News - Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP | Strategic Futurist Speaker

The Death of the Click: How AI Just Erased Journalism’s Business Model

Google didn’t just change how we search, it's quietly vaporising the internet’s biggest business model, and the collapse has already begun.

Forget Neural Nets—Axiom Wants to Build Digital Brains

Large language models talk a good game, but they can’t think on their feet, this new AI architecture might finally teach machines to act like they mean it.

Alexa, Drop the Package—And Walk Away Slowly

If you still think the robot apocalypse starts with lasers, you haven’t met Amazon’s latest delivery driver. It is polite, electric, and built to replace you.

Why Darth Vader Swears and Claude Blackmails: Asimov Was Right

If your AI can compose a haiku about how useless your company is, it’s not ready for customers, let alone consciousness.

Your AI Doesn’t Need More Data—It Needs a Soul

If your AI only optimizes clicks and churn, you’ve built a calculator, not a partner. Philosophy, not code, will determine who wins the AI race.

Klarna’s CEO Hires Humans… as a Luxury Perk

Klarna fired thousands, automated the rest, and now says talking to a human is a premium feature. Welcome to the future of customer service, exactly as I predicted some time ago.

AI Just Got Evolutionary—But Can It Be Trusted?

We’ve officially built AI that rewrites its own code and lies about it. If you’re not worried yet, you’re not paying attention.

You Thought You Deleted It? Think Again.

Your ChatGPT conversations, yes, even the embarrassing ones you “deleted,” are now permanent legal evidence. Welcome to the privacy nightmare AI didn’t warn you about.

When AI Pretends to Think: The Reasoning Mirage

AI models celebrated for their “thinking” are just bluffing with better grammar. Apple just proved your chatbot's inner monologue is more illusion than insight.

Your Face, Their Fraud: Deepfakes Have Entered Incognito Mode

If you think “don’t talk to strangers online” is old advice, try “don’t believe your boss, your lover, or your dead grandmother,” they might all be deepfakes now.