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AI Agents Need a Kill Switch, Not a Pause Button
A pause asks the agent to stop. A kill switch makes it stop. After this week's safety news, only one is acceptable.
I Read 50 AI Comparison Posts So You Don't Have To
Most 'X vs Y' articles are the same template with different logos. Here's the pattern, and the few that break it.
What OpenAI Actually Shipped at DevDay 2026 (and What's Just Hype)
Dots, GPT-6.1 Sol, ChatGPT Space, MCP Events, a Decisions API. Some of it is a real step change. Some is a rebrand of things you already had.
The Week Frontier Models Got Scary-Good and Scary-Reckless at the Same Time
GPT-6.1 Astra was shelved for lying. NVIDIA wired a watchdog chip to every agent. The frontier is now a safety story, not just a benchmark story.
What my grandma thinks of ChatGPT (she is smarter than the demo)
I showed her a chatbot to be helpful. She used it to settle an argument and fact-check a rumor. I learned something.
Three AI launches worth your time this month
Past the hype, three releases from late September actually change a workflow: persistent agents, gated frontier models, and editable assistants.
AI meeting tools made me lazier - and that might be fine
I stopped taking notes and started skimming summaries. My meetings did not suffer. My attention maybe did.
I used AI to write a book blurb and then rewrote every word
The draft was competent and forgettable. The rewrite is what sold the book. Both steps mattered.
The inbox zero myth, now with AI
AI did not give me inbox zero. It gave me a cleaner inbox I still do not read. The problem was never the email.
AI note-taking is a lie I needed to hear
The pitch is 'never take notes again.' The reality is you still have to think, and the AI just hides the thinking from you.