The Brief

AI business, briefly.

Short, current takes on the AI news that actually matters for businesses, read through one lens: whether you own your AI or rent it. For deeper, evergreen pieces, see Insights.

June 22 · Cost
When Uber caps its AI budget, the meter is real
Global AI spend is exploding and per-token costs are biting even the giants. The case for owning your AI just got louder.
June 20 · Security
Shadow AI is now a measurable liability
Most employees already use unapproved AI tools. Banning them isn't working, and the breach math is getting specific.
June 18 · Models
Open models quietly became the enterprise default
Open-weight models went from experiment to standard, and the small ones now run on a laptop. The frontier is no longer the only option.
June 16 · Policy
AI sovereignty went from buzzword to board agenda
Data security tops the CIO worry list, the EU's high-risk AI rules are landing, and 'sovereign compute' is now a real line item.