Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro arrived in the Antigravity IDE with massive hype, but real-world Laravel testing reveals a model that's twice as slow as its competitors. While it shows potential in skill discovery, the constant crashes and opaque quota limits suggest Google is still playing catch-up in the AI coding war.

China is flooding the market with AI models that are matching US benchmarks at a fraction of the cost. As Alibaba and ByteDance pivot toward specialized agentic intelligence and hardware integration, a massive economic gap is opening that could leave Silicon Valley's high-margin models isolated from the broader consumer and manufacturing markets.

The Pentagon is threatening to label Anthropic a supply chain risk, a move that could devastate its upcoming IPO. The dispute centers on the military's demand to use AI for autonomous weapons and surveillance—uses that Anthropic's current safeguards strictly prohibit. As competitors align with the government's requirements, the cost of ethical resistance in the AI sector is becoming prohibitively expensive.

The media landscape is shifting as Paramount and Netflix engage in a high-stakes bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery, testing the limits of corporate governance and private capital. Simultaneously, the Pentagon's standoff with Anthropic over ethical AI guardrails reveals a growing tension between silicon-valley safety standards and national security demands. As the 'founder' title becomes a cultural obsession for Gen Z, the hard data suggests that the real wealth might still lie within the corporate structures many are trying to escape.

Amazon is suffering a 17% stock slide and a compressed earnings multiple because it refuses to tell its most compelling story. While the business remains strong, leadership is hiding its massive stake in the world's most vital AI startup, leaving investors to label the firm a loser in the intelligence race.

The economic landscape is shifting as 'sticky' service inflation and data gaps from the October shutdown suggest a return to 3% inflation is imminent. Meanwhile, the firing of the DOJ's top antitrust enforcer reveals a victory for corporate interests over populist regulation, and Amazon faces a valuation crisis by hiding its multi-billion dollar stake in the world's hottest AI startup.

Trade tensions with Canada reveal a deep misunderstanding of how high-margin American exports actually dominate the bilateral relationship. Meanwhile, a new strategy for political leverage emerges: hitting the S&P 500 where it hurts by targeting high-multiple tech subscriptions to force institutional change.