Jul 3
The Monthly Dispatch - June 2026
US government restricts frontier AI models while Anthropic and OpenAI file for IPO, SpaceX acquires Cursor , and Claude caught embedding fingerprinting us.
Notes,Rabbit holes,& Unfinished Thoughts
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Wait, Midjourney Is Building a What Now?
Midjourney is apparently building a full-body ultrasonic scanner spa. It sounds ridiculous, inspiring, and a little too Gattaca for comfort.
May 31
The Monthly Dispatch - May 2026
Talent, compute, and supply chains. May 2026 brought Karpathy to Anthropic, 220K SpaceX GPUs to Claude, enterprise joint ventures from both frontier labs, a brutal Starlette CVE, and a fresh diagnosis: tech CEOs have AI psychosis.
May 17
Curated Find
Quoting Sameer Al-Sakran: Welcome to the strip mining era of open source security
Open source security faces an AI-driven vulnerability gold rush.
May 9
Curated Find
Notes from inside China's AI labs
Discover how China's AI research culture differs from Western labs.
Apr 30
The Monthly Dispatch - April 2026
April 2026 AI roundup: OpenAI-Microsoft restructure, AWS partnership, Claude Opus 4.7, GPT-5.5, major security breaches, and the wildest model leaks yet.
Mar 30
The Monthly Dispatch - March 2026
New models everywhere, agents getting hijacked in creative ways, the human cost of AI overload, and Anthropic's leaked Mythos project.
Feb 28
Curious & Confused: TIL in February 2026
Model releases everywhere, AI agents going rogue, Anthropic refusing the Pentagon, OpenAI signing the deal.
Feb 12
Curated Find
Quoting Ethan Mollick: A Lot is Going to Change
Ethan Mollick warns that dismissing AI hype means missing the chance to shape dramatic changes already underway.
Feb 10
Curated Find
AI Doesn't Reduce Work—It Intensifies It
AI tools don't reduce workload—they intensify it through faster pace, broader tasks, and extended hours.