OG Approved - No BS Tech News # 94

🚀 Welcome to the Real AI Conversation

If you're here, you're not looking for fluff—you’re looking for clarity, strategy, and truth about what AI is doing to the world of business, leadership, and human progress.

This is not just another newsletter.

It’s a frontline dispatch from where AI meets ROI. We’re not hyping trends—we’re dissecting what works, calling out what doesn’t, and showing you how to stay ahead without losing your mind (or your job).

In this space, you’ll get:

• Real-world lessons from boardrooms, factory floors, and code bases

• Insights on what GenAI, automation, and agentic AI mean for your business

• Stories that challenge, inspire, and occasionally piss off the status quo

💡 New here? Hit that subscribe button. It’s free, takes just one click, and it’s the best way to stay connected to the conversation that matters.

📣 Like what you read? Forward it. Share it. Bring someone else to the table. The more minds we have here, the better the signal.

Let’s cut through the noise and build a smarter future, together.

— OG

Latest Industry Trends and News 📈🌐

👉 Meet the power broker of the AI age: OpenAI’s ‘builder-in-chief’ helping to turn Sam Altman’s trillion-dollar data center dreams into reality

💡What’s the Big Idea?

OpenAI’s Greg Brockman is quietly reshaping the global AI infrastructure game—building the industrial backbone that will power the next trillion dollars of compute.

🔑 Key Takeaways for Readers:

1. From code to concrete: Brockman’s role has evolved from co-founder to master builder—fusing software vision with physical infrastructure on a planetary scale.

2. The new oil fields are data centers: OpenAI’s expansion plan reflects a global race to secure energy, land, and chips—the new levers of power in the AI economy.

3. Execution > hype: True dominance in AI will belong to those who can industrialize deployment, not just innovate in labs.

⚡ Why It Matters (OG lens):

The future of AI won’t be decided by who builds the smartest models—but by who builds the most efficient machine to run them.

⭐OG Rating:

5/5 This piece nails the hidden truth of the AI boom: infrastructure is destiny. It exposes the real game behind the headlines—the logistics, energy, and capital that turn intelligence into impact.

👉 Flawed AI benchmarks put enterprise budgets at risk

💡What’s the Big Idea?

AI benchmarks built for research, not reality, are misleading executives—and driving multimillion-dollar budget errors in enterprise AI strategy.

🔑 Key Takeaways for Readers:

1. Wrong yardsticks: Most GenAI benchmarks (like MMLU or HellaSwag) test academic performance, not business outcomes—so leaders are optimizing for bragging rights, not ROI.

2. Hidden costs: When benchmarks mislead, enterprises overpay for compute, model licenses, and integration work that doesn’t scale or deliver measurable gains.

3. Reality check coming: A new wave of “production-grade” benchmarking—focused on cost, latency, accuracy, and compliance—is emerging as the true north for AI investment.

⚡ Why It Matters (OG lens):

If you measure the wrong thing in AI, you don’t just lose accuracy—you lose millions.

⭐OG Rating:4.5/5 It cuts through the hype and hits a critical blind spot for executives. The only gap: more real-world metrics or examples could’ve turned this from insight to playbook.

👉 International stocks slide as concerns about AI and tech company values spread

💡What’s the Big Idea?

The AI-fueled market rally is showing cracks—global investors are finally questioning whether trillion-dollar tech valuations can survive real-world economics.

🔑 Key Takeaways for Readers:

1. AI euphoria cooling: After months of record highs, markets are reassessing the sustainability of tech valuations inflated by AI optimism and speculative capital.

2. Ripple effect: Declines hit not only U.S. giants but also Asia and Europe, where investors fear contagion from overexposure to AI-linked funds and chipmakers.

3. Reality check ahead: As rate pressures and earnings season collide, the market is shifting focus from potential to performance—forcing AI companies to prove profitability, not just promise it.

