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When the AI Bubble Bursts What Industry Will Be San Francisco’s Next Great Economic Engine?

The ingredients are already here. The talent. The institutions. The innovation. The leadership. Now is the time to turn those strengths into San Francisco’s next great economic engine.

Bogotá Transforms Housing and Transit for 34,000 Families By Putting Housing, Transit and Public Space First

In addition to a Department of Transportation or a Department of Housing, the Colombian capital of eight million people has a Sector Habitát, or Habitat Department, that combines urban renewal, transit-oriented development, civic works, and affordable housing into community-first development that centers public transit. Nearly 4,000 housing subsidies are linked to transit stations, supporting a comprehensive urban development strategy.

The U.S. Government is “Selling the Seed Corn” of research and development of our future.

Last year, the Secretary of Health and Human Services cancelled half a billion dollars of mRNA research and called it savings. To understand what he actually cancelled, you need to hear about a physicist who never once thought about medicine.

French railway develops automated system to reduce animal collisions.

French rail operator SNCF is trialling the “Blue Sentinel” system featuring solar-powered light and sound beacons along a 5.5km stretch of the Rouen-Caen line in Normandy.

JADEPUFFER — the first publicly documented ransomware operation executed end-to-end by an AI agent.

According to Sysdig Threat Research, the AI drove the whole intrusion: reconnaissance, exploitation, lateral movement, and extortion. It fixed its own failed attacks in 31 seconds, fired off 600+ payloads, and encrypted 1,342 database records — yet it also narrated its crimes in plain English and demanded ransom to a hallucinated Bitcoin address. Fast AND flawed: an amateur hacker operating at machine speed.

The End of Reading Is Here – Things are about to get worse, and fast.

Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.

Proposed Calif. law prioritizes human customer service agents over AI

Assembly Bill 1609, authored by Democrat Rick Chavez Zbur, would require companies that earn at least $500 million in revenue annually to make sure that people calling customer service have the option to talk with a human rather than an automated chatbot.

University of Montana’s College of Business Helps Grow Northwest Montana’s Entertainment Economy to a Near $300 Million Impact

The University of Montana’s expanded Entertainment, Events and Sports Management major is doubling enrollment and aligning workforce training with the region’s booming entertainment sector. Local venues and year-round live music are key drivers of this economic growth.

Montana Business Assistance Connection (MBAC) – Why do we do what we do? It’s not because every challenge is easy.

The businesses we support are just a small sample of the entrepreneurs and organizations helping shape our region every day. Their success strengthens our communities, creates opportunities for others, and reminds us why this work matters.

What if your next customer was the U.S. government?

Making connections. Creating opportunities. Growing Montana businesses.