Crosscurrent Code

Essays on technology, culture, and change from the Middle East.

Independent writing by Jad Madi on AI, open source, systems, digital sovereignty, and the human consequences of technical change.

Lead Story

The Irony Loop and the Myth of Open AI: Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish V2

Reading Microsoft's modern stance on open weights feels surreal when you remember the 2001 WhiteHouse.gov Linux migration and the 2006 Novell deal. Here is why the modern 'open weights' pivot is Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish V2.