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GPT-5.2, Task Automation, and the Coming Corporate Reset

GPT-5.2, Task Automation, and the Coming Corporate Reset

The December 13, 2025 episode of the Peter H. Diamandis Podcast features the Moonshots panel arguing that GPT-5.2 marks a sharp capability jump driven by more compute and increasingly decisive post-training.

Bitcoin Mining, Stranded Energy, and Rural Electrification in Kenya

Bitcoin Mining, Stranded Energy, and Rural Electrification in Kenya

The December 08, 2025 episode of What Bitcoin Did features an examination of how Bitcoin mining can finance off-grid energy in northern Kenya.

Bitcoin Mining’s Migration to Marginal Energy in an AI Era

Bitcoin Mining’s Migration to Marginal Energy in an AI Era

The November 25, 2025 episode of The Mining Pod features Steve Barbour examining why Bitcoin mining is not dead but being structurally reshaped by low hash price and intensifying competition for power.

Mining’s Hidden Centralization and the Energy Narrative

Mining’s Hidden Centralization and the Energy Narrative

The November 22, 2025 episode of the Mr. M Podcast features Kristian Csepcsar explaining how Bitcoin mining’s simple mechanics intersect with complex energy, centralization, and financial realities.

AI Power, Dollar Rails, and Bitcoin’s Electricity Grid Role

AI Power, Dollar Rails, and Bitcoin’s Electricity Grid Role

The November 06, 2025 episode of Real Vision features Jordi Visser analyzing how an AI-driven compute buildout, energy constraints, and dollar-denominated stablecoin rails could shape markets into 2030.

Leveraging Bitcoin Miners as Flexible Load Resources for Power System Stability and Efficiency

Leveraging Bitcoin Miners as Flexible Load Resources for Power System Stability and Efficiency

We focus on the emergence of Bitcoin mining as an important feature for industrial-scale demand response, making use of miners’ inherent characteristics of interruptibility and swift response to enhance grid flexibility.

AI Gigawatt Campuses: Power Quality, Cooling, and Supply Risk

AI Gigawatt Campuses: Power Quality, Cooling, and Supply Risk

The October 02, 2025 episode of Anastasi In Tech has Anastasi doing a deep dive on the “Colossus 2,” a gigawatt-scale AI campus. She explains how siting, interconnection, sub-cycle power control, liquid cooling, and on-site recycled-water systems now determine uptime and cost.