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  • An Interview with Joanna Stern About the iPhone Duo and AI for Normal People

    Thursday, September 17, 2026

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    An Interview with Joanna Stern About the iPhone Duo and AI for Normal People


  • Salesforce AI Force, Agents as UI, The Race to Headless

    Wednesday, September 16, 2026

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    Salesforce is abandoning UI as a moat, which is a very smart move because it’s disappearing for everyone.


  • Pacing the Frontier, AI’s Digital Limits, AI Commissars

    Monday, September 14, 2026

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    Dario Amodei wants to pace the frontier; it’s an unrealistic proposal that seems mostly geared to political control of AI.


  • The iPhone Duo, The Intelligent Personal Hub, Apple Watch Audio Intelligence

    Thursday, September 10, 2026

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    Apple once again demonstrated the power of integrating hardware and software, but it’s biggest AI blindspot might be its belief in the primacy of apps.


  • OpenAI Does Math, Reward-Hacking, Meta Launches Personal Agent

    Wednesday, September 9, 2026

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    OpenAI solving one of the most famous math problems is extremely impressive, and of little impact to most people’s lives; Meta’s Muse agent launch has the potential to be the exact opposite.


  • Write Things Down

    Tuesday, September 8, 2026

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    Writing things down is powerful, for humans and for AI; what comes first, however, is what to write, why to do it, and actually getting things done.


  • An Interview with OpenAI President Greg Brockman About Astra and Alignment

    Friday, September 4, 2026

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    An interview with OpenAI President and Co-Founder Greg Brockman about the history of OpenAI, Astra and alignment, and the weight of building the future.


  • Fable 5.1, Enterprise Frontier Safeguards

    Wednesday, September 2, 2026

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    Fable 5.1 is out, and the hated Fable data retention policy is not just being altered, but entirely removed in the meantime. Plus, why increased caching is a win-win.


  • Nvidia Earnings, Dollars Per Gigawatt, Open and Hugging Face

    Tuesday, September 1, 2026

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    Nvidia’s earnings were remarking and boring — two sides of the same coin. Everything the company does is about avoiding a consolidated world.


  • Apple Updates Mini and Studio, AI Computers, OpenAI Jalapeño

    Wednesday, August 26, 2026

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    Apple and OpenAI have two completely different hardware announcements; both represent pressure on Nvidia.


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  • (Preview) Doom Debates Go Mainstream, AI Religion and the Economic Future, Several Vectors of the China Question

    Sharp Tech | Sep 18
    (Preview) Doom Debates Go Mainstream, AI Religion and the Economic Future, Several Vectors of the China Question
  • (Preview) The Limited Potential for a Pacing Deal; MSS on PRC AI Risks; Distillation and Data Security; The Party’s Approach to Social Media

    Sharp China | Sep 16
    (Preview) The Limited Potential for a Pacing Deal; MSS on PRC AI Risks; Distillation and Data Security; The Party’s Approach to Social Media

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  • An Interview with Joanna Stern About the iPhone Duo and AI for Normal People

    Thursday, September 17, 2026
  • An Interview with OpenAI President Greg Brockman About Astra and Alignment

    Friday, September 4, 2026
  • An Interview with Figma CEO Dylan Field About Design and AI

    Thursday, June 25, 2026
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    Friday, September 18, 2026
  • The War and Reasonable Doubt
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    Thursday, September 17, 2026
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    Wednesday, September 16, 2026
  • OpenAI Ads, Amazon Ads in ChatGPT, Walmart to Accept Apple Pay

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  • iPhone 18 Pro

    Dithering | Sep 18
    iPhone 18 Pro
  • (Preview) Doom Debates Go Mainstream, AI Religion and the Economic Future, Several Vectors of the China Question

    Sharptech | Sep 18
    (Preview) Doom Debates Go Mainstream, AI Religion and the Economic Future, Several Vectors of the China Question
  • (Preview) The Limited Potential for a Pacing Deal; MSS on PRC AI Risks; Distillation and Data Security; The Party’s Approach to Social Media

    Sharpchina | Sep 16
    (Preview) The Limited Potential for a Pacing Deal; MSS on PRC AI Risks; Distillation and Data Security; The Party’s Approach to Social Media

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  • An Interview with Joanna Stern About the iPhone Duo and AI for Normal People

    Thursday, September 17, 2026
  • An Interview with OpenAI President Greg Brockman About Astra and Alignment

    Friday, September 4, 2026
  • An Interview with Figma CEO Dylan Field About Design and AI

    Thursday, June 25, 2026
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