⚡ Why It Matters (OG lens):

Every tech boom ends the same way—the story runs faster than the math. Smart leaders prepare for the moment the narrative corrects.

⭐OG Rating:

4/5 Strong macro signal with clear implications for AI and capital markets. It captures sentiment, but misses a deeper look at which fundamentals will separate durable builders from speculative players.

👉 AI can be both a bubble and a breakthrough

💡What’s the Big Idea?

AI’s current hype cycle mirrors every great technological revolution—overvalued in the short term, underestimated in the long run.

🔑 Key Takeaways for Readers:

1. Dual reality: Yes, AI stocks are overheated. But the underlying tech shift—automation, intelligence, synthetic data—is too deep to fade once valuations cool.

2. Winners and pretenders: The shakeout will expose who’s building real capability versus those just packaging “AI” to raise capital.

3. Economic lag: Market volatility today doesn’t reflect the productivity gains still to come when AI moves from pilot to process.

⚡ Why It Matters (OG lens):

Every revolution starts as a bubble. The crash just clears the noise for those actually building the future.

⭐OG Rating:

5/5 Balanced, sober, and sharp. It separates signal from noise—acknowledging market excess while reaffirming the long-term inevitability of AI’s economic transformation.

OG approved quote

What do you think?

TECHNOLOGY & BREAKTHROUGHS 🚀💡

👉 3I/ATLAS shows signs of non-gravitational acceleration

👉 Tech company Unitree’s planned IPO is among the most closely watched

👉 The Truth About AI And The Mass Layoffs

👉 The Problem with this Humanoid Robot

Inside OG's Mind: Exclusive Insights

👉 Learn more about my insights — watch here! ▶️

👉 Interesting posts — check it out here! 💥

INSTAGRAM ➡️https://www.instagram.com/olivier__og/?hl=en

X ➡️ https://x.com/Olivier__OG

Industry Icons 👤🌟

Ralph Aboujaoude Diaz

Pascal Bornet

Most brands don’t fail for lack of ideas.They fail for lack of execution.

That’s why we built Agentic Content Automation (ACA) —The system that powers our own visibility, now available to you.

Here’s what ACA does:• Optimizes your content for LLM search (GEO) — shapes and tags your posts so AI systems quote your brand, not your competitors.• Automates multi-channel visibility — publishes seamlessly across LinkedIn, newsletters, blogs, and more.• Boosts high-value posts selectively — smart paid amplification when algorithms bury organic reach.• Tracks what works in real time — dashboards show what resonates so you can adapt tone, timing, and format instantly.• Scales without the overhead — enterprise-level content ops at a fraction of the in-house cost.

The invisible team that makes your brand visible.High-impact content. Delivered consistently.Growth without the grind.

Borrow our playbook. Get the same engine we run for ourselves.

👉 Schedule your free strategy session

This insightful book is available in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle. It is available on Amazon right now - https://lnkd.in/dZVJ8GJzIt is your ultimate guide to navigating the incredible world of generative AI. Whether you're a seasoned AI developer or simply curious about this revolutionary technology, "The A-Z of Generative AI: A Guide to Leveraging AI for Business" makes the complex accessible. 💡Within its pages, you'll find: ✅Demystified explanations of core generative AI concepts. ✅ A deep dive into its diverse applications, from music composition to scientific breakthroughs. ✅ Insights from leading AI pioneers, keeping you at the forefront of the field. ✅ Practical steps to get started, regardless of your current skillset.

Head over to Amazon and grab your copy of "The A-Z of Generative AI: The A-Z of Generative AI”: A Guide to Leveraging AI for Business" in the format that suits you best - https://lnkd.in/dZVJ8GJz

◼ I am Olivier Gomez, best known as OG.

◼ I support executives and companies in navigating the Automation and AI landscape and getting tangible results from the technology.

Want to know more❓

Then DM me or send me an email 📧 at [email protected]

Want to get the latest news? Ring the 🔔 on my profile.