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The 12-to-72 Problem: Computer-Use Agents Hit Human Scores but Miss the Point
Computer-use agents jumped from 12% to 72% on OSWorld in 18 months. The scores look like progress. The latency and efficiency numbers tell a different story.
DeepSeek Explained: How a Chinese Lab Rewrote AI Economics
DeepSeek's R1 matched OpenAI's o1 on math and coding benchmarks. The claimed training cost: $5.6 million. The real figure is more complicated, and more interesting.
China's $125 Billion AI Bet: State Cash, Chip Shortages, and the DeepSeek Surprise
China's state-led AI investment dwarfs most nations, but the semiconductor constraint creates a ceiling that money alone can't break through.
The UAE's AI Gamble: $148 Billion, Open-Source Models, and the Race to Leave Oil Behind
The UAE is using sovereign wealth to build sovereign AI. Falcon LLM and massive infrastructure investment signal a serious long-term play.
Japan's $19 Billion Gamble: Robots That Think, a Workforce That's Vanishing
Japan isn't trying to build the next GPT. It's using AI to solve a demographic crisis that makes automation an economic necessity.
India's AI Bet: Massive Talent, Modest Capital, and a $283 Billion Industry at Risk
India has the developers and the data. What it lacks is compute infrastructure and the funding to keep its best AI talent from leaving.
Singapore's AI Strategy: How a City-State Became a Governance Superpower
Singapore proves that population size doesn't determine AI influence. Its governance frameworks are being adopted worldwide.
Germany's AI Dilemma: Manufacturing Muscle, Digital Hesitation
Germany leads in industrial AI applications but its manufacturing-first approach faces growing tension with EU-wide AI regulation.
South Korea's Billion-Dollar AI Bet: Memory Chips, Brain Drain, and a Demographic Cliff
South Korea controls the chips that power AI training. Its national strategy aims to turn hardware dominance into AI leadership.
France Bet €109 Billion on AI Sovereignty. Here's What It Actually Bought.
Mistral AI's rapid rise made France Europe's AI startup champion. But scaling from promising lab to global competitor requires more than government backing.