https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ en-us https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/68f93f06ab5ee8db93bda41c/400x0.jpg?cropX1=644&cropX2=3227&cropY1=0&cropY2=2581 https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ Ron Schmelzer's stories. Copyright 2026 Forbes Media LLC https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/07/15/the-white-house-wants-ai-to-beat-hackers-to-the-patch-with-gold-eagle/ White House’s new Gold Eagle initiative aims to bring federal agencies and industry together to find, rank, and fix serious vulnerabilities before AI does it first. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a57a5d544954c3e926d634f Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:26:42 -0400 2026-07-15T11:26:58-04:00 White House’s new Gold Eagle initiative aims to bring federal agencies and industry together to find, rank, and fix serious vulnerabilities before AI does it first. Getty Images AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/07/14/ai-isnt-taking-every-job-its-targeting-these-workers/ The story is starting to get more specific than the usual “robots are coming for jobs” narrative. AI is beginning to sort the labor market by task, age, skill level and geography. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a56553bb8c54ccba47e5761 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:37:24 -0400 2026-07-14T11:40:07-04:00 The story is starting to get more specific than the usual “robots are coming for jobs” narrative. AI is beginning to sort the labor market by task, age, skill level and geography. getty AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/07/13/ai-written-research-is-forcing-a-reckoning-in-publishing/ an open source humanizer tool, available as a Claude skill, can direct text systems to remove writing patterns linked to AI in research papers and grant proposals. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a54fde92805b4723e66ac0c Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:04:57 -0400 2026-07-13T11:05:04-04:00 an open source humanizer tool, available as a Claude skill, can direct text systems to remove writing patterns linked to AI in research papers and grant proposals. getty AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/technology/article/how-to-brainstorm-with-ai/ AI is a powerful brainstorming tool when used correctly. Here's how to write better prompts and refine ideas more effectively. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a51177d381c865f086328c5 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 07:00:00 -0400 2026-07-12T07:00:00-04:00 AI is a powerful brainstorming tool when used correctly. Here's how to write better prompts and refine ideas more effectively. Getty Innovation /innovation Innovation /innovation AI /ai Business /business Leadership /leadership Careers /careers Lifestyle /lifestyle True Evergreen SEO Contributor true-evergreen-seo-contributor standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/07/10/ai-ransomware-is-here-now-powered-by-cheaper-agentic-models/ JadePuffer, a ransomware operation, used an AI agent to carry out much of the intrusion chain from reconnaissance, key theft, database encryption and even ransom note generation. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a5168baea70f1b78dbe8a60 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:01:34 -0400 2026-07-10T18:31:56-04:00 JadePuffer, a ransomware operation, used an AI agent to carry out much of the intrusion chain from reconnaissance, key theft, database encryption and even ransom note generation. getty AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/07/09/united-nations-calls-for-an-ai-child-safety-pledge/ UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an AI Child Safety Pledge, initiating a global dialogue on AI governance to protect minors. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a4ef0572dd20faedd53df07 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:45:00 -0400 2026-07-09T15:45:00-04:00 UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an AI Child Safety Pledge, initiating a global dialogue on AI governance to protect minors. getty AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/07/08/central-banks-are-joining-the-ai-bubble-debate/ The Bank of England is closely monitoring AI's growing risks to financial stability, fearing its impact could surpass previous tech waves. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a4e9f244dfd95320dc53c06 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:06:28 -0400 2026-07-08T15:12:26-04:00 The Bank of England is closely monitoring AI's growing risks to financial stability, fearing its impact could surpass previous tech waves. getty AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/06/29/is-anthropics-fable-5-coming-back-this-week/ Anthropic’s Fable 5, one of the AI industry’s most sought-after models, may be headed back to general access as soon as this week, though the return is not yet a certainty. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a42d4011f44c931ac67790b Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:25:41 -0400 2026-07-01T12:21:15-04:00 Anthropic’s Fable 5, one of the AI industry’s most sought-after models, may be headed back to general access as soon as this week, though the return is not yet a certainty. NurPhoto via Getty Images AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/06/25/china-wants-ai-to-make-consumers-spend-again/ China's Ministry of Commerce and seven other agencies released a plan to motivate customers to buy new products with AI capabilities as a way of stimulating consumer spending. