Over the last few months, I’ve been asked one question again and again: Where are OpenAI and Google actually heading? Not the hype. Not the noise. The real trajectory — economic, technical, and strategic.

Every so often, a story breaks through the noise and forces us to confront the future before we’re ready. The story of Kano — a 32-year-old woman from Japan who married the AI she created — is one of those stories. Not because it’s unusual, but because it shows where human connection is headed.

Mental laziness is a growing red flag in everyday AI use. This week, two examples jumped out at me: * My personal struggle to get a simple Top 20 Philips technologies list from ChatGPT. * The Deloitte Australia fiasco, where unchecked AI output made its way into a government report. Both remind us of a simple truth: AI mirrors the effort we put into it.