The Cipher Brief

After the Intelligence Cycle: A New Schema for AI-Native Intelligence Analysis

Recent discussion of artificial intelligence in intelligence analysis has consistently framed the technology as a means of accelerating an existing process. The intelligence cycle (collection, ...

Digital-native startups are ditching rigid databases for their agentic stacks

The data layer underneath an agentic system must handle variable schemas, vector embeddings, real-time retrieval, and ...
Complex

Balenciaga Becomes First Fashion House in Substack's Native Sponsorship Program

Balenciaga Leaves Twitter Following Elon Musk's Acquisition of Social Media Platform Fashion house Balenciaga has officially left Twitter following Elon Musk’s messy takeover of the social media ...
Boston Herald

Native Americans mark the US 250th with pride, pain and patriotism

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Swiftly marching toward westward expansion, the United States in the 1800s brought with it a tidal wave of displacement and cultural suppression for Native Americans. A century ...
Bloomberg L.P.

StanChart Fields Regulator Queries After CEO’s ‘Lower-Value Human Capital’ Remark

Finance StanChart Fields Regulator Queries After CEO’s ‘Lower-Value Human Capital’ Remark Bill Winters Source: Bloomberg By Ambereen Choudhury, Rthvika Suvarna, Chanyaporn Chanjaroen, and Kiuyan Wong ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Complex ranks Cincy native as No. 1 streamer on the internet

Cincinnati native IShowSpeed has been named the best streamer on the internet. Complex released a list of the best streamers right now, published May 19, highlighting 25 content creators from ...
SiliconANGLE

Octen raises $10M in seed funding to speed up AI agent search queries

Octen, a startup with software that enables artificial intelligence agents to search the web, launched today with $10 million in seed funding. Square Peg led the investment. It was joined by Singapore ...