Artificial Intelligence
Kevin Roose Called Out Ed Zitron on X. Nuance Logged Off.
Kevin Roose’s attack on Ed Zitron points to real missed predictions—and shows why AI needs tougher interviews, not fewer skeptical voices in public.
AI
The Complete Guide to Personal AI Assistants—and the Price of Being Understood
A brutally complete guide to personal AI assistants: Instinct’s $2.5B frenzy, Circleback’s free tier, the giants, startups, benefits, and risks.
Boston Tech
Physical Superintelligence Raised $58 Million to Give Physics a Night Shift
Cambridge startup Physical Superintelligence raised $58 million to build AI virtual physicists, starting with data-center power and cooling.
Boston Tech
Transfyr Raised $25 Million to Give Lab Experiments a Replay Button
Cambridge startup Transfyr raised $25 million to turn lab work into machine-readable data for reproducibility, training, and scientific automation.
Tennis
Tennis Tech in 2026 Can Call Every Line. It Still Can’t Fix Your Forehand.
A definitive 2026 guide to tennis technology, from US Open AI and electronic line calling to smart courts, wearables and amateur coaching apps.
Artificial Intelligence
Claude Fable 5 Is Back, So Please Ask It Something Deeply Useless
Claude Fable 5 has finally returned. Here are 10 magnificently boring questions to ask Anthropic's most dramatic public AI model first.
Boston Tech
Massachusetts AI Coalition Is Building a Winning AI Flywheel in Public
A positive check-in on the Massachusetts AI Coalition, Ryan Durkin's organizing work at WHOOP, and Boston's AI momentum.
Deep Dive
WWDC 2026 Siri AI Deep Dive: Everything Apple Announced and Still Must Prove
Apple unveiled Siri AI at WWDC 2026. Here is how its Gemini-powered assistant works, why privacy matters, and what Apple must still prove.