulated core systems remain in the buy domain.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.26482v1

#AgenticAI #EnterpriseSoftware #BuildVsBuy #AIeconomics

Ah, the age-old tale 🎭: AI economics are ludicrous! Yet, let's humorously pay $70 a year for a novella-length newsletter to tell us why 🤡. Because nothing says "insightful analysis" like a word count that rivals War and Peace 📚.
https://www.wheresyoured.at/ais-economics-dont-make-sense/ #AIeconomics #HumorNewsletter #InsightfulAnalysis #WarAndPeace #NovellaLength #HackerNews #ngated

Google's Gemma 4 trails Claude Opus and GPT models by 7-10 benchmark points but runs locally at 15-40x lower cost. A Munich startup processes the same regulatory work as their API-using competitor for electricity costs alone on a $900 GPU. The economics may matter more than the performance gap for routine tasks. #OpenSource #AIEconomics #LocalAI

https://www.implicator.ai/gemma-4-cant-match-opus-or-chatgpt-that-stopped-mattering-for-most-ai-workloads/

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are sharing attack data through their Frontier Model Forum to counter Chinese labs using fraudulent queries for AI distillation. Anthropic found 16 million fake exchanges from three Chinese companies alone. With Chinese models now 14x cheaper and surpassing US models in global API volume, the economics may favor attackers despite these defenses. #AI #cybersecurity #AIeconomics

https://www.implicator.ai/openai-anthropic-google-share-attack-data-to-counter-chinese-ai-distillation/

OpenAI raises $122B at $852B valuation in largest private round ever, with individual investors accessing shares through ARK ETFs for the first time. Amazon's $35B stake hinges on IPO conditions. Meanwhile Oracle fires thousands via 6AM emails to fund $50B in AI data centers, stock up 6%. Capital floods up, workers flow out.

#AI #TechFunding #AIEconomics

https://www.implicator.ai/122-billion-in-thousands-out/

New #Book just arrived!

#DatafiedDemocracies & #AIEconomics Unplugged: #TechnoPolitics in #SmartCities & Datafied #NetworkStates

https://link.springer.com/book/9783032118875

🚀 New #ActionResearch published update!

My article on #AIEconomics, #Web3 & #SocialInnovation in the #GlobalSouth has passed 1,000 views in <1 month 🎉

Reframing #AI beyond tech—toward justice, participation & inclusion

📖 #OpenAccess: https://www.mdpi.com/2673-2688/6/12/309#metrics
#DataSovereignty

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/12/23/softbank-liquidates-assets-to-meeet-22-5b-openai-payment-deadline-xcxwbn/

SoftBank Liquidates Assets to Meet $22.5B OpenAI Payment Deadline

#AI #SoftBank #OpenAI #ArmHoldings #AIInfrastructure #StargateProject #Investments #DataCenters #AIEconomics #AIFinancing

Datafied Democracies & #AIEconomics Unplugged #book by @SpringerNature will be broadly presented in #AAG2026 in #SanFrancisco #SiliconValley #California 17-21 March 2026 @theAAG #AuthorMeetsCritics

#Preorder https://link.springer.com/book/9783032118875

Proofs submitted!

My new #book Datafied Democracies & #AIEconomics Unplugged @springernature_ct is forthcoming by 1/1/2026 🚀

Explore how AI, data governance, and #technopolitics are reshaping democracy and political economy

📘 Preorder:

https://link.springer.com/book/9783032118875

#AI #Web3

🚨NEW ARTICLE OUT!

Decentralizing #AIEconomics for #Poverty Alleviation in #AI #journal #IF 5.0 #CiteScore 6.9

Exploring how #Web3 #DataCooperatives can support fairer AI-driven development in the #GlobalSouth #Decentralization #AI #SDGs #OpenAccess

https://www.mdpi.com/2673-2688/6/12/309

My article “Decentralizing #AIEconomics for #Poverty Alleviation” has been accepted in #AI #journal — #IF 5.0, #CiteScore 6.9.

