AI is becoming cheaper to use and more expensive to build at the exact same time.
That shouldn’t make sense. But it explains almost everything happening in AI right now.
Here are 4 shifts that defined The AI Colony H1 2026 State of AI and Tech Industry Report:
hacker just pulled $75 million out of a lending protocol so they switched off the whole blockchain to stop him
the attacker inflated a token's price 100x in 20 minutes, then borrowed against the fake value and cleaned out the pool
cronos, the chain crypto com built, froze every transaction mid attack, which locked $60 million of the stolen funds in place before it could leave
only $6 million got out
now the validators have to choose, turn the chain back on and let him keep it or roll it back
🚨BREAKING: Gemini can now fix your photos so well people will think you hired a pro.
It keeps your face and your identity the same.
Here are the 7 prompts: 👇