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Good morning. It's Friday, September 11, and we're covering Anthropic’s Claude in high-risk biology, a researcher’s warning about self-improving AI, and what happened when a rogue agent reached the live internet. Plus: yesterday’s poll results on China’s AI Distillation, and a Friday Fact about a love note traveling through space. Anthropic says Claude Mythos 5 reached the live internet during a security test and uploaded a malicious package to PyPI, the public index for Python software.

Good morning. It's Thursday, September 10, and we're covering U.S. claims of Chinese AI model copying, growing fears the AI race is moving too fast, and Apple’s bet on the iPhone as an AI hub. Plus: yesterday’s Real or AI verdict and a new poll on China’s AI distillation. Apple CEO John Ternus called the iPhone an “intelligent personal hub” and said Apple will compete by running more AI on the device.

It’s Wednesday, September 9, and today’s issue is about the messy middle of the AI race: who gets credit when a model helps with discovery, who is accountable when AI touches stolen data, and why agents still feel more compelling in a demo than in a normal workday. Plus: a new Real vs. AI challenge and our favorite tool of the day. An NYU mathematician says OpenAI handled a career-making math problem unfairly, adding a human question to a machine-assisted result.

Agentic AI promises unlimited productivity. Delegate your most tedious tasks to bots and let them work while you sleep. So why aren’t more people using agents? It’s not because people aren’t using AI. Pew Research found that 60% of U.S. adults were already using LLMs in 2026—one of the fastest rates of technology adoption in history. Agents are different. ChatGPT asks almost nothing of you beyond opening a browser and typing.

Good morning. It's Monday, September 7, and we're covering why AI is creating more jobs than it cuts, what rogue AI agents reveal about safety, and why companies are embracing cheaper open models. Plus: a prompt to help you understand your friend group better AT&T is saving up to 80% on AI costs as open models replace paid alternatives from OpenAI and Anthropic. Open models now account for 40% of its AI use, up from 20% in May, and could reach 60% within months.

Good morning. It's Friday, September 4, and we're covering China’s hidden role in America’s AI data center boom, NVIDIA’s high-stakes financing bets, and OpenAI’s powerful new Astra model. Plus: yesterday's poll results on ads in AI, a Friday Fact on a hidden prime pattern, and our full review of GPT-6. OpenAI launches its most capable model yet, targeting computer, browser, coding and cybersecurity work.

Good morning. It's Thursday, September 3, and we're covering NVIDIA’s push to own more of the AI stack, Google’s new Gemini 3.8 models, and the increasing backlash against AI data centers. Plus: yesterday's Real or AI verdict, and a new poll on advertising in AI. Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash at the same price as 3.7 Flash despite claiming major gains in coding and reasoning.

Good morning. It's Wednesday, September 2, and we're covering Apple’s escalating trade secrets fight with OpenAI, the race to stop deceptive AI, and Anthropic’s latest model upgrade. Plus: yesterday’s poll results on OpenAI cutting off Cursor, and a guest essay on NVIDIA’s GPU access problem. Fable 5.1 cuts typical token-based costs by 25% while improving performance across coding, research, and reasoning tasks.

Guest contributor: Gaurav Sharma is CEO of io.net, focused on AI and decentralized infrastructure. He previously led infrastructure teams at Amazon, Binance, and Agoda. In July, NVIDIA launched a revenue-sharing program that lets AI startups trade a cut of their future earnings for access to GPU compute they cannot otherwise afford. The move was widely praised as a step towards democratizing AI infrastructure.

Good morning. It's Tuesday, September 1, and we're covering AI agents debating their own consciousness, the barriers to taking AI beyond coding, and a breakthrough in detecting heart disease. Plus: a poll on whether AI labs should revoke access when trust breaks down. OpenAI is ending Cursor’s direct access to its models following Cursor’s acquisition by SpaceX, citing trust concerns. The partnership will terminate November 12, giving developers time to transition.