Ron Schmelzer

Ron Schmelzer

Contributor|AI

Ron’s been writing about and covering AI since 1995 and at Forbes since 2018.  He is also the founder of Scalebrate, where he helps founders and operators build Leverage-First Organizations: teams that scale through systems, AI, and automation instead of headcount. If you like

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Jul 31, 2026

America’s AI Trade War Moves Beyond Chips To Robots

Washington just opened a new front in the AI trade war, targeting Chinese humanoid robots and the power systems feeding America’s data centers.

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Jul 30, 2026

How AI Is Complicating Federal Reserve Interest-Rate Decisions

AI is boosting investment and demand today while promising productivity gains tomorrow. That economic tension is reshaping how the Fed views interest rates.

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Jul 28, 2026

If The AI Singularity Is Here, Where Is The Evidence?

AI is advancing rapidly, but what would prove we've reached the singularity? Here's the evidence experts say we'd need—and why today's AI falls short.

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Jul 22, 2026

America Says Its AI Has No Kill Switch, But The World Is Hedging

America’s attempt to calm fears of an AI kill switch may be giving foreign governments another reason to build one of their own.

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Jul 15, 2026

The White House Wants AI To Beat Hackers To The Patch With ‘Gold Eagle’

White House’s new Gold Eagle initiative aims to bring federal agencies and industry together to find, rank, and fix serious vulnerabilities before AI does it first.