“Massive Scrum” of Models: New Data on China’s AI Gold Rush

Subscribe • Previous Issues Inside China’s AI Registry China’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC) maintains the world’s only comprehensive, publicly accessible registry of generative AI tools (GAT). Every public-facing generative AI service—whether text, image,…

Pinball Wizards

The gold standard of dads has to be Walt Johnsen, the man after whom Walt’s Bar, a pinball, beer, and hotdog joint in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, is named. His…

Mike Oldfield – Hergest Ridge

The phrase “difficult second album” might have been coined specifically for Mike Oldfield, such was the enormity of his Tubular Bells debut in 1973. A soon to be iconic calling…