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Welcome back to our Sunday edition, where we round up some of our top stories and take you inside our newsroom. BI’s journalists recently visited Ukraine and discovered a huge leap in military tech innovation. Watch our video for a rare look inside Ukraine’s cutting-edge weapons sector.
‘AI is great, trust us!’
Executives at leading AI companies have recently changed their tone on the tech and gone on the defensive.
Both Meta and Anthropic recently released AI ads. Meta painted itself as the shining knight of AI. Anthropic placed itself as the one to trust.
But it’s not clear that either will bring AI detractors any peace.
Can AI companies earn people’s trust?
Because of a recent rule change, a real estate agent will probably ask you to sign something before showing you a house.
It’s a contract that could keep you bound to a real estate agent that’s not the right fit for you — and it could cost you big-time.
Real estate’s new paper trap.
Filling a Harvey-sized hole
Legal tech has become one of Silicon Valley’s hottest sectors, thanks to AI.
Investors are pouring money into these startups, hoping to find the next breakout star before everyone else.
BI asked a group of venture capitalists to nominate this year’s most promising legal startups valued at less than $1 billion.
What I got wrong about FIRE
When the Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) movement first popped up in 2021, BI chief correspondent Aki Ito dismissed it as a fad.
“Five years later, I couldn’t have been more wrong,” Ito writes in 2026. FIRE isn’t just about spending your 40s traveling the world or playing pickleball — it’s America’s most powerful rejection of hustle culture.
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