AI in 2026: Less Hype. More Direction.

Howdy, so 2025 is gone [phew] and a New Year here already again! Hope everyone had a great holiday, New Year! We’re late this week, but still going to get an edition out.

I thought of doing a doom and gloom, ‘AI will destroy everything’ but maybe not in the first week of the year! Perhaps next week :).

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