# weekly briefing — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover weekly briefing. Page: Feed: --- ## [Is AI fixing the economy?](https://briefing.capx.co/p/is-ai-fixing-the-economy) _2026-08-20 · Marc Sidwell · The CapX Briefing_ Plus: taxing time, the risks of a baby bust and why Ofwat blocks reservoirs ## [Growth gets a makeover](https://briefing.capx.co/p/growth-gets-a-makeover) _2026-08-19 · Marc Sidwell · The CapX Briefing_ Plus: the Nimby threat to the West, and how not to sell electric cars ## [Dalibor Rohac: capitalism can save the West](https://briefing.capx.co/p/dalibor-rohac-capitalism-can-save) _2026-08-19 · CapX · The CapX Briefing_ Why slow growth is making us less safe, who is the new Thatcher and can free societies still change course? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211845542/1e10d3122e5e87a00e247eda7fc6856e.mp3) ## [Your donor used AI to give to your cause; but what are the consequences.](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/your-donor-used-ai-to-give-to-your) _2026-08-18 · AI for Non-Profits Network · AI for Non-Profits Network_ A new Senate bill, a payments protocol - Plus the Cohort 2 waitlist is open, we're in Chicago, and this week's funding radar. ## [Labour isn't working](https://briefing.capx.co/p/labour-isnt-working) _2026-08-18 · Marc Sidwell · The CapX Briefing_ Plus: do America's socialists have a point, and what's gone wrong with the ONS? ## [Weekly Briefing: Nissan’s AI Factory, Stanford’s AI Jobs Warning, and OpenAI’s Revenue-per-Employee Reality Check](https://greatleadership.substack.com/p/weekly-briefing-nissans-ai-factory) _2026-08-17 · Jacob Morgan · Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan_ This week: AI is moving deeper into physical work, early-career jobs are showing pressure, and companies are learning that AI usage does not automatically mean business impact. ## [Who can afford to build?](https://briefing.capx.co/p/who-can-afford-to-build) _2026-08-17 · Marc Sidwell · The CapX Briefing_ Plus: doom culture is a dangerous drug, and why are Bath's Greens fighting a bike lane? ## [Despatch: A £3 trillion problem](https://briefing.capx.co/p/despatch-a-3-trillion-problem) _2026-08-17 · CapX · The CapX Briefing_ John Penrose on why Britain needs a national balance sheet, not more borrowing [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211540243/e21b86fb931456bf5619b949b48cabde.mp3) ## [Strong Macro Drives Earning Boost](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maybank/episodes/Strong-Macro-Drives-Earning-Boost-e3ngje6) _2026-08-17 · Maybank · ASEAN Speaks_ In this episode, host Thilan Wickramasinghe discusses soft US economic data, a weaker US dollar and Maybank Research’s upgraded Singapore growth outlook. Singapore’s 2026 GDP growth forecast has been raised to 5.2%, supported by AI manufacturing, electronics and precision engineering. This growth is also feeding through to corporate earnings. Krishna reviews the industrial sector’s mixed… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/22d97df4/podcast/play/124324742/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-17%2F9ed21c02-293f-62a9-56b0-779c27878c36.mp3) ## [Weekly Briefing: Farage's rare achievement](https://briefing.capx.co/p/weekly-briefing-farages-rare-achievement) _2026-08-16 · Marc Sidwell · The CapX Briefing_ Plus: the truth about immigration, how to spot a bot and the red tape that means gardens aren't green ## [AI Summaries & Audio Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3n5mlVw6bhme) _2026-08-16 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to concise audio briefings for the latest stories. ## [Nigel's back – but for how long?](https://briefing.capx.co/p/nigels-back-but-for-how-long) _2026-08-14 · Marc Sidwell · The CapX Briefing_ Plus: the Boriswave isn't a myth, and why students deserve the truth about their degrees ## [Time to be honest, Andy](https://briefing.capx.co/p/time-to-be-honest-andy) _2026-08-13 · Marc Sidwell · The CapX Briefing_ Plus: giving driverless cars the green light, and the mother of all biases ## [Lights out, prices up](https://briefing.capx.co/p/lights-out-prices-up) _2026-08-12 · Marc Sidwell · The CapX Briefing_ Plus: Richard Hanania on populism, and how to spot a robot writer ## [Richard Hanania: Can you trust a populist?](https://briefing.capx.co/p/richard-hanania-can-you-trust-a-populist) _2026-08-12 · CapX · The CapX Briefing_ How Trump 2.0 turned into a nightmare, the fall of the Tech Right and why elites are worth defending [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210886565/34b6ef45b793f88c085b0ea1245d78dc.mp3) ## [Six nonprofits selected to pioneer agentic giving. Everything they learn, we publish here.](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/six-nonprofits-selected-to-pioneer) _2026-08-12 · AI for Non-Profits Network · AI for Non-Profits Network_ Introducing our grant-backed co-design cohort: five months of open experiments in agentic fundraising, with the results published as we go - failures