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The central question is therefore not whether AI should be regulated. It should. The question is what happens when regulation itself becomes a bottleneck to technological progress.

 


Does AI increase or reduce technical debt? Join Johna Johnson and John Burke as they discuss how to make strategy in environments in which AI fuels untrammeled growth in enterprise complexity–but also points the way to automated optimization (and concomitant technical debt reduction).

 


Red Hat published a benchmark analysis on June 15, 2026, that puts numbers behind a question occupying many IT departments.

 


Recent industry momentum behind open AI models reflects a growing recognition that openness is essential for accelerating innovation, broadening participation, and strengthening the global AI ecosystem.

 


In this episode of PING, APNIC Chief Scientist Geoff Huston and I discuss how the DNS behaves during a ‘cold start’, when a resolver’s cache contains no data from previous queries.

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The term “content delivery network” reflects the technology’s original value proposition.

 


Sam Altman released ChatGPT for free in late 2022. Many users fell in love both with it and Altman’s argument that artificial general intelligence could be achieved through scaling. T

 


If you work around data centers and high-density builds, you have probably heard the term “Multi-Core Fiber” thrown around.

 


Ask yourself these questions, assuming you have a serious medical condition and your doctors are going to be using GenAI to scan your images and test results to discover the breadth and depth of your condition and to recommend treatment.

 


Maybe adoption is low not because people don’t believe DNSSEC is useful, but because turning it on and keeping it on is still genuinely harder than it should be.

Hedge 317: AI Tools and Coding


 
How effective are AI tools–even agentic AI tools placed into a system–at building and testing software? Derick Winkworth and Donald Sharp Join Russ to discuss various projects they’ve worked on using AI tools, lessons they’ve learned, and how developers can make effective use of AI.