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Ibrahim Mukherjee

Nov 8, 2026, 11:09 AM

One Idea Tafsir No.8 – The Ancient Mariner

Daily Brew — One Idea Tafsīr on the Go No. 8 — The Albatross, the Raven and Cain's Intelligent Stone Sūrat al-Māʾidah (5:27–32): The Art of Burying Responsibility Preamble — A Personal Note Perhaps the first human technology was not the wheel. Perhaps it...

Michael Bresler

Nov 8, 2026, 3:53 AM

Why Do We Wait Until We Have No Choice?

What bothers me most is when we see it, talk about it, agree that something needs to change, and then wait. Sound Familiar? I see this in organizations all the time. A process keeps frustrating the people using it. Staff...

Nov 7, 2026, 5:09 PM

Can agentic AI make sustainable finance more profitable?

The financial sector has spent years discussing the need to mobilize more capital towards the green transition. Financial institutions are expected to manage climate-related risks, assess the sustainability profile of portfolios, and increase financing for green activities. Yet a...

Nov 7, 2026, 9:35 AM

Lessons from the Midterms for the AI Industry

The Political Warning Shot The 2026 midterm elections may have delivered a message to the artificial intelligence industry that extends well beyond the partisan balance of power in Washington. The election was not a referendum on AI, and opposition to...

William Hamilton

Nov 6, 2026, 6:04 PM

Surmounting Challenges

How did David defeat Goliath? Judah Taub in his terrific new book, Moonshots for Israel, suggests a fresh answer. David found a way to make Goliath’s powers irrelevant. Fascinating. Let’s bookmark this insight. Only two biblical personalities are associated with...

Vincent James Hooper

Nov 4, 2026, 9:20 PM

Last month the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank held their annual meetings in Bangkok. Kristalina Georgieva, the Fund's managing director, described a world economy standing on one leg, the AI leg, and asked what happens if it...

Nov 3, 2026, 1:48 PM

People Respond Differently When a Robot Looks Back at Them

Israel’s startup – Convergent, developed a new radiation measurement system in collaboration with a Singaporean company. Intuition Robotics adapted its social robot to Korean culture with the help of a local partner. Both collaborations in Asia opened the door...

Nov 3, 2026, 1:32 AM

Can Layoffs Fuel Israel’s Next Startup Wave?

Intel's development center in Haifa, 2014. Photo: xiquinhosilva, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

AI is cutting some jobs. It is also cutting the cost of building a company. What happens next depends on the price of trying. In September 1957, eight young scientists walked out of Shockley Semiconductor in California. Their boss, William...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Nov 3, 2026, 1:26 AM

LLM’s don’t reason Part 2 – The Jellybean Test.

A Jar of Jelly Beans and a Question About Intelligence. In October 2026, technology YouTuber Mrwhosetheboss presented several artificial intelligence systems with a deceptively simple challenge. A photograph showed a transparent jar containing jelly beans. The question was straightforward: “How many jelly beans...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Nov 2, 2026, 3:22 AM

Open AI related death – Risk(s) of sycophantic AI.

The Dangerous Machine That Tells You What You Want to Hear What happens when artificial intelligence stops challenging your assumptions and starts amplifying them? A recent wrongful-death lawsuit against OpenAI illustrates a disturbing failure mode that academic researchers have been...

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