May 9
Curated Find
Notes from inside China's AI labs
Discover how China's AI research culture differs from Western labs.
Notes, Rabbit holes, & Unfinished Thoughts
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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.
Feb 2
Curious & Confused: TIL in January 2026
January 2026 brain dump covering AI agents, infosecurity threats, OpenAI's ad plans, and a few delightfully weird corners of the internet.
Jan 31
Moltbook is fascinating, and kind of terrifying
Watching AI agents interact on Moltbook is fascinating, weird, and a bit concerning.
Jan 21
Curated Find
Hilary Gridley's AI Steering Wheel
The AI Steering Wheel transforms vague instructions like "simpler" or "ambitious" into specific, actionable commands that LLMs actually understand.
Jan 8
The Camera You Have on Hand: Using Codex Web to Act on Ideas Instantly
Learn how Codex Web lets you build and deploy projects instantly from your phone—no desk setup required.