Author: Rob
-
Reflections from FOSDEM 2026
Brussels, February 1, 2026 This weekend, I had the privilege of attending FOSDEM 2026 at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. For those unfamiliar with FOSDEM, it is Europe’s largest gathering of free and open source software developers. What makes it remarkable is not just its scale – 1,195 speakers, 1,078 events, and 71 specialized tracks…
Written by
·
-
The Moltbot Hype Train Needs a Reality Check
Why This Viral AI Agent Raises Red Flags I’ll be honest – I was about to try Moltbot for myself. The promise of a proactive AI agent that could handle tasks across my communication platforms sounded incredibly appealing. Then I came across an article that made me hit the brakes hard. What’s more concerning is…
Written by
·
-
The AI Browser Paradox. Why Innovation Sometimes Needs to Wait
Last week, Gartner issued one of the most striking advisories I’ve seen in recent years: organizations should block all AI browsers “for the foreseeable future.” Coming from a firm that typically champions technological adoption, this recommendation carries significant weight. As someone who has spent years integrating AI tools into undergraduate education and exploring their pedagogical…
Written by
·
-
Why the Internet Is Turning Into Television (And Why That’s Good News)
Derek Thompson recently wrote an essay arguing that “everything is television.” Meta’s Instagram is now 93% strangers watching videos. Podcasts are racing to add video. Even AI tools are pivoting toward generating visual content. The pattern is unmistakable: the internet is becoming a continuous stream of episodic video. As someone who has spent two decades…
Written by
·
-
The Public Health Case for Self-Driving Cars: What the Data Reveals
When we think about autonomous vehicles, we often frame the conversation around technology, innovation, or even job displacement. But a recent analysis by a trauma surgeon offers a dramatically different lens: public health. Writing in The New York Times, the surgeon shares a harrowing account that opens the piece – a teenager ejected in a…
Written by
·
-
The Web’s Inventor Speaks
Why AI Won’t Kill the Internet, But Could Save It Sir Tim Berners-Lee doesn’t think artificial intelligence will destroy the web, but he’s deeply concerned that AI could collapse the advertising-driven economic model that currently sustains it. In a recent interview on The Verge’s Decoder podcast with editor-in-chief Nilay Patel, the inventor of the World…
Written by
·
-
The enterprise AI landscape just experienced a seismic shift.
How Anthropic Overtook OpenAI to Lead Enterprise AI and Coding The enterprise AI landscape has undergone a dramatic shift in the past 18 months. According to Menlo Ventures’ latest market analysis, Anthropic has emerged as the clear leader in enterprise AI adoption, capturing 32% market share and surpassing OpenAI’s 25% – a striking reversal from…
Written by
·
-
Tech Venture Bootcamp – 5th Edition
Opening Week As a Vice Dean, I’ve had the privilege of witnessing countless academic programs and initiatives, but few have energized our campus quite like the opening week of Tech Venture Bootcamp. This 12-day intensive program, which launched on October 2nd 2025, has transformed our Madrid campus into a vibrant hub of innovation, collaboration, and…
Written by
·
-
My Experience at the AI & Big Data Expo
Last month, I had the opportunity to attend the AI & Big Data Expo in Amsterdam, and I’m still buzzing with excitement from everything I learned and experienced. As someone who works in computing and data science education, events like these remind me why I love this field so much. What is the AI &…
Written by
·
-
ICR’25 in London
The 4th International Conference on Innovations in Computing Research Three Days of Computing Research I recently had the chance to participate in the Fourth International Conference on Innovations in Computing Research (ICR’25) in London from August 25-27, 2025. I served as both a panel moderator and session chair. The conference was organized by The Institute…
Written by
·
Robert Polding's Home 