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AI Signals Report

Fork It or Use It: Linus Torvalds on AI

A kernel mailing-list argument about LLM patch review produced the clearest framing of AI adoption I've seen this year: judge the tool on merit, keep accountability human, and engineer the workflow so rising capability absorbs rising load.

Xi Jinping delivers the keynote at the 2026 World AI Conference in Shanghai

AI Signals Report

One Line in Shanghai: What Xi's AI Speech Tells European Banks Betting on Chinese Open Models

Xi Jinping's WAIC 2026 keynote gave open-source AI exactly one sentence — and closed on being ready to change course. If your bank is building on Chinese open-weight models, that ratio is the strategy question. Part 1 of 3.