The gig economy monetized hours through platforms. The AI passive economy monetizes assets and automation, but may reproduce the same concentration and volatility.

AI agents are becoming assets, but content saturation, platform dependence, regulation, and ownership will decide who captures the passive economy’s value.

The content of this article does not represent the views, policies, opinions, positions, or official statements of the U.S. Navy, the Department of Defense, the federal government, or any military or government organization. WASHINGTON, Two fundamentally different bets on the future of artificial intelligence infrastructure are now in direct competition, and the chief executives behind them are making that competition public. On one side: OpenAI's Stargate project, $500 billi

The content of this article does not represent the views, policies, opinions, positions, or official statements of the U.S. Navy, the Department of Defense, the federal government, or any military or government organization. WASHINGTON, On Feb. 2, 2026, SpaceX completed its merger with xAI in what financial analysts described as the largest private merger in history, creating a combined entity, SpaceXAI, valued at $1.25 trillion. The headlines focused on the valuation. The mo

The content of this article does not represent the views, policies, opinions, positions, or official statements of the U.S. Navy, the Department of Defense, the federal government, or any military or government organization. WASHINGTON, When SpaceX filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission on Jan. 30, 2026, proposing up to one million solar-powered satellites to serve as orbital data centers, it raised a question the nuclear energy industry has been relu

Introduction Organizations are adopting AI at a pace that is genuinely remarkable. In 2023, roughly 30% of employees reported using AI in some professional capacity. By 2025, that number had climbed to 76%. This is not incremental change. It is a rapid, widespread shift in how large numbers of people do their work. But here's the number that deserves as much attention: only 1 in 50 AI investments delivers transformational organizational value. Only 1 in 5 delivers any measura

Introduction The NIST AI Risk Management Framework exists to fix a specific problem: the people who understand AI technology can't always explain the risk, and the people who understand the risk don't always understand the technology. Released in January 2023, the AI RMF is a governance framework — a structured way for organizations to think about, talk about, and act on AI risks. The Four Functions GOVERN is the foundation — structures, policies, roles, and culture. MAP iden

AI is transforming small businesses, streamlining operations from inventory tagging to marketing and media content creation.