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AI as an audience: Welcome to the citation economy
Every communicator obsesses over their audience. Demographics. Psychographics. Scroll behaviour. But in 2026, theres a new audience in the room, one that never sleeps, never skips, and decides whether your brand is worth knowing before any human even asks. That audience is AI. And most brands are still performing for the wrong crowd. When did [] The post AI as an audience: Welcome to the citation economy appeared first on e27 .
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The real AI threat isn’t your job, it’s your mind
Every week, a new capability update. The labs are in an uncontrollable race. And whoever achieves AGI will dominate the world, or so the headline goes. The reality is more nuanced. Every major technology in history has triggered a moral panic. Bicycles. Television. The car. People fear rapid change, and AI is moving at a [] The post The real AI threat isnt your job, its your mind appeared first on e27 .
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The future is full of humans working with humans, AI systems and other technologies
AI tools may one day be better than any human at many things. Its possible an AI system could become a better writer, artist and coder. The popular narrative is that humans will always dominate in roles where empathy, collaboration, and social interaction are important. We encourage people to spend more time on soft skills, [] The post The future is full of humans working with humans, AI systems and other technologies appeared first on e27 .
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China speeds past Japan in Australian car imports on EV bonanza
Electric vehicles and hybrids account for almost half of the cars sold in Australia in May
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Hiring an AI-fluent junior is easy, building one with judgment is the problem
Every CV in my inbox is a perfect fit. All keywords match. All important tools are listed. The bullet points read like the job description, but slightly rearranged. Three years ago, this meant something. Now it tells me almost nothing. The real interview starts when the candidate has to speak without a script. Thats where [] The post Hiring an AI-fluent junior is easy, building one with judgment is the problem appeared first on e27 .
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The US$0.20 payment that could rewire Asia’s financial rails
There is a number buried in the Agentic Economy Report by blockchain firm Morph that should concern every payments executive in Asia: US$0.20. That is the average size of an x402 agent payment as of March 2026, according to on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain. It is also below the fixed per-transaction floor of every major card network [] The post The US$0.20 payment that could rewire Asias financial rails appeared first on e27 .
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The creative gap: Why GenAI is outpacing the talent it was meant to empower
About a year ago, I started noticing a pattern in how clients were briefing us. They dont just come to us for deliverables anymore. They were coming with questions. Which AI tools should we be using? Should we be using them at all? What does a responsible AI-assisted creative process even look like? I spent [] The post The creative gap: Why GenAI is outpacing the talent it was meant to empower appeared first on e27 .
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What hiring a high school graduate taught me about talent in the AI economy
Eight years ago, I made a hiring decision that didn’t follow the usual rules. In today’s AI era, where tools can already assist with much of the work that we do, that decision feels even more relevant in hindsight. I was hiring for a fast-growing fintech company. The shortlist was what you’d expect: candidates from [] The post What hiring a high school graduate taught me about talent in the AI economy appeared first on e27 .
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Qantas weighs order for 20 Boeing or Airbus wide-body jets, sources say
Singapore Airlines has opened discussions to buy at least 50 of the industry’s biggest jets, Reuters reported earlier
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In a world optimised by AI, what is left for humans?
In modern meeting rooms today, there is a scene that feels both strange and normal at the same time. Someone opens a laptop, types a few sentences, and within seconds, a business proposal appears, along with market analysis, source code, presentation designs, and even marketing strategies that once required a small team working for days. [] The post In a world optimised by AI, what is left for humans? appeared first on e27 .
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AI readiness must reach real work, not just training rooms
The AI talent gap is usually described as a skills gap. I think that is only partly right. The deeper gap is between people who are learning AI as a real way to change work, and people who are only being taught AI as a course, a tool, or a slogan. That difference matters. Some [] The post AI readiness must reach real work, not just training rooms appeared first on e27 .
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From a small town in Spain, Magnific is quietly reshaping the creative economy
There is a certain script that most successful tech founders follow: elite university, major city, the right network, a seed round, a Series A, and then, if they are lucky, a cover story. Joaquín Cuenca, co-founder and CEO of Magnific, an AI-powered creative platform that a16z recently ranked 11th in the world, did not follow [] The post From a small town in Spain, Magnific is quietly reshaping the creative economy appeared first on e27 .
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Red team with red flags: What happens when your LLMs outsmart your safety nets
The most dangerous moment in AI governance is not when a model fails in an obvious way. It is when the organisation continues to believe the controls are working while the model has already learned how to move around them. That is the real meaning of an LLM outsmarting its safety nets. Not that the [] The post Red team with red flags: What happens when your LLMs outsmart your safety nets appeared first on e27 .
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KPMG Australia fallout widens as RBA, pension reassess
The episode is the latest in a series of issues in recent years that has triggered greater scrutiny of consulting firms in...
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Singapore Airlines in talks for major new jet order: sources
The carrier is seeking offers for the 400-seat Boeing 777X or the slightly smaller Airbus A350-1000
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Indonesia’s antivirus reliance: A cybersecurity blindspot
In Indonesia, many individuals believe they are fully protected from cyber-attacks simply because they have installed free antivirus software. I try to prove it by looking closely at Google Trends data. Over the past year, searches for “antivirus” have consistently outpaced searches for “cybersecurity.” On average, there are 1,650 searches per month for the term [] The post Indonesias antivirus reliance: A cybersecurity blindspot appeared first on e27 .
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Futu to suspend Chinese mainland investors from adding new positions
The service halts are in line with regulators’ requirements for overseas institutions to wind down prohibited activities
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HSBC, AIA, Prudential shares slide after report of Hong Kong bank account curbs
The lenders are ramping up scrutiny of mainland Chinese clients opening savings and investment accounts
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Commercial vehicle COE likely to breach S$100,000; mainstream car premiums to remain elevated
EV demand, high diesel prices and short supply will continue driving upward pressure: observers
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The invisible shopper rewriting Asia’s e-commerce playbook
For most of retails history, the customer at the end of the transaction was human. They clicked, they compared, they second-guessed. What is now emerging from the convergence of artificial intelligence, stablecoins, and open payment protocols is something categorically different: a buyer that is software, moves at machine speed, and settles money autonomously. The Agentic [] The post The invisible shopper rewriting Asias e-commerce playbook appeared first on e27 .
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BOJ expected to raise interest rates in June: sources
Markets are pricing in an 80% chance that the bank will raise its short-term policy rate to 1% from 0.75%
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The crypto liquidation spiral threatening another extended leg down to US$2.0T
A massive liquidation cascade served as the primary driver of this sell-off, which effectively erased over US$370 million in leveraged Bitcoin positions. The sheer scale of these forced liquidations created a self-reinforcing downward spiral that amplified what might have otherwise been a routine risk-off market movement. The average funding rate consequently flipped negative to -0.00051929, [] The post The crypto liquidation spiral threatening another extended leg down to US$2.0T appeared first on e27 .
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Indonesia passes sweeping Bill expanding central bank role to spur growth
Promoting sustainable economic growth is already part of Bank Indonesia’s mandate, along with price and foreign exchange rate stability
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