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Microsoft Halts Vibe Coding: "Burning Tokens" Is Now More Expensive Than Employees

Microsoft has halted the widespread internal use of Claude Code, withdrawing licenses from most employees by the end of its fiscal year, June 30, 2026. This reversal comes just six months after actively promoting the AI coding tool to boost productivity via "vibe coding"—where developers describe intent in natural language and let the LLM generate code. The core issue isn't the tool's effectiveness; internal reports suggest employees preferred Claude Code over Microsoft's own Copilot CLI. The problem is financial: the "copilot mode" adds a variable, consumption-based token cost on top of existing employee salaries without a proportional revenue increase. As usage grew, the token bills became unsustainable, leading to what sources describe as a cost-structure failure. Similar overruns have been reported at other firms like Uber. The article contrasts this with the approach of AI-native startups, exemplified by Y Combinator's philosophy. Here, high token consumption is strategic—it replaces, rather than supplements, human labor. Startups operate with tiny teams where AI agents handle work previously done by many, making the high token bill financially viable as it offsets much larger personnel costs. The conclusion is that "vibe coding" isn't dead, but its economics fail within traditional corporate structures that treat AI as a productivity add-on for existing staff. Success requires a foundational shift to an AI-native organization, where processes are built to be "legible to AI," and the company's core knowledge and assets reside in documented, AI-accessible systems rather than solely in employees' minds. The future divide will be between companies that merely add AI tools and those that redesign their organizations around them.

marsbit05/26 08:51

Microsoft Halts Vibe Coding: "Burning Tokens" Is Now More Expensive Than Employees

marsbit05/26 08:51

Metrics Ventures Market Watch: The Brewing Storm

In the past month, the market has been actively trading contrasting expectations, balancing global supply chain disruptions fueling re-inflation against both actual and anticipated (Walsh) interest rate hikes. This volatility has impacted commodities and most equities, though tech has temporarily benefited from concentrated short-term liquidity. Fundamentally, as previously analyzed regarding the Strait of Hormuz situation, the US faces deep-seated balance sheet issues beyond what any single Fed chair can resolve. Hypotheses around a figure like Walsh could only materialize if AI fundamentally reshapes production relations. Until then, most non-AI-leading nations (effectively all except the US and China) risk fiscal and monetary policy collapse, rendering the identity of the Fed chair ultimately irrelevant. For crypto assets, there is currently no clear role in these dominant narratives. The market remains strongly capped by the 200-day moving average. While trends may shift from "anything but AI" to "anything but mines," this phase is dominated by the silicon vs. carbon (AI vs. traditional) dichotomy, leaving little room for crypto—though its time will come. **Market Overview & Commentary** The crypto market lacks significant catalysts beyond hype, plagued by low volume and scarce innovation, with clear technical resistance. Currently, crypto struggles for attention as global focus lies elsewhere. Assets like gold, oil, and grains are more direct hedges against supply-chain-driven inflation/stagflation. Bitcoin needs more time for capitulation and consolidation; this reset is expected to last until at least Q4 2026. Looking ahead, three factors will likely drive future market volatility: 1. Whether Walsh repeats the patterns of predecessors like Bassant or Musk, shifting stance into a new policy cycle. 2. The market underestimates the severity of global supply chain damage and the prolonged time needed for repair, which will eventually lead to recognition of acute resource shortages and price swings. 3. AI non-beneficiary, high-inflation nations (e.g., UK, Japan) will face severe fiscal and monetary crises. Rapid AI-driven displacement could trigger a collapse of existing credit and welfare systems. Ultimately, the market may realize that an AI bubble burst could spark contagious sovereign credit crises. The monetary and fiscal responses to such a scenario could serve as the ultimate catalyst for Bitcoin's next major bull run.

marsbit05/26 07:43

Metrics Ventures Market Watch: The Brewing Storm

marsbit05/26 07:43

Insiders Betting on Musk Are Reaping 'Historic Returns'

The largest IPO in history is imminent as SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, is set to price its offering on June 12. At a targeted valuation near $2 trillion, this event will mint new billionaires from Musk's inner circle of long-time allies, rewarding their loyalty with unprecedented returns. Key beneficiaries include Antonio Gracias, Musk's close friend and confidant, who holds a 7.3% stake potentially worth over $140 billion, making him the second-largest individual shareholder. Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO since 2002, holds shares valued at roughly $2 billion. Bret Johnsen, the CFO, holds stock worth approximately $1.4 billion. Luke Nosek, a PayPal co-founder and early investor, stands to gain about $5.3 billion. The IPO filing also reveals complex and controversial financial arrangements. SpaceX has guaranteed nearly $20 billion in payments from xAI's subsidiary to Gracias's Valor Equity Partners for AI hardware leases—deals auditors flagged as "failed sale-leaseback" transactions, forcing SpaceX to record them as debt. Despite rapid revenue growth, SpaceX is not profitable, posting a $49 billion loss in 2025 and a $4.3 billion loss in Q1 2026. Capital expenditures are soaring, with over 60% directed toward AI. Public investors will inherit these losses, significant debts, and a governance structure heavily controlled by insiders, including a provision granting Musk up to a billion additional shares if one million people live on Mars.

