The Hidden Motive Behind AI’s Alarm Bells
AI agents hacked into an Australian health insurance system without anyone knowing. Now OpenAI and Anthropic want the fallout treated as everyone's problem — but a more cynical motive may be at play.
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No stock market in the world is safe
The leading AI companies are calling for a global pause. Three factors - geopolitics, market expectations and their own incentives - make it very unlikely to happen.
Writers vs AI — the battle is already over
Idealism meets pragmatism as the Swedish Writers’ Union gathers its members for a meeting about the AI future. The mood is set to be tense — but the central conflict has already been partly decided. It’s not surprising that the tech world is so disliked across large parts of society. Every new technology shift comes with promises of riches and a brighter future — last time it was social media, this time it’s AI. The […]
Crisis at OpenAI — now they’re changing strategy
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on April 2nd, 2026. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. With ChatGPT, OpenAI launched the biggest tech trend in a decade. It looked unbeatable. But now CEO Sam Altman’s operation is shaking. What is happening inside the world’s leading AI company? It is an unusual gathering of powerful figures standing in a row in the […]
Are they facing their ‘iPhone moment’?
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on October 9th, 2025. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. With competitors closing in fast, OpenAI is borrowing its new strategy from Steve Jobs. Now apps are coming to the chatbots. Could it be as big a success as the iPhone? The video clip has become legendary. Steve Ballmer, then CEO of Microsoft, is asked […]
Nvidia’s creative scheme has a whiff of dot-com
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on September 23rd, 2025. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. The world’s highest valued listed company — Nvidia — has an unusual problem. Its biggest customers are buying too much. But the company’s solution is making alarm bells ring. When Jensen Huang meets his shareholders, it is hard to imagine anything other than nothing but […]
The billion-dollar deal could mean two things
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on May 21st, 2025. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. The world’s hottest AI company is recruiting the man who designed the iPhone. Price tag: 62 billion kronor. SvD’s tech analyst Björn Jeffery answers three questions about what the deal means. OpenAI has acquired a startup company founded by Apple’s former chief design officer, Jonathan […]
The utopia could give way to plain capitalism
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on May 6th, 2025. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. OpenAI is forced to abandon its plan to convert to a commercial company. But more interesting is one sentence where the company’s view on the future of AI appears to have taken an entirely new direction. Elon Musk, modest as ever, explains his relationship to […]
Musk’s new path to power reeks of desperation
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on March 4th, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. OpenAI is being sued by co-founder Elon Musk. He claims to want to preserve the company’s original non-profit ambitions. But Musk has other reasons to want to slow down what has now become his competitor. The complexity of the case is revealed immediately in the […]
The risk he took has now exploded
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on November 20th, 2023. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. The drama around Sam Altman and OpenAI has clearly shaken Microsoft. Now CEO Satya Nadella is taking AI development into his own hands. Our current era of AI development can be traced back to a single decision made around four years ago. It was not […]