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noam shazeer helps shape how language models think, whether at google or anthropic or the next place that needs him

aidan gomez argues that countries choosing foreign ai over homegrown tools risk becoming digital colonies

peter thiel quietly builds networks across finance, defense, and startups while his secret clubs occasionally leak their strangest details

demis believes the real ai transformation happens in biology and creativity, not in the hype cycle we're living through today

reid hoffman calls out the gap between ai hype and actual execution while quietly funding the companies he thinks might close it

tim cook steers apple through supply chain chaos while warning that our own data weaponization threatens us all

yann lecun warns that the ai industry's trillion-dollar ambitions are outpacing what the technology can actually deliver

greg brockman builds the full stack for ai—from chips to regulation—with the steady hand of someone who's done this before

adam d'angelo builds knowledge infrastructure while wrestling with the weight that comes with platforming human intelligence

sam altman builds the infrastructure that lets everyone else argue about whether ai needs manners

yellen warns that american debt is spiraling while the fed's independence faces pressure from all sides

jerome powell navigated the fed through pandemic chaos and inflation storms, handing off a complicated inheritance to his successor

doug mcmillon spent twelve years steering walmart through the digital revolution, then gracefully handed the wheel to the next chapter

bob iger navigates the impossible middle ground between creative voices and corporate pressure with the weary grace of someone who's made peace with disappointing everyone

brian chesky built airbnb into a global hospitality empire by convincing strangers to welcome strangers into their homes

albert bourla charts pfizer's pivot toward american growth while wrestling with the cost-control demands reshaping global pharma

the 94-year-old oracle of omaha still moves markets by quietly betting on boring fundamentals while everyone else chases trends

antitrust scholar who took on big tech as the youngest ftc chair, now pivoting to hospitality marketing in saudi arabia

mary barra steers general motors through the collision of legacy manufacturing and electric futures, built on a chevette's worth of humble engineering roots

ted sarandos treats netflix like a steamship captain navigates the ocean—plotting global expansion while keeping everyone fed and watching

maggie haberman chronicles trump's interior life with the precision of someone who's learned that furniture tells stories presidents won't

tucker carlson questions trump's iran ambitions from the right, testing whether loyalty to the man trumps loyalty to the movement

ezra klein talks through america's political gridlock and cultural fractures with the patience of someone who actually believes understanding matters

anderson cooper anchors the night's news while his personal life occasionally becomes the subplot everyone's actually discussing

david muir brings the world's breaking moments into american living rooms with the steady presence of someone who's actually been there

bret stephens writes conservative foreign policy columns that cringe at american power while defending it against its worst impulses

maureen dowd skewers power with wit sharp enough to make presidents squirm and philosophers reconsider their premises

casey newton turns the machinery of tech accountability into conversation, whether through platformer's investigations or hard fork's live audiences

rachel maddow excavates the architecture of power with the precision of someone who actually reads the footnotes

kara swisher corners tech's most powerful figures to ask what they're actually doing with all that power