Is Rabbit R1 the biggest AI let-down yet? Even Satya was fooled… - He’s not a fan. // “The Bottom-line: Beware of AI snake oil, as some of it is very slippery indeed. Rabbit promised us freedom from app lock-in and all we got was more lock-out."

The future of healthcare: Why enterprises must embrace AI innovation - Some use cases and applications for AI stuff in healthcare.

Cloud Foundry in Action: Real Customers Stories from Cloud Foundry Day - ”We run a tremendous number of applications on top of Cloud Foundry. The ones that really impress me might surprise some people. It’s not just Black Friday sales but also the Amazon Prime events. When these events kick off, there’s an incredible surge in load across everything we care about, including credit card points processing, all handled by Cloud Foundry.” - Tom Brisco, JPMorgan & Chase Co.

A note on the EU AI Act - “The requirements look entirely reasonable considering these products are being positioned to become central to modern software – they’re effectively positioned to become the entirety of modern computing."

The employment effects of a guaranteed income - “1.3-1.4 hour per week reduction in labor hours.” // Yes, and: if we buy into the premise that a lot of work is Bullshit Work, this isn’t enough, we need more like six to 8 hours of wasted time to convert to living, not sitting in inefficient meetings.

White-Collar Work Is Just Meetings Now - The Atlantic - “Gloria Mark of UC Irvine has found that workers require an average of 25 minutes to return to their original task after an interruption. By this measure, a 30-minute meeting is, for the typical worker, best thought of as a one-hour detour.” // For 25+ years, a significant part of developer productivity has been the simple of idea of “stop interrupting me."

The Silicon Valley Would-Be Vice President - Those capital gains taxes always stick in folk’s craw.

Next Gen Application Delivery: Getting Started with Intelligent Apps Powered by AI - “Our numbers show that 65% of all enterprise developers use Java, making it essential for business-critical applications. Development frameworks, like Spring AI, enable Java developers to interact with AI models and vector databases through the framework, rather than having to learn new skills."

15 hours a week - ‘And yet, for most of that time, I’ve continued to find that exertion harder to exercise than most, while my flair and ability have gained me attention and love, I’ve seen less of whatever today’s equivalent is of “a satisfactory grade in the public examinations”'

GenAI or Die - Big time pro AI for ERP here, with notes of “what’s ERP done for me lately."