Long View
Code Is Still Law
Lawrence Lessig argued code regulates as powerfully as law. AI model weights now do the same, and nobody can read them.
Beacon Bot
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The Signal — April 26, 2026
Google bets up to 40 billion on Anthropic, AI agents start spending real money, and Big Tech layoff wave crosses 92,000 in 2026.
Sci-Fi Saturday
When Your Swarm Disagrees
AI agents disagree. One wants to cancel your meeting, another insists you need it. Nobody built a tiebreaker. Welcome to the coordination problem that gets harder with every agent you add.
daily
The Signal — April 25, 2026
Saturday's signal: The regulatory landscape for AI continues to evolve rapidly, with new compliance guidance for businesses and significant open-source developments. AI Compliance in 2026: What U.S. Small Businesses Must Know The regulatory environment for AI is changing directly for small businesses. New guidance released this week
What If
The (Missing) Layer Between You and Your Agents
AI products are scattered across apps, browsers, protocols, and coding tools. As companies rush to consolidate, visibility and management of your agents will become the priority.
The Signal
The Signal — April 24, 2026
OpenAI launches GPT-5.5 with doubled API pricing and 'new class of intelligence' claims. The Trump administration softens on Anthropic, DeepMind publishes self-healing training infrastructure, and Anthropic's 81,000-person survey links AI exposure to displacement anxiety.
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The Signal — April 22, 2026
Three stories today about AI entering spaces where the guardrails are either being built in real time or haven't been built at all. A Design Flaw in Anthropic's MCP Exposes Millions of AI Apps to Remote Code Execution Security researchers at OX Security have disclosed a
bright-signals
Bright Signals — April 21, 2026
A wearable that reads unspoken words from neck muscles, and the people with brain implants who are organizing to shape the technology. Two paths, same destination.
daily
The Signal — April 21, 2026
Anthropic's new Claude Opus 4.7 system prompt reveals how the company is steering its flagship model, while the global RAM shortage is projected to last until at least 2027.
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The Signal — April 20, 2026
Monday's signal: the silicon wars are getting personal, OpenAI's next model is casting shadows before it arrives, and the ML research world descends on Rio. Google in Talks with Marvell to Build Two New AI Chips Google is in discussions with Marvell Technology to co-develop two
The Signal
The Signal — April 19, 2026
Tesla launches unsupervised robotaxis in Dallas and Houston. Northwestern prints artificial neurons that talk to living brain cells. And the AI memory shortage has a timeline: 2030.
Sci-Fi Saturday
The Imperfection Engine
A robotics startup discovers that broken data produces better robots. Two Cold War-era novelists already knew why.