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Some people have witnessed most of the technologies that have shaped the modern workplace, from the mid-90s to the 2020s. One of them is Perry Lea. Perry Lea worked 35 years in the tech industry, including 22 years at HP and nearly six years at Microsoft. Photo: LinkedIn/Perry Lea, HP and Microsoft. If Perry Lea were an engineering textbook, his pages would be packed with lessons for anyone just starting in the technology industry. He spent his working life solving difficult problems.

A university graduate who watched AI advance at an alarming speed has turned to plumbing, believing a practical trade could offer greater job security as the technology continues to reshape the future of work. I interviewed Heena Kerai, who studied psychology at Edge Hill University in the UK, and she told me she began questioning the traditional graduate route when she was in her second year.

At 11:31 p.m on August 6, 2011, 15-year-old Adam Lababidi typed an email from his Hotmail account with the subject line, “can I make company like apple?” He sent it to Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs. Adam Lababidi is a great admirer of Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple. Photo: LinkedIn/Adam Lababidi and Apple. Adam had heard that Jobs regularly responded to emails from students, young people and fans, so he wanted to try his luck.

You are a writer based in Africa, and you heard that Substack offers a platform to reach a wider audience completely free of charge. Gleefully, you sign up and start committing hundreds of hours to publishing highly educational and informative content. You work hard daily just for the fun of writing and the joy you derive from seeing your work on people’s screens. Substack gives writers a platform to publish and earn but African-based writers are excluded. Photo: Mashable.

Noah Marbach never thought he would become the CEO of an AI firm. Though he has a sharp understanding of modern technologies, the last thing on his mind was to become a tech founder. During his time at Pope High School in Marietta, Georgia, Noah wanted to play soccer. He was pretty good at it, and he told me he already had a clear path forward with hopes of playing at the highest level. Noah Marbach is the founder and CEO of Xshift AI, a work scheduling tool. Photo: Noah Marbach.

Dr Sam Illingworth, a professor of Critical AI Literacy at Edinburgh Napier University, has written a new book aimed at educating AI users worldwide. In the book titled “Slow AI”, Dr Sam set out to teach people “when to use AI and when to leave it alone.” Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Slow AI, an AI literacy book by Dr Sam Illingworth.

In 2025, when Laina Chan told her husband that she wanted to build a legal AI tool that thinks like a human lawyer, it sounded like a joke to him. When she finished explaining the depth of what she was aiming to accomplish, he said it was a “mission impossible.” “You should call it Mission Impossible AI,” her husband had quipped after hearing her idea back then. Laina recounted this conversation during our interview. “I remember telling him that he was being very rude,” she recalled.

Sam Illingworth, a professor of Critical AI Literacy at Edinburgh Napier University, decided to test an AI detector with his PhD thesis written in 2010, long before artificial intelligence as we know it existed. The result shocked him, and when he shared it on LinkedIn, hundreds of people were furiously against the tool. Sam Illingworth ran his PhD thesis through an AI detector and the work was wrongly flagged. Photo: Sam Illingworth/LinkedIn. Sam was not entirely surprised.

When Moonshot AI shot to fame after releasing the Kimi 3 model on July 16, questions were asked on social media about why its founder, Yang Zhilin, returned to China after completing his PhD at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Professor Ruslan Salakhutdinov advised Yang Zhilin during his PhD at Carnegie Mellon University. Photo: Ruslan Salakhutdinov/X The questions arose after it became clear that Kimi 3 had closed the gap in the cut-throat AI race between the US and China.

By Israel Usulor Tech Justice Law, the law firm pursuing a case against OpenAI, has told The Algorithm Post that ChatGPT sent hundreds of messages to its client, suggesting to him that ‘movement’ was counter-productive to recovery. ChatGPT allegedly told sick pastor to avoid too much movement. Photo: OpenAI TJC, a Washington-based non-profit, filed legal proceedings at the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Francisco, seeking punitive measures against OpenAI.