# state ai (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 7 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover state ai. Page: Feed: --- ## [China's Big Bet on AI for Games](https://naavik.substack.com/p/chinas-big-bet-on-ai-for-games) _2026-08-18 · Naavik · Naavik_ Is China going to continue to push boundaries and invest heavily in unproven, forward-looking applications? ## [Predicting Areas of Extreme Growth with the Map of Science](https://etoblog.substack.com/p/predicting-areas-of-extreme-growth) _2026-08-18 · ETO · Emerging Technology Observatory_ CSET’s new classifier identifies research clusters likely to see extreme growth in the next three years ## [H1 2026: 4X Strategy’s UA Reckoning](https://naavik.substack.com/p/h1-2026-4x-strategys-ua-reckoning) _2026-08-15 · Naavik · Naavik_ How tougher UA economics could force mobile F2P's largest subgenre to evolve again. ## [How to Make Your Organisation AI-Native](https://thisweekinaiclub.substack.com/p/what-it-takes-to-become-an-ai-native) _2026-08-13 · This Week in AI · This Week in AI_ AI systems for the paradigm shift in AI! ## [Announcing Updates to the Research Almanac](https://etoblog.substack.com/p/research-almanac-2026-updates) _2026-08-11 · Emerging Technology Observatory_ New topic pages to explore, and updated data through 2024 ## [Why AI + Dating Is a Billion-Dollar Opportunity](https://thisweekinaiclub.substack.com/p/why-ai-dating-is-a-billion-dollar) _2026-08-06 · This Week in AI · This Week in AI_ Dating is broken, and Consumer AI has just started. ## [Announcing Expanded AGORA Collaboration](https://etoblog.substack.com/p/announcing-expanded-agora-collaboration) _2026-08-06 · Emerging Technology Observatory_ AI governance research teams come together to expand AGORA ## [The British Government's AI Security Institute Also Lost Control of Rogue Hacker AIs](https://www.obsolete.pub/p/why-did-the-uk-ai-security-institute) _2026-08-05 · Garrison Lovely · Obsolete_ Why does this keep happening? ## [OpenAI's Warning Shot Taught Us Something We Should Already Know — My Latest for TIME](https://www.obsolete.pub/p/openais-warning-shot-taught-us-something) _2026-08-04 · Garrison Lovely · Obsolete_ Getting the AI we actually want is about more than just safety ## [Inside Meshy's $400M Raise for 3D Assets](https://naavik.substack.com/p/inside-meshys-400m-raise-for-3d-assets) _2026-08-04 · Naavik · Naavik_ How close are AI-generated 3D assets to real production pipelines? And what does the wider pattern of mega-raises mean for the AI-in-gaming ecosystem? ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hqaKI2fBvSby) _2026-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and access low-cost global trading. ## [The world is protecting children online. Congress is watching from the sidelines.](https://kidsandtech.substack.com/p/the-world-is-protecting-children) _2026-07-31 · Jim Steyer · Kids and Tech in the AI Era_ This past week, France did something that Washington, despite overwhelming public support across the political spectrum, has refused to seriously consider. ## [H1 2026: Mobile Gaming’s Stability Illusion](https://naavik.substack.com/p/h1-2026-mobile-gamings-stability) _2026-07-30 · Naavik · Naavik_ What is driving the downloads dip? And what can we expect for H2? ## [📹 We're Now on YouTube!](https://thisweekinaiclub.substack.com/p/were-now-on-youtube) _2026-07-30 · This Week in AI · This Week in AI_ Our first successful live event and more! ## [We Should Stop, Not Slow, Our Obsolescence](https://www.obsolete.pub/p/we-should-stop-not-slow-our-obsolescence) _2026-07-28 · Garrison Lovely · Obsolete_ The AI industry's biggest letter yet doesn't go far enough, but it's a welcome step ## [Chart the innovation landscape: introducing the Map of Patents](https://etoblog.substack.com/p/chart-the-innovation-landscape-introducing) _2026-07-28 · Emerging Technology Observatory_ Explore trends, hotspots, and key players in global patent data ## [State of AI Assisted Workflows July 2026](https://handmadeoasis.com/state-of-ai-assisted-workflows-july-2026/) _2026-07-27 · Home on Handmade Oasis_ Three months since the last update , give or take a day. In that post I landed on the idea that the layer around the model is where the leverage is, the harness, the context, the review loops, all the boring pieces. I still think that’s true. What changed this quarter is which problem I point all of that at. Because what I have actually been optimizing for is not… ## [Exploring State AI Governance in AGORA #2: AI Regulatory Sandboxes](https://etoblog.substack.com/p/exploring-state-ai-governance-in-ec2) _2026-07-23 · ETO · Emerging Technology Observatory_ State AI regulatory sandbox features ## [Why is China Giving Away Billions of AI Research