Captains of AI – Elon Musk: The Visionary, the Volatile, the Vortex of the Machine Age

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

If the AI revolution had a wildcard, it would be Elon Musk — brilliant, unpredictable and occasionally tweeting like he’s speed-running the end of civilisation just to see how it performs under pressure. Founder of xAI, co-founder of OpenAI (yes, that happened) and long-time provocateur of the AI world, Musk occupies a unique position: both prophet and disruptor, critic and creator, visionary and chaos engine.

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Captains of AI – Mustafa Suleyman: The Diplomat, the Disrupter, the Deal-Maker of the Machine Age

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

If artificial intelligence had a political wing, Mustafa Suleyman would be its foreign minister — calm when required, forceful when necessary and always negotiating the uneasy peace between technology, society and the people convinced they’re about to be replaced by a very ambitious spreadsheet.

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Captains of AI – Demis Hassabis: The Scientist, the Strategist, the Sherlock of Synthetic Intelligence

Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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If artificial intelligence had a conscience, Demis Hassabis would probably be the one trying to map it. Calm, analytical and quietly intense, he moves through the AI world not like a CEO but like a scholar who accidentally founded a company that changed the trajectory of science.

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Captains of AI – Sam Altman: The Monk, the Maverick, the Midwife of the Machine Age

Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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If the AI revolution had a face, it would probably be Sam Altman’s—calm, slightly amused and carrying the expression of someone who has already seen the future and is quietly negotiating its terms. As CEO of OpenAI, Altman stands in the eye of a technological hurricane, steering the most influential intelligence project since humanity discovered fire—and arguably one that comes with more paperwork.

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The AI Landscape in 2025: What’s Really Going On?

Monday, November 17, 2025
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If the past few years felt fast, 2025 is something else entirely. Suddenly everyone is talking about Kosmos, “AI scientists”, autonomous agents and systems that seem to learn, reason and create at unbelievable speed. But for most people, the AI world feels like a maze: many names, many models and very little clarity.

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Growth Without Prosperity

Saturday, November 15, 2025

When inflation rises, housing becomes unattainable and inequality grows, the idea of “economic progress” starts to collapse. This piece explores what happens when markets forget the people they are meant to serve.

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The Human Cost of Capital — When Markets Forget People

Saturday, November 15, 2025

For decades, economic success has been measured through rising GDP, expanding markets and record-high stock valuations. Yet across Europe and much of the world, citizens experience something entirely different: a cost of living crisis, shrinking access to housing, stagnant wages and widening inequality.

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ASML and the Quiet Powerhouse of European Innovation

Saturday, November 8, 2025

In the sprawling global chip race, the world tends to focus on the big names: Taiwan’s foundries, American fabless chip-firms, Chinese challengers. But tucked away in the Dutch city of Veldhoven sits a company quietly rewriting the rules: ASML. While many talk about Europe’s lag in semiconductor manufacturing, ASML is living proof that Europe still holds world-beating innovation — not by chasing the same paths as others, but by building the tools that everyone else needs.

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AI in Europe: Beyond the Silicon Valley Model

Saturday, November 8, 2025

When people think of Artificial Intelligence, they picture the fast-moving labs of Silicon Valley, where speed, data and capital rule. But on the other side of the Atlantic, a different story is unfolding. Europe — often slower to commercialize — is quietly building an AI ecosystem rooted in ethics, privacy and human values.

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