A Shoe Company Became an AI One; The Trap No CEO Can Escape

Two researchers found the math behind why no CEO can stop firing. It's proven again that the market rewards you for pretending.

1. Stanford 2026 AI Index

400+ pages of data on where AI actually stands.

• Generative AI hit 53% population adoption, and organizational adoption reached 88% globally, which are two headline data points.

• The US-China model performance gap has effectively closed. Anthropic’s top model leads by just 2.7%, despite the US outspending China 23x on private AI i…