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Ian Krietzberg

A visionary reporter at the forefront of his field, Ian Krietzberg covers the business of A.I. with the expert sourcing and candid insights of a practitioner—exploring the industries that large language models are transforming, the arms race to unleash superintelligence, the battle to separate fact from science fiction, and how it’s all playing out on Wall Street and in Washington.

THE LATEST ARTICLES
NEWSLETTERS
Hurricane Helene florida damage
Ian Krietzberg • August 26, 2025
The Day After Tomorrow
Weather prediction agencies across the world are embracing A.I. models to assist with forecasting, but there are plenty of reasons to believe old-school, physics-based models aren’t going anywhere. Instead, the real revolution will involve the encroachment of the private sector on the industry.
Alexandr Wang
Ian Krietzberg • August 21, 2025
The Big Wang Theory
In the span of a few months, Meta has split its A.I. unit in two, launched a superintelligence lab, gone on a multibillion-dollar hiring spree, and restructured the same unit again. Now, it has put 28-year-old Alexandr Wang in charge of the whole enchilada. Meta says there’s nothing to see here, but the scramble says a lot about where the industry is now—and where it’s headed.
Danielle Perszyk amazon agi labs
Ian Krietzberg • August 19, 2025
Amazon’s A.G.I. Prime
While others have abandoned the pursuit of artificial general intelligence, Amazon’s AGI Labs is still chasing the dream. Cognitive scientist Danielle Perszyk explains how they’re trying to build advanced, reliable agents—and ruminates on the existential implications if they succeed.
Karanandeep Anand
Ian Krietzberg • August 14, 2025
Time to Pretend
A year after Character.AI was sued over the suicide of a teen who allegedly became obsessed with its chatbot, the company’s new C.E.O., Karandeep Anand, opens up about the company’s evolving business model, its $2.7 billion Google deal, and pivoting from companionship to entertainment.
Sam Altman
Ian Krietzberg • August 12, 2025
Altman in the Iron Mask
The poor reception of GPT-5 is likely due, in part, to growing doubts that Altman’s long-espoused goal of achieving A.G.I. is as close as he claims. If it isn’t, the industry has much larger problems on its hands.
Sam Altman
Ian Krietzberg • August 7, 2025
Slaughterhouse GPT-5
Silicon Valley is adjusting its expectations yet again, after OpenAI’s latest model turned out to be more of an upgrade than a great leap forward. “It’s not a disappointment in the sense that it won’t actually be better,” said one A.I. researcher. “But a disappointment relative to what people were expecting.”
Global Switch Docklands data centers london
Ian Krietzberg • August 5, 2025
A.I. Bubble Bust Theories
As the major A.I. hyperscalers prepare to spend some $325 billion in capex this year—enough to noticeably raise U.S. G.D.P.—economists are beginning to worry we’re in a bubble… even as they acknowledge there may not be any real alternative.
Edward Saatchi
Ian Krietzberg • July 31, 2025
The Netflix of A.I.?
A head-spinning conversation with Edward Saatchi, the C.E.O. of Fable Studio, about his new Amazon-backed, A.I.-fueled content-generating app, which promises to create near-instantaneous TV episodes and, naturally, has all of Hollywood on edge.
Unitree Robotics robot World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) china
Ian Krietzberg • July 29, 2025
The A.I. Cold War
The United States and even Europe are rapidly cutting red tape and curtailing their own regulatory guardrails to advance the interests of the private sector… all in the name of taking on China. What could possibly go wrong?
Donald Trump, David Sacks
Ian Krietzberg • July 24, 2025
Trump’s Big, Beautiful L.L.M.
The president’s grandly displayed A.I. Action Plan is long on frameworks but notably short on policy—a Rorschach test for fans and critics alike, revealing what researchers, scientists, and Big Tech companies want this young trillion-dollar industry to become (or avoid) as it matures at warp speed.
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