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Five Percent

Jun 25, 2026

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5 min read

Five Percent

Inside Europe's scramble to escape its dependence on American AI

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

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AI Gets Political

Jun 23, 2026

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5 min read

AI Gets Political

The G7 access deal, OpenAI's leaked books, and Accenture's reckoning

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

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The Condition Fable Can't Meet

Jun 18, 2026

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6 min read

The Condition Fable Can't Meet

The White House says the model can't return until its guardrails are impossible to bypass

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

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The First AI Kill Switch

Jun 16, 2026

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6 min read

The First AI Kill Switch

Inside the federal takedown of Fable 5 and the procurement lesson that comes with it

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

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Scaling AI is Breaking Budgets

Jun 11, 2026

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7 min read

Scaling AI is Breaking Budgets

73% of enterprises say AI costs exceeded projections.

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

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AI Automation Needs Accountability

Jun 4, 2026

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7 min read

AI Automation Needs Accountability

How defining and measuring outcomes can help improve AI accountability

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

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The Bill Comes Due

Jun 2, 2026

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5 min read

The Bill Comes Due

What the Uber story tells us about federal AI ROI.

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

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The AI executive order that fizzled

May 26, 2026

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6 min read

The AI executive order that fizzled

EO pulled hours before signing. Meanwhile, the SIs kept moving.

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

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Are We Flying Blind?

May 21, 2026

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6 min read

Are We Flying Blind?

How the US economy is deploying AI faster than it can measure its workforce impact

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

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No Big Deals in Beijing

May 19, 2026

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6 min read

No Big Deals in Beijing

What the US-China summit produced on AI and, more importantly, what it didn't

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

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Are We in an AI Bubble?

May 14, 2026

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7 min read

Are We in an AI Bubble?

The AI industry is spending faster than it's earning. We ask what that means.

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

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The 50-State AI Experiment

May 7, 2026

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8 min read

The 50-State AI Experiment

Inside the legislation, the philosophies, and the education gap shaping how US states governs AI

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

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The New Rules of Engagement

May 5, 2026

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4 min read

The New Rules of Engagement

Three federal moves that reshape how government buys, deploys, and learns from AI

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

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Move Over Boomers, The Neoprimes Are Here

Apr 30, 2026

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8 min read

Move Over Boomers, The Neoprimes Are Here

How a new wave of Silicon Valley-backed defense contractors is reshaping how the Pentagon builds, buys, and fights.

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

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AI Pace is Testing Government Norms

Apr 28, 2026

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5 min read

AI Pace is Testing Government Norms

Keeping up with the pace of AI innovation is the most pressing challenge for the federal government.

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

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Claude Wars

Apr 23, 2026

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6 min read

Claude Wars

The Pentagon blacklisted Anthropic. The NSA is using its most powerful model anyway. Plus: AI around the world.

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

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The AI Mandate Scan

Apr 21, 2026

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5 min read

The AI Mandate Scan

The federal contractor ecosystem is evolving...fast

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

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The AI Mandate | Intelligence Report

Apr 16, 2026

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8 min read

The AI Mandate | Intelligence Report

A weekly deep-dive on recent and compelling government AI stories.

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

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