Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Cursor CEO Michael Truell, a 25-year-old who started building the AI coding tool in 2023, as some question Cursor's reliance on third-party models  —  Cursor, which launched one of the fastest-growing AI tools of all time, is at the center of the boom-or-bust debate in Silicon Valley

Matthew Gault / 404 Media:
Polymarket's Ukraine war betting, based on ISW's map, generated $1M+ in volume for “Will Russia capture Myrnohrad?”; an “unauthorized” map edit resolved the bet  —  A live map that tracks frontlines of the war in Ukraine was edited to show a fake Russian advance on the city of Myrnohrad on November 15.

Noah Smith / Noahpinion:
Americans express fear and negativity toward AI, often relying on bad arguments like water usage, a stark contrast with Asia and Europe's relative positivity  —  Anti-AI sentiment might or might not be rational, but it certainly relies on a lot of bad arguments.

Financial Times:
UK pension funds are cutting exposure to US equities over worries about growing concentration in a few tech stocks and a potential bubble in the AI sector  —  Public and private-sector funds concerned over market's growing concentration in a small number of tech stocks

Nilay Patel / The Verge:
An interview with IBM CEO Arvind Krishna on why there's no AI bubble, his view that Watson's healthcare push was “inappropriate”, IBM's quantum bet, and more  —  Today, I'm talking with Arvind Krishna, the CEO of IBM.  IBM is a fascinating company.