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a35b0829f716f3701f26601 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:11:00 -0400 2026-06-25T17:11:00-04:00 China's Ministry of Commerce and seven other agencies released a plan to motivate customers to buy new products with AI capabilities as a way of stimulating consumer spending. AFP via Getty Images AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/06/23/robot-memory-is-the-next-big-robotics-frontier/ MIT's DAAAM research gives robots a memory of what it seen, letting it build a detailed map of a space with descriptions that it ca attach descriptions to objects in that map, and answer plain English questions later. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a3594da956ed5faea5f95fc Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:13:00 -0400 2026-06-25T17:13:01-04:00 MIT's DAAAM research gives robots a memory of what it seen, letting it build a detailed map of a space with descriptions that it ca attach descriptions to objects in that map, and answer plain English questions later. getty AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/06/22/cfos-are-coming-for-the-enterprise-ai-budget/ Enterprise AI vendors know the next sale will be won not only on model quality and capability, but also on control and cost. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a358910956ed5faea5f95fb Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:23:00 -0400 2026-06-22T14:23:00-04:00 Enterprise AI vendors know the next sale will be won not only on model quality and capability, but also on control and cost. getty AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai Leadership /leadership CFO Network /cfo-network standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/06/19/ferc-issues-orders-to-speed-grid-access-for-ai-data-centers/ FERC's order for grid operators to ease regulatory processes for data centers makes it clear that the next phase of the AI race will be shaped by both electrical and political power. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a3573c05ce5b5775ba15ee8 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:00:35 -0400 2026-06-19T13:24:42-04:00 FERC's order for grid operators to ease regulatory processes for data centers makes it clear that the next phase of the AI race will be shaped by both electrical and political power. Getty Images AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/06/13/the-moral-of-anthropics-fable-model-access-is-power/ Coming just three days after its launch, the sudden block of Anthropic's Fable model has become a larger fight over who decides when an AI system is too powerful for open access. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a2d7348b0a34a6da46c8831 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:15:13 -0400 2026-06-13T13:25:39-04:00 Coming just three days after its launch, the sudden block of Anthropic's Fable model has become a larger fight over who decides when an AI system is too powerful for open access. AFP via Getty Images AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/06/10/anthropic-fable-5-ai-model-cost/ Anthropic says its new Fable 5 AI model can handle long-running tasks and agents. The tradeoff: higher costs, tighter safeguards and usage limits. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a296cb80197e2df10321e27 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:58:46 -0400 2026-06-10T14:25:33-04:00 Anthropic says its new Fable 5 AI model can handle long-running tasks and agents. The tradeoff: higher costs, tighter safeguards and usage limits. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai Enterprise Tech /enterprise-tech Leadership /leadership CIO Network /cio-network standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/06/09/apple-siri-ai-actions-across-apps/ Apple's revamped Siri can understand personal context, take actions across apps and continue conversations across devices, marking its biggest AI upgrade yet. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a283a124fd0e56e7f5c19f0 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:09:43 -0400 2026-06-09T15:41:51-04:00 Apple's revamped Siri can understand personal context, take actions across apps and continue conversations across devices, marking its biggest AI upgrade yet. AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai Consumer Tech /consumer-tech standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/06/05/innovative-ai-creators-are-moving-past-ais-one-trick-pony-era/ AI creative innovators are showing that craft, story, collaboration and taste still rule, breaking from “AI slop”, the use of AI to quickly, and tastelessly, generate outputs with little effort. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a231d828b8d0f8ed620194c Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:52:10 -0400 2026-06-06T13:08:00-04:00 AI creative innovators are showing that craft, story, collaboration and taste still rule, breaking from “AI slop”, the use of AI to quickly, and tastelessly, generate outputs with little effort. Ron Schmelzer AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/06/03/ai-agents-put-creative-control-back-on-the-table/ The use of AI in the creative industry is becoming less a fight over AI taking over creative roles and more over wrangling AI to enable repeatable and predictable outputs that realize creative individual taste. