How AI Tokens Challenge Broadband Economics
The parallel evolution of two foundational commodities in a new economic layer.
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Listen: https://ift.tt/7FYc3iD Big tech companies are directing a huge portion of their capital expenditures to artificial intelligence—at least $650 billion in the coming year. The effect is to stimulate the economy in the short term but what happens in the… more ›
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AI bots will now be able to independently hold funds, send payments, trade tokens, earn yield, and transact onchain. https://www.theblock.co/post/389524/coinbase-rolls-out-ai-tool-to-give-any-agent-a-wallet more ›
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Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni discusses Morocco’s push for sovereign AI, its partnership with Mistral AI for local languages, and why Africa needs its own ethical framework for technology. https://restofworld.org/2026/morocco-ai-minister/?utm_source=semafor more ›
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The future of money and payments will feature gradual evolution, not the revolution that crypto-grifters promised. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/10/world/coming-crypto-apocalypse/#Echobox=1770697289 more ›
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A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change. https://shumer.dev/something-big-is-happening more ›
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In the aftermath of the “AI boom,” this report examines how the push to integrate AI products everywhere grants AI companies – and the tech oligarchs that run them – power that goes far beyond their deep pockets. https://ainowinstitute.org/publications/research/reframing-impact-ai-summit-2026 more ›
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Hear from the producer of “An Ark,” the first play for mixed reality starring Ian McKellen, Golda Rosheuvel, Arinzé Kene, and Rosie Sheehy. From quiet sorrows to breathtaking beauty, the mystery of human experience unfolds before you. In An Ark,… more ›