by Steven Levy | Dec 5, 2025 | Backchannel, Business, Business / Tech Culture
AI startups say the promise of turning dazzling models into useful products is harder than anyone expected. Three founders discuss what it takes....
by Steven Levy | Nov 21, 2025 | Backchannel, Business, Business / Tech Culture
As Nvidia, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft forge partnerships and deals, the AI industry is looking more like one interconnected machine. What does that mean for all of us?...
by Steven Levy | Oct 31, 2025 | Backchannel, Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Business / Computers and Software
Everyone is obsessed with artificial general intelligence—the stage when AI can match all feats of human cognition. The guy who named it saw it as a threat. Source
by Steven Levy | Oct 17, 2025 | Backchannel, Business, Business / Tech Culture
Cory Doctorow’s theory of “enshittification” explains how tech platforms rot from within. As AI grows more profitable—and powerful—it risks the same fate....
by Steven Levy | Oct 3, 2025 | Backchannel, Business, Business / Tech Culture
OpenAI’s CEO explains that its large language model has been misunderstood—and that he’s changed his attitude to AGI. Source
by Steven Levy | Sep 19, 2025 | Backchannel, Business, Business / Tech Culture
On its 20th anniversary, YouTube is venturing into an era of AI-generated video, and may never be the same. Source