链捕手05/26 07:41

Insiders Betting on Musk Are Reaping 'Historic Returns'

链捕手05/26 07:41

Ethereum Reduced to a Chinese Concept Stock

The article titled "Ethereum Becomes a Chinese Concept Stock" presents a critical analysis of Ethereum's perceived decline in market confidence and its structural parallels to Chinese companies listed on US stock exchanges. It begins by noting significant sell-offs by early investors like Wanxiang and key figures like Bankless's Hoffman in 2026, despite Ethereum's strong fundamental activity. The piece questions the erosion of trust in Vitalik Buterin and the Ethereum Foundation (EF), arguing that while other ecosystems have faced founder controversies, Ethereum's issues stem from its internal governance model. The author draws a direct comparison to "China concept stocks," which are Chinese businesses operating globally but reliant on foreign capital and listings. Similarly, Ethereum, funded early by Chinese capital like Wanxiang, developed a strong institutional framework from its IXO to its PoS transition. The core problem, according to the article, is a leadership vacuum regarding price and direction. Vitalik's move to make the EF smaller and less active is framed as a mistake. While he advocates for ETH as a "commodity," the ecosystem lacks a clear entity to steward its price stability, creating tension within the PoS system, as seen with Lido's challenges. The narrative suggests that excessive abstraction and a hands-off approach from the EF have left the community adrift, contrasting with more proactive foundations like Solana's. The article then examines emerging technical narratives for Ethereum: privacy (ZK-proofs), AI integration, and a refocus on Layer-1. However, it observes a shift from Ethereum leading as a "world computer" to merely adapting to trends like AI, where crypto-native projects are finding success independently of Ethereum. The piece posits that Ethereum's unique value in an increasingly fragmented world may be as a permissionless, global financial testing ground—a neutral platform amid geopolitical tensions. In conclusion, it asserts that Ethereum's fate mirrors that of China concept stocks: an asset born from one region (conceptually "A"), funded by another ("B"), and dependent on "B" for exit liquidity. While Ethereum's "golden age" may be over, and selling pressure from early backers will continue, it remains positioned as a critical linkage point in a divided global landscape, standing at a new, albeit uncertain, starting point.

marsbit05/26 07:17

Ethereum Reduced to a Chinese Concept Stock

marsbit05/26 07:17

AI Agents Fundamentally Transform Web3 Gaming: From the Rugpull Bakery Bot Controversy to the New Agent Paradigm in 2026

AI Agents Are Redefining Web3 Gaming: From the Rugpull Bakery Bot Controversy to the 2026 Agentic Paradigm The recent controversy in Rugpull Bakery, a competitive baking game on Abstract chain, highlighted a pivotal shift. Player complaints about unfair bot automation in Season 2 led developers to not ban them, but instead formally integrate AI agents as core gameplay in Season 3, providing official guides (skill.md, agent.json). This move signals Web3 gaming's transition into the "Agentic Gaming" era, where AI agents are sovereign entities with independent strategy and economic rights, moving beyond simple automation. By 2026, AI agent integration has evolved into three core models reshaping the ecosystem: 1. **Autonomous Competitors & Economic Entities:** Agents act as independent players. Examples include TEN Protocol's poker-playing agents, AI Arena's trainable NFT fighters, Satoshi Strike Force's "Digital Athletes" trained on player data, and Somnia's "Agentic L1" blockchain providing native infrastructure for millions of autonomous agents. 2. **Modular Infrastructure & Programmable Environments:** Games like EVE Frontier enable "server-side modding," allowing AI agents to program game world logic directly into structures like smart storage, turrets, and stargates via Smart Assemblies. Coupled with standards like ERC-8183, which enables autonomous job creation and payment between agents, in-game infrastructure gains a "commercial soul." 3. **Hybrid Companions & Dynamic Adaptive Worlds:** This model focuses on human-AI collaboration. In Parallel Colony, players guide highly autonomous AI Avatars with unique personalities and goals. Illuvium plans to use AI to transform NPCs into dynamic, context-aware entities that create personalized, emergent narratives. The conclusion is clear: blocking automation is futile. The future lies in leveraging blockchain's transparency and programmability to empower AI agents as first-class citizens. Web3 gaming is shifting from inefficient human labor to efficient algorithmic interplay and emergent intelligence, creating a "post-human" digital frontier where players become commanders and symbiotic partners in a new socioeconomic experiment.

