The Neural Daily 2026-04-30: Expensive Bots and Cheap Humans

The $650 billion AI arms race has reached a fever pitch, flipping the global economy on its head as machine time becomes more expensive to maintain than human labor. We break down the launch of OpenAI’s persistent "Project Spud," the rise of trillion-dollar "sovereign AI" valuations, and the massive infrastructure projects currently straining the world's power grids. From autonomous enterprise agents to the growing Gen Z tech backlash, discover why the "meritocracy of physics" is the new front line of big business.