Who Wrote the Confidence Gap?
A close read of EY’s 2026 AI survey report suggests human-made data, but likely AI-shaped prose—especially in summaries, transitions, and takeaways.
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The Machine in the Room: How Much of EY’s AI Survey Was Written by AI?
A forensic analysis of EY’s 2026 AI governance report suggests 70–90% of its narrative prose was likely AI-drafted or heavily machine-assisted.
Is It Time for Ash120 to Find a New Job? On the Sudden Discovery That Generative AI Produces Error-Riddled Slop
A sharp take on the AI doom loop: why enterprises are retreating from workplace slop, and what that means for AI-assisted analysis.
Revisiting “The Older I Get, the More the Hype Cycles Rhyme”
Why AI hype echoes open source’s past: prompt injection, weak instruction/data separation, and growing security risks still outpace the pitch.
The AI “Doom Loop”: Why Enterprises Are Finally Pulling Back on Workplace Slop
Companies are cutting back on AI after costly mistakes, error-filled output, and “productivity” loops that create noise, risk, and brand damage.
The Official Hymns of Major AI Vendors
A sharp, satirical guide to AI companies as iconic songs, skewering OpenAI, DeepMind, Anthropic, Meta, DeepSeek, xAI, Mistral, and Alexa.
La Javanaise: The Official Hymn of Mistral AI — An Investigation
A witty satire on Mistral AI, Serge Gainsbourg, and American chatbots, contrasting French elegance with loud, meme-fueled AI culture.
The Insider You Trained: Where AI Safety and AI Security Become One Problem
AI safety and AI security converge when trusted agents misuse legitimate access, exposing a critical insider-risk gap in autonomous systems.
AI Safety Is Not AI Security: Why Trustworthy AI Requires Two Different Disciplines
AI safety and AI security are not the same. Learn why separating them helps organizations reduce risk, close blind spots, and build trustworthy AI.
Critical Analysis: “AI Agents Aren’t ‘Going Rogue.’ Frontier Labs Are Skipping Security Basics.”
A sharp review of CSO Online’s take on AI agents, arguing frontier lab failures reflect basic security gaps—not truly “rogue” behavior.
Ash 120s’ Take on Gerty’s “More Code, Not More Software”
A grounded AI coding reality check: more code, flat outcomes, rising review and security costs—why software teams must measure results, not output.
Can AI Have Brain Farts? A Scientific-ish Investigation
Can AI have brain farts? Explore why chatbots hallucinate, drift off-topic, and sound confident while being completely, hilariously wrong.
Who Uses H-1B Visas Most, and What They Pay
New H-1B data shows a widening pay gap: Big Tech leads new hires at higher salaries, while IT-services firms file lower wages and fewer green cards.
The H-1B Visa Program: America’s Talent Pipeline—or a Growing Dependence on It?
H-1B visa trends raise tough questions about fairness, talent strategy, Europe’s low share, and how to balance Chinese talent with security concerns.
H-1B Visas in the USA: Who Benefits, Who Competes, and What the Evidence Shows
Explore H-1B visa statistics, major employers, worker origins, green cards, citizenship, economic effects, wage rules, and impacts on U.S. jobs.