Articles

  • Gemini and Google’s Culture

    The Google Gemini fiasco shows that the biggest challenge for Google in AI is not business model but rather company culture; change is needed from the top down.


  • Sora, Groq, and Virtual Reality

    OpenAI’s new video model and a new chip for Groq are important developments in not just AI but also virtual reality.


  • The Apple Vision Pro

    The Apple Vision Pro is a disappointment for productivity, in part because of choices made to deliver a remarkable entertainment experience. Plus, the future of AR/VR for Apple and Meta.


  • Intel’s Humbling

    Intel under Pat Gelsinger is reaping the disaster that came from a lack of investment and execution a decade ago; the company, though, appears to be headed in the right direction, as evidenced by its execution and recent deal with UMC.


  • The Apple Vision Pro’s Missing Apps

    The Apple Vision Pro is missing some important apps, and it seems likely that Apple’s App Store policies played a part. Might the company respond by doubling down with Disney?


  • The New York Times’ AI Opportunity

    The New York Times is suing OpenAI, but it is the New York Times that stands to benefit the most from large language models, thanks to its transformation to being an Internet entity.


  • The 2023 Stratechery Year in Review

    The most popular and most important posts on Stratechery in 2023.


  • Google’s True Moonshot

    Google could do more than just win the chatbot war: it is the one company that could make a universal assistant. The question is if the company is willing to risk it all.


  • Regretful Accelerationism

    The Internet removed constraints from the analog world, and AI is finishing the job. That this may be the final blow for the Internet as a source for truth may ultimately be for the best.


  • OpenAI’s Misalignment and Microsoft’s Gain

    The end of a dramatic weekend in tech is that OpenAI has split and Microsoft is partnered with one and has hired the other; this is the ultimate failure case of what should have been a for-profit company organized the wrong way.