AI Trends
Read technical and industry changes in context, separating events, evidence and interpretation.
Understand changes, evidence and their effect on work
Recommended reading
AI Technical Weekly | 2026-W37: Agent Permissions and Inference Routing Move into Runtime
Look back at 2026-W37: events, confirmed information, interpretation, unknowns and sources.
Observation period: September 7–13, 2026
All articles
- Compute & SemiconductorsHow the U.S. CHIPS Act Reshapes Taiwan and ChinaAn analysis of the U.S. CHIPS Act examines manufacturing subsidies, export restrictions, and the opportunities and pressures facing Taiwan and China's chip industries.
- Compute & SemiconductorsMapping the AI Server Supply ChainFollow the AI server supply chain from component design to application deployment, with the roles, constraints, and relationships that connect its participants.
- Compute & SemiconductorsBeyond Silicon: The Materials That Could Extend Moore's LawAs silicon scaling becomes harder, semiconductor development turns to new materials, advanced packaging, and transistor architectures. Review the main directions.
- Business & AdoptionHow AI and IoT Are Reshaping Smart ManufacturingSmart manufacturing combines IoT and AI within production processes. The article connects core technologies with factory applications and implementation challenges.
- Compute & SemiconductorsWhy Cerebras Matters to AI ComputingCerebras uses wafer-scale computing for demanding AI workloads. Examine its chip-design approach and how it differs from NVIDIA's computing architecture.
- Compute & SemiconductorsThe Hidden Upstream Layers of Semiconductor ManufacturingSemiconductor production depends on equipment and materials suppliers. Map the upstream roles of lithography, manufacturing tools, and the firms behind them.
- Compute & SemiconductorsHow AI Is Accelerating Superconductor DiscoveryGoogle DeepMind's GNoME illustrates AI-assisted materials exploration. The article discusses graph networks, candidate discovery, and possible superconducting applications.