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a20a6a467db00b5e1ae3d1e Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:35:32 -0400 2026-06-03T18:49:36-04:00 The use of AI in the creative industry is becoming less a fight over AI taking over creative roles and more over wrangling AI to enable repeatable and predictable outputs that realize creative individual taste. Ron Schmelzer at the Upscale Conference SF 2026 AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/05/29/anthropics-guarded-mythos-model-is-headed-for-wider-release/ Anthropic is accelerating the rollout of Mythos, a powerful AI model that it had previously only shared in a controlled environment with major technology companies and cybersecurity researchers. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a19de89850d63fa51c47db2 Fri, 29 May 2026 14:47:33 -0400 2026-05-29T14:49:39-04:00 Anthropic is accelerating the rollout of Mythos, a powerful AI model that it had previously only shared in a controlled environment with major technology companies and cybersecurity researchers. NurPhoto via Getty Images AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/05/28/spotifys-ai-remix-looks-to-turn-fans-into-revenue/ Spotify is testing a potentially lucrative idea that fans should not just stream songs, but also should remix them and pay for the privilege. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a18b2de3b0c0894d6a8fd75 Thu, 28 May 2026 17:30:24 -0400 2026-05-28T17:32:39-04:00 Spotify is testing a potentially lucrative idea that fans should not just stream songs, but also should remix them and pay for the privilege. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/05/27/when-ai-agents-get-your-wallet/ Robinhood said Wednesday that it will let customers deploy AI agents to trade stocks and make credit card purchases in a real-world test of how far people trust agentic AI systems. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a173ee191665befce2caf19 Wed, 27 May 2026 15:02:03 -0400 2026-05-27T15:02:55-04:00 Robinhood said Wednesday that it will let customers deploy AI agents to trade stocks and make credit card purchases in a real-world test of how far people trust agentic AI systems. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/technology/article/how-to-use-ai-agents-for-emails/ Learn how to use an AI agent to sort emails, automate your inbox, and save time with simple tools and step-by-step instructions. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a0e043588f9cf546da3918e Mon, 25 May 2026 06:30:00 -0400 2026-05-25T06:30:00-04:00 Learn how to use an AI agent to sort emails, automate your inbox, and save time with simple tools and step-by-step instructions. Getty Innovation /innovation Innovation /innovation Business /business AI /ai Leadership /leadership Careers /careers True Evergreen SEO Contributor true-evergreen-seo-contributor standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/05/22/the-ai-breakthrough-that-has-mathematicians-paying-attention/ OpenAI announced this week that one of its general-purpose reasoning models made a breakthrough that has grabbed the attention of elite mathematicians. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a10b936b797a2adafa41bc8 Fri, 22 May 2026 16:17:31 -0400 2026-05-22T16:26:48-04:00 OpenAI announced this week that one of its general-purpose reasoning models made a breakthrough that has grabbed the attention of elite mathematicians. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/05/22/google-ai-video-shift-generation-to-production/ Google’s latest AI video rollout highlights a broader industry shift from simple clip generation to full creative production workflows. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a107ce1b53769bd5b5b2497 Fri, 22 May 2026 12:01:09 -0400 2026-05-22T14:42:56-04:00 Google’s latest AI video rollout highlights a broader industry shift from simple clip generation to full creative production workflows. AFP via Getty Images AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai Enterprise Tech /enterprise-tech Consumer Tech /consumer-tech Creator Economy /creator-economy standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/05/20/google-wants-search-to-stop-answering-and-start-acting/ Google called the new AI-powered Search box the biggest upgrade to Search in more than 25 years. In the era of agentic AI, this means that it’s about doing more than searching. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a0dff34e158de7585f9a153 Wed, 20 May 2026 14:39:34 -0400 2026-05-20T14:39:34-04:00 Google called the new AI-powered Search box the biggest upgrade to Search in more than 25 years. In the era of agentic AI, this means that it’s about doing more than searching. Gado via Getty Images AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai standard https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/05/15/ais-chip-boom-is-creating-labor-and-supply-chain-problems/ The insatiable demand for AI and in turn the demand for compute with huge memory requirements is turning AI’s boom into urgent supply chain and labor problems. Ron Schmelzer, Contributor Ron Schmelzer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/ content_6a0723c54215cdc94f583951 Fri, 15 May 2026 09:54:05 -0400 2026-05-15T09:54:05-04:00 The insatiable demand for AI and in turn the demand for compute with huge memory requirements is turning AI’s boom into urgent supply chain and labor problems. Future Publishing via Getty Images AI /ai Innovation /innovation AI /ai standard