The apocryphal quip attributed to Mark Twain, “the rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated,” rings true for certain companies in the software space amidst widespread but premature fears of AI-driven obsolescence. Over the last year, approximately $2 trillion in software value has been torched on fears that AI will render many software businesses obsolete
In July, for the first time, Chinese developed models took all five top positions on OpenRouter, the neutral routing platform that has become the closest thing the AI industry has to a Nielsen rating. Xiaomi’s MiMo V2.5 ranked first by token volume, followed by models from DeepSeek, MiniMax, Alibaba’s Qwen family and Moonshot’s Kimi. Chinese
This figure displays the average CD5 index over time for six data sources and five different patent categories. The data sources are JSTOR (1,588,088 papers), the American Physical Society corpus (461,359 papers), Microsoft Academic Graph (random sample of 1,000,000 papers), and PubMed (1,563,211 papers). For reference, the Web of Science (22,479,429 papers) and PatentsView (2,926,923 patents) data sources are also included.
Holst, V., Algaba, A., Tori, F., Wenmackers, S. & Ginis, V. Dataset artefacts can partially drive the measured decline in disruption. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10787-y (2026). Article Google Scholar Park, M., Leahey, E. & Funk, R. J. Papers and patents are becoming less disruptive over time. Nature 613, 138–144 (2023). Article ADS CAS PubMed Google Scholar Wu,
The horse racing meeting at Ffos Las in South Wales will begin about two hours earlier on Wednesday because of the solar eclipse. The UK and parts of Europe are set to experience the most significant solar eclipse in nearly three decades, which is set to begin shortly after 18:00 BST. At other sporting events,
New York City and New Jersey were hit by torrential rain and thunderstorms on Saturday, causing flash flooding and widespread disruption. The downpour cascaded over subway stations and flooded city streets in parts of New York and the tri-state area, which also includes Connecticut, while some drivers abandoned their vehicles due to rising waters. Videos
