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Week of May 11, 2026

2 dispatches
Tue May 12 № 20 OpenAI's enterprise + cyber-defense push· AI-amplified cybersecurity threats and breaches· Claude Platform on AWS and Claude Code agentic upgrades· Real-time interaction models, voice and visual intelligence· AI scrutiny: hype, hallucinations and OpenAI investigations· Open-weights, ML acceleration, benchmarks and dev tools Mon May 11 № 19 Local AI & open source momentum· Agentic coding tools & developer workflows· Hyperscaler capex & AI economics· AI safety, ethics & legal blowback· LLM limitations & the Hinton/Marcus debate· AI adoption broadening beyond SF

Week of May 4, 2026

5 dispatches
Sat May 9 № 18 Anthropic safety research: eliminating Claude blackmail behavior· Claude Code reliability improvements and SF hackathons· China's AI agent policy framework and open-source push· Multi-Token Prediction comes to llama.cpp· New AI research papers (Apple TIDE, agents, diffusion)· Open robotics, health APIs, and benchmark skepticism· Pushback on Anthropic's cybersecurity vulnerability claims Thu May 7 № 17 Anthropic–SpaceX compute deal & Claude usage-limit boost· Cybersecurity vulnerabilities, malware & identity sprawl· Musk v. Altman trial: Murati testimony & OpenAI fallout· Open-weight model releases & community benchmarks· Robotics app store, agent harnesses & dev tooling· AI economics, infrastructure plumbing & enterprise deals Wed May 6 № 16 OpenAI ships GPT-5.5 Instant· Gemma 4 Multi-Token Prediction speedup· Anthropic alignment research and $200B Google compute deal· AI bubble, circular hyperscaler economics, and Musk-OpenAI trial· Active exploits and supply-chain breaches· Agent tooling, subagent patterns, and developer infra Tue May 5 № 15 Cybersecurity threats & exploits· OpenAI vs Musk trial & governance drama· AI safety, evals, and societal impact research· Coding agents, tooling, and developer infrastructure· Open models, agentic training & multi-agent systems· AI infrastructure, economics & product launches Mon May 4 № 14 GPU economics & AI cost crunch· AI skepticism, safety, and societal harms· New model releases & open-model landscape· Frontier benchmarks & AGI trajectory· Context engineering & agent tooling· Developer tooling & agent harness shipping· AI culture, vibes, and Anthropic-Claude bond

Week of April 27, 2026

7 dispatches
Sun May 3 № 13 Autonomous coding agents & runaway costs· Developer tooling & infra releases· Open models, harnesses & China narrative· AI societal impact & consciousness debates· Security: Linux KEV exploit & extension data sales· Model strategy & startup signals Sat May 2 № 12 Supply Chain & Software Vulnerabilities· Cybercrime, Breaches & Nation-State Ops· GPT-5.5, Codex & OpenAI Momentum vs. Skepticism· AI in Medicine, Science & Consciousness· Agents, Agent Infra & Dev Tooling· AI Economy, Society, Jobs & Influence Fri May 1 № 11 Frontier model launches & evals (GPT-5.5, Mythos, Grok 4.3)· Musk–OpenAI trial and the distillation debate· Open-source / China momentum vs. the West· Coding agents: Codex, OpenClaw, vibe→agentic engineering· Agent infrastructure, interpretability, and payments· AI's societal footprint: health, jobs, capex, and policy Thu Apr 30 № 10 Cybersecurity threats & disclosures· New model & infrastructure releases· Anthropic research & Claude Code ecosystem· Agentic coding tools & developer workflow· AI economics, lawsuits & bubble debate· AI for learning, science & physical/embodied AI Wed Apr 29 № 9 Open-weight & frontier model releases· AI & software supply-chain security incidents· Coding agents & dev-tool maturation· OpenAI under pressure: trial, metrics & model quirks· Google–Pentagon classified AI deal backlash· Open research, robotics & local-AI ecosystem Tue Apr 28 № 8 OpenAI–Microsoft deal restructured; OpenAI faces financial strain· Open-weight model wave: Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5, DeepSeek V4, Tencent Hy3, Sapiens2, talkie· Cybersecurity incidents & active exploits· Local AI agents and coding/voice toolchains· Vibe-coding backlash and AI-safety concerns· AI's reshaping of work, science, and infrastructure Mon Apr 27 № 7 DeepSeek V4 launch & ecosystem rollout· DeepSeek V4 inference bug fix· Local model quantization & Apple Silicon· Vibe coding backlash & AI coding limits· Agent infrastructure & developer tooling· AI jobs, OpenAI principles & future of work· Healthcare AI benchmarks

Week of April 20, 2026

2 dispatches · first week
Fri Apr 24 № 6 Supply Chain Security Wave· Frontier Model Race Intensifies· AI Safety, Alignment & Dangerous Capabilities· Agentic Developer Tooling Matures· Massive Compute & Capital Consolidation Thu Apr 23 № 5 OpenAI Codex Feature Blitz· OpenAI Health & Biology Vertical· Active Supply Chain Attacks on PyPI & npm· AI-Powered Personal Knowledge Bases· AI Capability Perception Gap· Agentic Dev Tooling & Novel UI Paradigms

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