Exploring how #Web3, #DataCooperatives, and new governance models can support fairer AI-driven development in the #GlobalSouth.

#StayTuned #Forthcoming

Honored to be nominated among #Choiseul100 #Ranking #Listing #Spain’s leaders in the global #KnowledgeEconomy by @instchoiseul #ChoiseulInstitute

#Forthcoming #Innovation #Research #International

https://instituto.choiseul.es/index.php/choiseul-100

#AI #BasqueCountry #AIEconomics

Honoured to speak at #WorldCitiesDay2025 #WorldCitiesDay Webinar 2025 (31 Oct, 8:00 CET).
🎙️ People-Centred Smart Cities: #AIEconomics | #DigitalInclusion | #DataSovereignty
Based on my forthcoming #book #AIEconomics https://lnkd.in/dZ8jeaX3

Registration https://lnkd.in/digyyMMq

📢 #Call4Papers — #AAG2026 #SanFrancisco

🧭 Session: Anticipatory #AI #Governance in Public Administrations Worldwide

🧠 Topics: #AIEconomics, #DigitalInclusion & #TerritorialInnovation

📅 Submit by 30 Oct 2025

🔗 https://aag-meetings.secure-platform.com/aag2026/

#AmericanAssociationOfGeographers #AI #DigitalGeographies

Ars Live recap: Is the AI bubble about to pop? Ed Zitron weighs in. - On Tuesday of last week, Ars Technica hosted a live conversa... - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/ars-live-recap-is-the-ai-bubble-about-to-pop-ed-zitron-weighs-in/ #largelanguagemodels #aiinfrastructure #powerconsumption #financiallosses #machinelearning #venturecapital #generativeai #aicriticism #aieconomics #benjedwards #datacenters #samaltman #aiagents #cerebras #edzitron #stargate #aichips #biz⁢ #bubble #nvidia

📘 Delighted to announce my new #book via @springernature_ct:

Datafied Democracies & #AIEconomics Unplugged

It explores how AI Economics, #DataSovereignty, and #Decentralisation are reshaping #democracy, #innovation and #governance in datafied societies

🔗 https://link.springer.com/book/9783032118875

Looks like OpenAI just found another route to monetize. Guess even the major AI service provider wants a slice of that commission pie. #AI #OpenAI #AppStore #Monetization #AIEconomics

OpenAI just launched its own v...

Is the AI bubble about to pop? Sam Altman is prepared either way. - Last Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told reporters at a pri... - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/08/sam-altman-calls-ai-a-bubble-while-seeking-500b-valuation-for-openai/ #aiimplementation #machinelearning #aidevelopment #aivaluations #enterpriseai #aieconomics #airesearch #anthropic #microsoft #samaltman #aibubble #palantir #chatgpt #biz⁢ #amazon #google #openai #gpt-5 #meta #mit #ai

💥 Cursor’s latest move to “set less money on fire” is not vibing with devs. 🧯 The AI coding startup changed its pricing model, and chaos followed:
💸 One user hit with $71 in a single day under the new “Pro” tier
🤖 Support bots couldn’t help telling vibe coders to learn how to code. 🤣
⏳ Refunds? Still pending
💼 A new $200/month Ultra plan drops

Developers feel burned, not just by unexpected charges, but by the perception that startups are offloading infra costs onto users with minimal transparency.
Are AI-powered dev tools becoming too expensive to trust?
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/09/cursor-tries-setting-less-money-on-fire-ai-vibe-coders-outraged/
#AI #DeveloperTools #Cursor #PricingBacklash #VibeCoding #AIEconomics 💻🔥💰🧠

Post 7: The Economic Impossibility
📊 Infrastructure spending vs AI revenue ratio: 50:1
Translation: For every $50 spent on AI infrastructure, companies generate $1 in revenue.
SoftBank seeking record $16.5B bridge loan for Stargate
Connection wait times: 7 years for large facilities
Blocked projects: $64B worth since 2023
The math doesn't math.
#AIEconomics #Infrastructure #VC