included. ## [Time for a snap election?](https://briefing.capx.co/p/time-for-a-snap-election) _2026-08-11 · Marc Sidwell · The CapX Briefing_ Plus: reversing Brexit is a fantasy, and the ecosystem enabling antisemitism ## [Singapore Rallies Amid Global Tensions](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maybank/episodes/Singapore-Rallies-Amid-Global-Tensions-e3n8ig1) _2026-08-11 · Maybank · ASEAN Speaks_ In this episode, host Thilan Wickramasinghe returns after the National Day long weekend to discuss rising US-Iran tensions, safe-haven flows into Singapore and the outlook for local markets. He reviews the Singapore banks’ 2Q results, highlighting the growing contribution from wealth management and trading as lower rates weigh on net interest income, and explains why OCBC remains the team’s top… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/22d97df4/podcast/play/124061633/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-11%2Fb0d3948c-cece-acd0-a07a-82a03333c23c.mp3) ## [Weekly Briefing: LinkedIn’s Top Colleges, Workers’ GDP Share Hits Record Low, and KPMG Interns Eye the C-Suite](https://greatleadership.substack.com/p/linkedins-top-colleges-workers-gdp) _2026-08-10 · Jacob Morgan · Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan_ This week: LinkedIn ranked the colleges producing strong career outcomes, workers are getting a smaller slice of the economy, & early-career talent is showing more ambition than many leaders expected. ## [Is Burnham eyeing a wealth tax?](https://briefing.capx.co/p/is-burnham-eyeing-a-wealth-tax) _2026-08-10 · Marc Sidwell · The CapX Briefing_ Plus: the Navy drones sending data to China, and the case against a National Care Service ## [Despatch: The flaw at the heart of the EU](https://briefing.capx.co/p/despatch-the-flaw-at-the-heart-of) _2026-08-10 · CapX · The CapX Briefing_ Mani Basharzad on the lessons of the Ceuta border crisis [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210599331/4adf7ae367e63706fd6a99d7ecb850eb.mp3) ## [Play Both Sides Of The Lie (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xucKAMrv9Uwd) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Two operatives, one manufactured war — uncover the Complete Truth after both campaigns. ## [Weekly Briefing: The EU's flawed heart](https://briefing.capx.co/p/weekly-briefing-the-eus-flawed-heart) _2026-08-09 · Marc Sidwell · The CapX Briefing_ Plus: what AI doomers get wrong, free markets v Iran and the hidden taxes on your house ## [Britain's bureaucracy is breaking](https://briefing.capx.co/p/britains-bureaucracy-is-breaking) _2026-08-07 · Marc Sidwell · The CapX Briefing_ Plus: vertical drinking, tax jitters and why the Left don't own Free-Born John ## [Beyond Automation: Self-Verifying AI Agents for Semiconductor and PCB Design](https://podcast.show/aspencore/episode/154517389/) _2026-08-07 · EE Times On Air · EE Times Current_ As AI agents grow more capable, the question of trust becomes increasingly critical, especially in complex engineering environments like semiconductor and PCB design. Siemens EDA and NVIDIA are tackling that challenge head-on, combining deep EDA domain expertise with cutting-edge AI infrastructure to deliver a new generation of agentic AI capabilities for engineering teams. In this episode, we sit… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/aspencore/content.blubrry.com/aspencore/Aspencore_EETC_Siemens_Nvidia_071726.mp3) ## [Wanted: a warrior against decline](https://briefing.capx.co/p/wanted-a-warrior-against-decline) _2026-08-06 · Marc Sidwell · The CapX Briefing_ Plus: how nukes stopped WWIII, and the hidden taxes on your new home ## [The social value bait and switch](https://briefing.capx.co/p/the-social-value-bait-and-switch) _2026-08-05 · Marc Sidwell · The CapX Briefing_ Plus: Alex Tabarrok on equal value pay, and Starmer's defence blunder ## [Alex Tabarrok: Britain's equal pay madness](https://briefing.capx.co/p/alex-tabarrok-britains-equal-pay) _2026-08-05 · CapX · The CapX Briefing_ Why are employment tribunals comparing apples with oranges? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209906203/d5edb5b7a03a1fba434fa27b132fe963.mp3) ## [Your Company Cannot Keep You Relevant Anymore: How to Build Your Own Learning System](https://greatleadership.substack.com/p/corporate-learning-career-relevance-pace-framework) _2026-08-05 · Jacob Morgan · Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan_ Why the pace of change has broken the old corporate learning model and what companies and employees must do differently. ## [How not to fix prisons](https://briefing.capx.co/p/how-not-to-fix-prisons) _2026-08-04 · Marc Sidwell · The CapX Briefing_ Plus: Ceuta shows the flaw at the EU's heart, and what the AI doomers get wrong ## [You can't blast your way out of a shrinking donor base](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/you-cant-blast-your-way-out-of-a) _2026-08-04 · AI for Non-Profits Network · AI for Non-Profits Network_ Fewer donors, a thinner pipeline, a decaying channel - the data in one place. Plus: what to do about it, this week's funding radar, and news worth your time. ## [Despatch: Ben Houchen – we need real devolution](https://briefing.capx.co/p/despatch-ben-houchen-we-need-real) _2026-08-04 · CapX · The CapX Briefing_ A mayor who can only spend money the Treasury's way isn't a mayor to begin with [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209753324/9961d167fc2a4d597e7cc644450c4daf.mp3) ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/M8w6diI6hl2X) _2026-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [Weekly Briefing: Big Companies Are Hiring Again, PwC’s Fake AI Citations, & Anthropic’s Security Test Failure](https://greatleadership.substack.com/p/big-companies-are-hiring-again-pwcs) _2026-08-03 · Jacob Morgan · Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan_ This week: the AI jobs story got more complicated, AI-generated work exposed a trust problem, and Anthropic showed why AI safety now has to be treated like an operating issue. ## [Labour play the blame game](https://briefing.capx.co/p/labour-play-the-blame-game) _2026-08-03 · Marc Sidwell · The CapX Briefing_ Plus: how New Zealand solved its pay litigation crisis, and Britain has a spending problem ## [Domestic Focus Amid Results Season](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maybank/episodes/Domestic-Focus-Amid-Results-Season-e3mt0gm) _2026-08-03 · Maybank · ASEAN Speaks_ In this episode, our host Thilan Wickramasinghe opens with sentiment across markets stabilising somewhat, as oil prices fall and treasuries rise following news that fresh US-Iran talks would begin today. Here in Singapore, the STI trades in the red, weighed down by weaker banks ahead of results later this week. With the local results season unfolding, the focus turns to domestic stocks, starting… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/22d97df4/podcast/play/123682774/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-3%2F28c5b951-29d8-48f0-68cf-323a8332a483.mp3) ## [Weekly Briefing: Power to the people?](https://briefing.capx.co/p/weekly-briefing-power-to-the-people) _2026-08-02 · Marc Sidwell · The CapX Briefing_ Plus: is the grid on the brink of collapse, who'd want to be a British millionaire and does anyone own the Moon? ## [Houchen: I don't want Andy's pocket money](https://briefing.capx.co/p/houchen-i-dont-want-andys-pocket) _2026-07-31 · Marc Sidwell · The CapX Briefing_ Plus: why are we banning energy drinks, and could AI make Whitehall worse? ## [Ten foundations. $500 million. One open call.](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/ten-foundations-500-million-one-open) _2026-07-28 · AI for Non-Profits Network · AI for Non-Profits Network_ Humanity AI's first $18M reveals what big philanthropy will fund next - plus a $25K accelerator opens Wednesday ## [Weekly Briefing: Google’s AI Worker Study, AI Homework Scores Crash, and OpenAI’s Hugging Face Security Incident](https://greatleadership.substack.com/p/weekly-briefing-googles-ai-worker) _2026-07-27 · Jacob Morgan · Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan_ This week: Google says AI is helping workers more than replacing them, AI-assisted homework raises questions about real learning, and OpenAI’s Hugging Face incident shows why AI safety is now an opera ## [CXMT IPO Ignites Asia Market Momentum](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maybank/episodes/CXMT-IPO-Ignites-Asia-Market-Momentum-e3mjhm8) _2026-07-27 · Maybank · ASEAN Speaks_ In this episode, our host, Seng Yeow, opens with one of the biggest market events in Asia this week – the blockbuster IPO of Chinese DRAM maker, CXMT. Following its explosive Shanghai debut, he speaks with Hong Kong Strategist, Ben Ho, on why the listing could set the tone for regional technology stocks, how CXMT compares with global memory leaders and what its rapid rise means for the outlook of… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/22d97df4/podcast/play/123372680/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-27%2F2e2f3925-64b9-6b93-64a0-5903fe6934a6.mp3) ## [Can Great Sky’s Light-Connected AI Enable Bigger Brains?](https://podcast.show/aspencore/episode/154446020/) _2026-07-22 · EE Times On Air · EE Times Current_ In this month’s Brains and Machines podcast, Dr. Jeff Shainline talks about superconducting neural hardware with Dr. Sunny Bains of University College London. Currently in development at Great Sky in Boulder, Colorado, the new systems will incorporate photonic interconnects and a neuromorphic approach to intelligence. Discussion follows with Dr. Giulia D’Angelo from the Czech Technical University… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/aspencore/content.blubrry.com/aspencore/AspenCore_EETC_B_M_EP40_JeffShainline_072026.mp3) ## [AI for Non Profits Network: Weekly Briefing 07/21 - Building in the Open is out](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/ai-for-non-profits-network-weekly-2fc) _2026-07-22 · AI for Non-Profits Network · AI for Non-Profits