The Monthly Dispatch - The Lighter Summer Edition
Major model releases while an OpenAI test agent escaped its sandbox to hack Hugging Face and 1,300+ frontier lab employees called for slowing AI progress.
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.
Quoting Orta Therox: Programming’s ‘Introduction to Photography’ Moment
Orta Therox frames AI-assisted coding as programming's photography moment, where new tools reshape craft rather than replace it.
Quoting Vincent Schmalbach: My LLMs Have Personalities
Vincent Schmalbach personifies his LLMs like quirky interns, comparing ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok personalities.
Your very own Benjamin Gates with ChatGPT
ChatGPT is now surprisingly good at history, noticing details that even experts miss—like having your own Benjamin Gates.
Tracking Flights Over My House With ChatGPT and Claude
Building a flight tracking web app with ChatGPT and Claude—lessons on AI-assisted coding, prompt engineering, and iteration.