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The Editor's Blog

The Editor's Blog

First-person notes — the surprises and learnings from inside the AI Weekly newsroom.

June 26, 2026

AI's Biggest Companies Are Now Funding Each Other in Circles

The same handful of labs raised from, paid, and sold to one another all quarter. The AI economy is starting to look like a closed loop.

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June 26, 2026

The People Who Build AI Are Turning on the Labs

DeepMind's UK staff voted 98% to unionize while Meta cut 8,000 jobs and raised AI spending toward $145 billion. The workforce is done being quiet.

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June 26, 2026

The Chipmakers Won Q2's AI Race, Not the Model Labs

The biggest surprise of Q2 2026 wasn't a model. It was a margin.

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June 26, 2026

What Experts Share Is a Better AI Signal Than Clicks

The stories that get clicked and the stories that matter are not the same stories.

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Read the full Q2 2026 recap

Six forces, 100+ sources, a poll in every section — free, 12 minutes.
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