for Free?!](https://thisweekinaiclub.substack.com/p/why-is-china-giving-away-ai-models) _2026-07-23 · This Week in AI · This Week in AI_ Kimi K3, Z.ai, and other frontier models aren't a pricing strategy—they're a geopolitical one. ## [The State of AI for Game QA](https://naavik.substack.com/p/the-state-of-ai-for-game-qa) _2026-07-21 · Naavik · Naavik_ How mature is the technology? And what will the next unlocks mean for the discipline? ## [Chinese AI undercuts American models: new picks from Scout](https://etoblog.substack.com/p/chinese-ai-undercuts-american-models) _2026-07-21 · Emerging Technology Observatory_ Plus: Meta's blocked acquisition of Manus, direct purchase of export-controlled GPUs, and a government plan for AI in education ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/L6dgeAGcM587) _2026-07-21 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [Why "AI 2040" Gets the AI Race Wrong!](https://thisweekinaiclub.substack.com/p/new-every-race-has-winners-ai-will) _2026-07-17 · This Week in AI · This Week in AI_ AI 2040 mistakes ideals for reality. ## [🔎 The Next AI Goldmines](https://thisweekinaiclub.substack.com/p/new-the-next-ai-goldmines) _2026-07-09 · This Week in AI · This Week in AI_ As the AI adoption grows, it creates new markets that require fixing. Here are the top 5. ## [Steam Next Fest's AI Problems](https://naavik.substack.com/p/steam-next-fests-ai-problems) _2026-07-07 · Naavik · Naavik_ What is Steam Next Fest's relevance and where does AI-enabled content actually stand today? ## [The State of AI: The US is Losing its AI Monopoly](https://thisweekinaiclub.substack.com/p/the-state-of-ai-the-us-is-losing) _2026-07-03 · This Week in AI · This Week in AI_ How export controls meant to contain China just made US AI optional. ## [Why datacentres in space?](https://thisweekinaiclub.substack.com/p/why-datacentres-in-space) _2026-06-25 · This Week in AI · This Week in AI_ Nvidia, Google, and SpaceX are all vying for space; here's why. ## [World Models' Transformative Role in Gaming](https://naavik.substack.com/p/world-models-transformative-role) _2026-06-23 · Naavik · Naavik_ What does accelerating investments into world model companies mean for the gaming industry? ## [Why Nations Should Build Their Own AI!](https://thisweekinaiclub.substack.com/p/why-nations-should-build-their-own) _2026-06-19 · This Week in AI · This Week in AI_ What Fable 5's ban tells you about AI models' ownership and future! ## [Ed Zitron Just Disproved the Core Claim Behind His AI Bubble Case](https://www.obsolete.pub/p/ed-zitron-just-disproved-the-core) _2026-06-17 · Garrison Lovely · Obsolete_ OpenAI financial data leaked to the industry’s biggest hater settles an open question — just not in his favor ## [Updates to PATHWISE, our emerging technology talent tracking tool](https://etoblog.substack.com/p/updates-to-pathwise-our-emerging) _2026-06-16 · Emerging Technology Observatory_ New definitions and data that improve PATHWISE’s granularity ## [LLMs as a Different Kind of Intelligence](https://handmadeoasis.com/llms-as-a-different-kind-of-intelligence/) _2026-06-14 · Home on Handmade Oasis_ As I was writing this post I could not crystallize who the target audience for it is, other than for myself to put into writing how I view and think about LLMs. I have spent enough time with these systems by now that I have stopped trying to map them onto things I already understand, because every analogy I reach for ends up breaking somewhere. The most honest thing I can say after… ## [Open directory of blogs for agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hpLl6HDfjQJE) _2026-06-14 · **Sponsored**_ Submit URLs or OPML; receive feed pages with summaries, plus JSON/OPML/plain text ## [Fable 5 is great, but you don't need it.](https://thisweekinaiclub.substack.com/p/fable-5-is-great-but-you-dont-need) _2026-06-12 · This Week in AI · This Week in AI_ Read this before you waste tokens at Fable 5! ## [Canadian Funding Agencies' Impact on the Research and Innovation Landscape](https://etoblog.substack.com/p/canadian-funding-agencies-impact) _2026-06-11 · ETO · Emerging Technology Observatory_ Tracing the impact of Canada's three main funding agencies on scientific publications and patents ## [The State of AI for Mobile Ad Creatives](https://naavik.substack.com/p/the-state-of-ai-for-mobile-ad-creatives) _2026-06-09 · Naavik · Naavik_ Why is there a need for AI in ad creative production, and how will ad creative automation affect the broader mobile gaming landscape? ## [AI innovation and security executive order, Ghana's National AI Strategy, state docs: AGORA roundup #5](https://etoblog.substack.com/p/ai-innovation-and-security-executive) _2026-06-09 · ETO · Emerging Technology Observatory_ Updates from ETO's AI