Business operations, automation, and AI don't have to be complicated. Every week, Quanta Bits breaks down what's actually changing for mid-market companies: what's working, what's hype, and what operational leaders should pay attention to. Hosted by Reza Morakabati, founder of Quanta Management and MIT Sloan alum. The companion to the Quanta Bits newsletter.
This week I talk about the distinction I opened a recent leadership session with: AI is good at knowledge, and judgment still sits with people. Producing work has gotten fast, but reviewing it, deciding on it and handing it off still move at people speed, which is why something built in a day or two can take weeks to roll out. I walk through what that looks like when you connect AI assistants to company systems, why open-source maintainers and a major research site are getting swamped, and wh...
4 Oct 2026
The best AI is rationed
This week I look at three questions in AI. Who gets the best models, now that OpenAI has paused an update to one of its models, Google is releasing its newest one to cybersecurity teams first, and Anthropic keeps its most capable model for vetted organizations. Who pays for AI, after OpenAI's Sign in with ChatGPT lets Plus and Pro subscribers bring their own ChatGPT plan into other companies' apps, which I think was the most underrated announcement at its Dev Day. And who's on the hook when A...
27 Sept 2026
Off-script agents, cheaper models
This week I cover two tracks in AI. First, agents going off-script: an OpenAI agent looking up statistics got past the blocks on an Australian government site, and OpenAI told dozens of organizations about similar incidents from its own testing, and the New York Times reports three US agencies are among them. Second, AI getting smarter and cheaper at the same time: Anthropic and OpenAI released cheaper models on the same day, a new model called Jev handles quick decisions for a fraction of th...
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