Network_ The peer-learning paper from the OpenAI Foundation's first grantee cohort is now public - and this week we take you inside the room that produced it. Plus a free forum this afternoon. ## [Weekly Briefing: Kimi K3 vs OpenAI, Goldman’s AI Productivity Warning, and New York’s AI Data Center Ban](https://greatleadership.substack.com/p/weekly-briefing-kimi-k3-vs-openai) _2026-07-20 · Jacob Morgan · Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan_ China’s Moonshot AI put pressure on U.S. frontier models, Goldman questioned how quickly AI productivity will show up, and New York paused new hyperscale data centers. ## [From Chips to REITs: Finding Value in a Divergent Market](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maybank/episodes/From-Chips-to-REITs-Finding-Value-in-a-Divergent-Market-e3ma2sc) _2026-07-20 · Maybank · ASEAN Speaks_ In this episode, our host, Seng Yeow, discusses the contradiction at the heart of last week's markets: strong TSMC earnings met with a sharp sell-off in semiconductor stocks, even as the S&P 500 broadened with record highs in financials and transports. He examines what this divergence signals about the AI semiconductor trade and the wider economy. We begin with our Hong Kong strategist, Ben Ho,… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/22d97df4/podcast/play/123062604/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-20%2F4f0bbe0b-dc4c-9ab1-c057-092f69ec51a8.mp3) ## [AI for Non Profits Network: Weekly Briefing 07/14](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/ai-for-non-profits-network-weekly-859) _2026-07-14 · AI for Non-Profits Network · AI for Non-Profits Network_ This week: free cybersecurity help arrives as AI industrializes the attack on nonprofit trust; what Uber's oddest org-chart experiment teaches a sector stuck on the efficiency plateau. Plus a grant closing tomorrow and a fellowship closing Friday. ## [Weekly Briefing: GPT-5.6, Uber’s Agentic Pods, and Brown University’s AI Cheating Scandal](https://greatleadership.substack.com/p/weekly-briefing-gpt-56-ubers-agentic) _2026-07-13 · Jacob Morgan · Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan_ This week: new AI models are widening the AI skills gap, Uber is redesigning work around agents, and Brown University is showing why AI is becoming an integrity problem. ## [AI for Non Profits Network: Weekly Briefing 07/07 - special issue](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/ai-for-non-profits-network-weekly-51f) _2026-07-07 · AI for Non-Profits Network_ Something different this week. We spent this morning on a panel in front of a room full of charity finance leaders, and came back with one idea worth sharing: the segment of one. ## [Weekly Briefing: Microsoft’s AI Adoption Push, Ford’s AI Rehiring Reversal, and Why AI-Written Messages Are Hurting Workplace Relationships](https://greatleadership.substack.com/p/weekly-briefing-microsofts-ai-adoption) _2026-07-06 · Jacob Morgan · Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan_ Companies are struggling to control AI costs, some employers are bringing back workers they thought AI could replace, and AI-written communication is starting to weaken human relationships at work. ## [Uncertainty is the upside](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maybank/episodes/Uncertainty-is-the-upside-e3lnasr) _2026-07-06 · Maybank · ASEAN Speaks_ In this episode, our host and Head of Research, Thilan Wickramasinghe, shares Maybank's latest outlook for the Singapore market, explaining why the team continues to see upside for the Straits Times Index despite recent earnings downgrades. He discusses how easing energy prices, improving market liquidity, the expected deployment of institutional funds under the Equity Market Development Programme… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/22d97df4/podcast/play/122448219/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-6%2F984c0c50-5e04-3d63-29d2-fa1d379e8098.mp3) ## [Inside the Machine: How The AI Tools That You Are Using Actually Work](https://greatleadership.substack.com/p/inside-the-machine-how-the-ai-tools) _2026-07-03 · Jacob Morgan · Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan_ And why every leader deploying them should understand the parts no vendor explains ## [AI for Non Profits Network: Weekly Briefing 06/30](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/ai-for-non-profits-network-weekly-be5) _2026-06-30 · AI for Non-Profits Network_ This week: new data showing the organizations furthest along with AI are investing more in people; and a reminder of what all that reclaimed capacity is doing on the ground. ## [Weekly Briefing: Meta’s AI Data Leak, AI Coding Paralysis, and California’s AI Jobs Reality Check](https://greatleadership.substack.com/p/metas-ai-data-leak-ai-coding-paralysis) _2026-06-29 · Jacob Morgan · Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan_ AI is testing employee trust, overwhelming the workers expected to use it, and challenging the job apocalypse narrative.