Not a Monster Story: A Calm New Book About AI and Work

A new ebook by Thorsten Meyer asks what happens to work, wealth, and human purpose when intelligence is no longer scarce, from AI agents and machine-made math to ownership and the meaning of work.

The Missing Clue in the AI Company’s Files

Firmulate’s live AI company experiment found a decisive clue buried in business files—and a gap between models’ sound diagnoses and their actions.

The Lab Where AI Models Run a Real Company (and One Underdog Just Shocked the Field)

A live experiment had five AI models run the same failing company. The newcomer, Kimi K3, beat three of four Western frontier models — and the lesson is bigger than the upset.

Why the Worst AI Manager Still Gets 26 Points: A Lesson in Honest Measurement

Why a do-nothing AI manager scores 26, not 0 — and what one honest benchmark reveals about grading AI the way good teachers grade students.

The Straight-A Student Who Failed the Exam: What Opus 4.8 Teaches Us About Effort vs. Impact

Opus 4.8 wrote 80 rules and did the deepest analysis in Firmulate’s AI league — and still finished last. A lesson in why diligence isn’t impact.

The Homework Test: Why the Best AI Agents Read the Footnotes Before They Answer

All frontier AIs passed the ethics test. Only some did the reading. A live experiment shows why buried footnotes decide €55,000 deals.