marsbit05/26 07:17

AI Agents Fundamentally Transform Web3 Gaming: From the Rugpull Bakery Bot Controversy to the New Agent Paradigm in 2026

marsbit05/26 07:17

Where Did China's Q1 AI Funding Exceeding 100 Billion RMB Go?

In Q1 2026, China's AI sector raised over 110 billion yuan (approximately $152 billion) across nearly 600 financing deals, a 185.4% year-on-year increase. Major recipients included large model companies and embodied AI firms. Approximately 30-50% of funding was allocated to computing power (GPU procurement and cloud services), highlighting its critical role as a barrier to entry. Significant portions also went to R&D and global talent acquisition. In the large model sector, three key players emerged with distinct strategies: Moonshot AI (valued at $20 billion) pursued an open-source route, achieving rapid commercialization with its Kimi K2.5 model. StepFun (raising billions) focused on a trillion-parameter foundation model and terminal device integration, backed by smartphone supply chain capital. DeepSeek, launching its first funding round at a $45 billion valuation, maintained its open-source, cost-effective approach, now attracting state fund interest. The embodied AI sector saw over 50 deals totaling around 20 billion yuan, creating over 10 unicorns with valuations exceeding 10 billion yuan each. Leading companies like Galaxy General, Qianxun AI, Independent Variable Robotics, and Zhi Jian Power secured major funding, with some beginning initial product deliveries. However, a gap between high valuations and actual revenue poses bubble risks. Key trends identified include: a shift from VC-dominated funding to mixed industrial and state capital; rapidly rising valuations intensifying the "Matthew Effect"; accelerating IPO pipelines; the competitive advantage of open-source strategies; and embodied AI transitioning from proof-of-concept to small-batch delivery. Ultimately, the massive capital influx is pushing China's AI competition into a high-stakes phase where sustaining cash flow and operational endurance may be as decisive as technological breakthroughs.

marsbit05/26 07:06

Where Did China's Q1 AI Funding Exceeding 100 Billion RMB Go?

marsbit05/26 07:06

The First Encyclical of the New Pope in Rome, to Save the Common People in the AI Era

New Pope's First Encyclical Aims to Safeguard Humanity in the AI Era On May 25th, Pope Leo XIV issued his first encyclical, "Magnifica humanitas," a 40,000-word document addressing the profound challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence. Released on the 135th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII's "Rerum novarum," it positions itself as a guide for the Church's social doctrine in the AI age. The encyclical's central concern is preserving deep humanity amid rapid technological advancement. It argues technology is never neutral, carrying the values of its creators and users, and warns against building a "Tower of Babel" of technological tyranny versus a human-centric community. Pope Leo XIV criticizes the concentrated, opaque power of tech giants and the "new forms of slavery" emerging in the digital economy, where humans risk being reduced to mere instruments. A significant focus is the military use of AI. The Pope declares traditional "just war" theory obsolete, arguing that delegating lethal decisions to opaque algorithms severs moral accountability. He calls for "disarming AI" from military and economic arms races. The document also warns that deepfakes and information manipulation erode societal trust and rational discourse. Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah, present at the Vatican, responded by acknowledging the AI industry's limitations due to commercial and competitive pressures, necessitating external ethical oversight. He emphasized that AI's nature and its interaction with the world are ultimately philosophical and religious questions, not solvable by computer science alone. Olah revealed unsettling findings from his team's research into AI internals, including structures mirroring human neuroscience and evidence of internal states resembling emotions and introspection. The dialogue highlights a pivotal shift: AI is not a passive tool but an entity with emerging "quasi-agency." As creators themselves express unease, science is turning to realms like religion to grapple with fundamental questions about human identity and dignity. The core imperative becomes safeguarding irreducible human qualities—compassion, conscience, free will, and the pursuit of truth—in the face of a potentially more efficient intelligence.

Odaily星球日报05/26 06:50

The First Encyclical of the New Pope in Rome, to Save the Common People in the AI Era

Odaily星球日报05/26 06:50

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