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A Note from the Narita Train: How Agents Made Tokyo Insanely Better
How AI agents are breaking language barriers, simplifying decisions, and turning travel into a more personalized, adaptive experience.
Alex Salkever · SEP 22, 2026
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Before AI Agents Need Rights, They Need Identity
Why verifiable identity, custody, continuity, and accountability should come before legal rights for AI agents.
AUG 30, 2026
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The Refusal Nobody Tests For
The safety argument stops at release day, which is where my problem started.
Ben Pouladian · AUG 2, 2026
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Getting Good at Reading the Web Won't Teach an Agent to Use It
The jump from a web reader to a web agent is the same canyon coding crossed from autocomplete to coding agents, and it takes more than a bigger model to cross it.
Abhishek Das · JUL 31, 2026
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Your Chatbot Has a File on You. Three Prompts Will Show You What’s in It.
AI remembers patterns, not just words. Use these prompts to uncover the profile your chatbot has built.
Nick Wentz · JUL 24, 2026
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How To Build a SOTA Agent in 2026
“Tools are words. The agent is the bookwriter.”
Ethan Wang · MAY 31, 2026
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Anthropic Is Not on Your Side
Actions speak louder than words. Follow the money.
David Shapiro · MAY 26, 2026
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The Mom Was Right. Her Reasons Were Wrong.
A viral r/antiai post had the right instinct on kids and AI. The reasons don't hold up.
APR 30, 2026
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AI Benchmarks, Dorsey Layoffs, & Iris ID Verification
AI benchmark doubts, Dorsey layoffs, iris IDs, Claude design, Cursor funding, OpenAI chips deal, Sora exits, Musk UBI, Cerebras IPO, Opus update.
Matthew Berman, Nick Wentz · APR 20, 2026
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The Orchestration Era: How AI Agents Will Transform Work (Without Replacing Workers)
Silvio Savarese has spent his career teaching machines to see the world. Now he's focused on helping them act in it, and that shift changes everything.
Nick Wentz · NOV 6, 2025
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The Next AI Breakthrough Will Be Better Interfaces
AI’s next breakthrough will come from intuitive, visual interfaces that align technology with how humans think.
Matt Martin · OCT 19, 2025
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LLMs Create Token... Humans Create Value
Why human insight, judgment, and creativity remain the ultimate edge in an AI-driven, token-generating world.
Lani Refiti · OCT 12, 2025
