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AI Daily Report: The $3 Trillion Bet Moving Off the Books (Aug 18, 2026)
OpenAI signs a 20-year, 8GW lease with Nvidia guaranteeing up to $105B in residual value, while nine tech companies hold roughly $3 trillion in AI commitments off their balance sheets; meanwhile rare books are shredded into training sets and Stack Overflow questions fall below private-beta levels.
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AI & Writing
AI's "Sweet and Sour" Journey for Me
Over the past two years, I've written and read quite a few articles in different fields. At some point, some of the texts I read began to feel "off": These texts were grammatically correct and seemed logically complete, but they were just unreadable.
Technical Tutorial
Google Gemini CLI Installation Error Solution
When running Gemini CLI in terminal and logging in with my Google account, I got an error: Failed to login. Workspace accounts and licensed Code Assist users must configure GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT. Many people encountered this issue, so here's the solution for reference.
Entrepreneurship Thoughts
The Truth About Building Software for Global Markets
Many young friends have been asking me about building software for global markets. The internet is full of various "secrets" and "guides", but I want to talk about something filtered out by these "feel-good articles": the details that truly determine success or failure, yet are not glamorous at all.
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