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Ordinary Engineers, Not Heroic Inventors
Jeff Ding's diffusion theory of the role of technology in great-power competition also applies to AI adoption, and it suggests that companies obsessed with the frontier might be optimizing for the wrong thing.
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Radar Trends to Watch: July 2026
Developments in people and orgs, security, software development, and more
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This Week in AI: Multivendor Strategy
Sovereignty, agent fatigue, and Sakana Fugu, a new model that routes around both
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AI Budget Analysis in Excel with Lisa Becker
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AI Models, Apps, and Harnesses in the Agentic Era with Lisa Becker
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Guidelines for Respectful Use of AI
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The End of Tokenmaxxing
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Beyond Prompt Injection
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The Hidden Cost of Agentic Failure and the Next Phase of Agentic AI with Nicole Koenigstein
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What You Bring to AI Determines the Result
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Agent Memory
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Agentic Code Review
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Highlights from AI Superstream: OpenClaw and Friends
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This Week in AI: Who Controls the Loop?
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As AI Gets Better at Logical Tasks, Intuition Is the Differentiator with Harper Carroll
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So Long and Thanks for All the Context
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Fine-Tuning Is Like Psychedelics for AI with Harper Carroll and Tim O’Reilly
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Stop Getting Good at Protocols. Get Good at Agent Experience.
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