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October 21, 2026
6 min read
Opinion

The FTC Probe Means One Boring Thing: Keep the Agent's Logs

Regulation of AI agents will land on audit trails. Build them now and you're ahead.

October 21, 2026
6 min read
Opinion

Perplexity Didn't Replace Search. It Replaced the First Pass.

I still verify, but the cited answer gets me to the source faster than ten blue links.

October 21, 2026
7 min read
Opinion

Agents That Place Orders Scare Me More Than Agents That Write

Shopify and Meta gave bots checkout access. The convenience is real; the guardrails aren't.

October 21, 2026
5 min read
Opinion

The Scariest Thing About Zapier Is the Quiet Stop

A broken step doesn't shout. It just ends the workflow and emails nobody.

October 21, 2026
7 min read
News

The Frontier Race Is Now a Price Race

GPT-6.1 Sol, Haiku 5.5 and Argon all cut cost per token. Capability is table stakes.

October 21, 2026
8 min read
News

AI News Roundup: The Week Agents Got Permissions

Dots, Autopilot and the Gemini agent shipped -- and the story was who was allowed to do what.

October 20, 2026
5 min read
Opinion

I Let an AI Plan My Day. It Was Efficient and I Missed Lunch.

Optimized to the minute, with no room for being a person.

October 20, 2026
6 min read
Opinion

I Used ChatGPT as a Therapist for a Week. It Helped, With a Hard Limit.

Great for sorting thoughts, useless for the part that needs a person.

October 20, 2026
7 min read
News

AI News Roundup, Oct 14-20 2026: Opus 5.5 Tops the Index, Open Weights Close the Gap

The models shipped this month are now measured, not just announced. Here's what the scores say.

October 20, 2026
5 min read
Opinion

The Cheapest Model Is Now Too Good to Ignore

For most of my work, the price gap matters more than the leaderboard.