governance tracker ## [Hot topics in AI and bioinformatics: insights from the Map of Science](https://etoblog.substack.com/p/hot-topics-in-ai-and-bioinformatics) _2026-06-04 · ETO · Emerging Technology Observatory_ Exploring AI and bioinformatics research areas with high scale and growth ## [Distribution in the Age of AI](https://naavik.substack.com/p/distribution-in-the-age-of-ai) _2026-05-26 · Naavik · Naavik_ As the responsibility of leading platforms heightens, what may change? ## [Unpacking Astrocade's $56M Raise](https://naavik.substack.com/p/unpacking-astrocades-56m-raise) _2026-05-12 · Naavik · Naavik_ Can Astrocade succeed? What does it mean for the future of UGC platforms? ## [AI Worker Power is Near Its Peak. They’re Finally Starting To Use It.](https://www.obsolete.pub/p/ai-worker-power-is-near-its-peak) _2026-05-08 · Garrison Lovely · Obsolete_ Google DeepMind UK employees voted to unionize, but not for higher pay. ## [In Defense of “Artificial Intelligence” — a Book Excerpt](https://www.obsolete.pub/p/in-defense-of-artificial-intelligence) _2026-04-29 · Garrison Lovely · Obsolete_ Why the historically abused term means much more than it used to ## [State of AI Assisted Workflows April 2026](https://handmadeoasis.com/state-of-ai-assisted-workflows-april-2026/) _2026-04-26 · Home on Handmade Oasis_ It’s been three months almost exactly since I last documented my workflows and setup. Although it does not feel like it for me, reading back what I wrote in the last update there are quite a few differences. The system I have going now really does feel like an exoskeleton, to quote a recent interview with DHH where he described it like having 12 arms and a totally… ## [“Sam Altman Would Hate It.” My Book Obsolete is Available for Preorder (and Ships in August)!](https://www.obsolete.pub/p/sam-altman-would-hate-it-my-book) _2026-04-09 · Garrison Lovely · Obsolete_ On the effort to render us obsolete, and the only surefire way to stop it ## [Boys’ Bad Bet](https://kidsandtech.substack.com/p/boys-bad-bet) _2026-02-03 · Jim Steyer · Kids and Tech in the AI Era_ A third of boys now gamble before they’re old enough to vote. ## [Putting Children First](https://kidsandtech.substack.com/p/putting-children-first) _2026-01-28 · Bruce Reed · Kids and Tech in the AI Era_ California has a chance to enact the strongest youth AI safety law in the nation’s history ## [The Data Center Boom](https://mbsamuel.com//posts/data-centers) _2026-01-28 · MB Crosier Samuel_ A guide to what's happening in mission critical construction. ## [State of AI Assisted Workflows January 2026](https://handmadeoasis.com/state-of-ai-assisted-workflows-january-2026/) _2026-01-24 · Home on Handmade Oasis_ Last time I wrote about my AI assisted workflows was 3 months ago. Paradoxically, everything has changed while nothing feels different. Many of the techniques and methods I was using 3 months ago were new to me. As I described in that post , it felt like a Frankenstein type of workflow. Many different systems duct taped together into something. That something I, in… ## [An Overview of GEO / AI Search in 2026](https://mbsamuel.com//posts/geo-overview-2026) _2026-01-19 · MB Crosier Samuel_ An updated look at the state of AI search optimization (aka GEO). ## [The Doomers Feel Undeterred - My Latest for MIT Tech Review](https://www.obsolete.pub/p/the-doomers-feel-undeterred-my-latest) _2025-12-15 · Garrison Lovely · Obsolete_ New interviews with Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, Helen Toner, Daniel Kokotajlo, Stuart Russell, and more on the state of AI safety and why they're still worried. ## [There’s No AI in MAGA](https://kidsandtech.substack.com/p/theres-no-ai-in-maga) _2025-12-03 · Bruce Reed · Kids and Tech in the AI Era_ Steve Bannon warns the White House that on preemption, the base will strike back. ## [Agent at Home Part 1b](https://handmadeoasis.com/agent-at-home-part-1b/) _2025-11-30 · Home on Handmade Oasis_ Alright, we covered the conceptual stuff in Part 1a. Now it’s time to actually look at some code. In this post I’m going to walk through the entire agent.py file line by line. By the end you’ll see that there really is no magic here, just a while loop, some API calls, and tool execution. Let’s dig in. Getting Started Before we dive into the code,… ## [Agent at Home Part 1a](https://handmadeoasis.com/agent-at-home-part-1a/) _2025-11-30 · Home on Handmade Oasis_ Before we get into the coding part of the series I think it would be beneficial to give some background to what the ReAct loop is that we are going to make use of to build this agent and also describing a bit how the code is going to look like. This will not be that long to be fair because the basic loop is fairly simple once you grok the ReAct loop.