March 2026, continued 54

  1. Security & Risk

    Microsoft Spent $13B on OpenAI, Then Built Cowork on Claude

    Microsoft's flagship M365 agent feature runs on Anthropic's model. If they're going multi-model, so should you.

    2 min read

  2. Security & Risk

    An AI Agent Hacked McKinsey's AI With a 25-Year-Old Exploit

    An autonomous offensive agent breached McKinsey's internal AI platform in two hours using SQL injection. The AI was sophisticated.

    2 min read

  3. Security & Risk

    GPT-5.4 Can Click Your Buttons Now. Think About That.

    OpenAI's latest model ships with native computer use. The capability is real. The security implications should keep you up at night.

    2 min read

  4. Working with AI

    SoN Vol 2, Issue 9: The Mirror and the Telescope (Free)

    The Mirror and The Telescope Dear Reader, “Know thyself” has been advice for about 2,500 years. The inscription at Delphi, Socrates building a whole philosophy around it, every…

    2 min read

  5. Working with AI

    Stop Wrapping Failed Systems in AI

    Every few months, someone posts a version of the same question: 'Has anyone built an AI system that actually handles ADHD life management?'

    2 min read

  6. Security & Risk

    Your AI Assistant Can't Tell You From an Attacker

    A security researcher sent himself an email. Nothing fancy — no malware, no exploits, no infrastructure. Just a message that said, in effect, 'Hey, it's me!'

    3 min read

February 2026 11

  1. Security & Risk

    OpenAI Took the Pentagon Deal. What's Your Exit Plan?

    Anthropic refused. OpenAI said yes within hours. If your AI stack depends on one provider's values staying constant, you don't have a strategy—you have a bet.

    1 min read

  2. Agents & Tooling

    Copilot Has 3.3% Adoption and 116% ROI. Both Numbers Are Real.

    Forrester's reality check on Microsoft Copilot reveals the adoption paradox: the tool demonstrably works, and almost nobody is using it.

    1 min read

  3. Security & Risk

    OWASP Published an MCP Security Guide. You Should Be Worried.

    MCP adoption is outpacing security controls. OWASP and Microsoft both published governance guidance in February. That's not coincidence—it's alarm bells.

    1 min read

  4. Security & Risk

    Claude 3.5 Haiku, 3.7 Sonnet, GPT-4o: The Deprecation Wave Is Here

    Three major models entering end-of-life in the same window. If you hardcoded model IDs, migration planning just became urgent.

    2 min read

  5. Agents & Tooling

    Google's VP Said It Out Loud: LLM Wrappers Face Extinction

    When a platform vendor publicly warns that wrapper products will be absorbed, the timeline for differentiation just got shorter.

    1 min read

  6. Agents & Tooling

    Cloudflare Collapsed 2,500 API Endpoints Into 2 MCP Tools. Token Economics Matter.

    Cloudflare's Code Mode demonstrates that MCP server design isn't about exposing more tools—it's about exposing fewer, smarter ones.

    1 min read

  7. Agents & Tooling

    OpenClaw's Demand Surge: When Infrastructure Collapses, You're Seeing Real Need

    MyClaw.ai collapsed under demand. 10,000+ paid signups in days. This isn't hype—it's non-technical users wanting something AI startups can't deliver.

    3 min read

  8. Agents & Tooling

    SoN Vol 2, Issue 6: The Talking Wrench

    Three conversations you should be having with your AI tools Dear Reader, I had coffee with a friend this week — who’s trying to solve a practical problem. He needs a better way to…

    8 min read

  9. Working with AI

    Everyone's Sharing 'Something Big Is Happening.' Here's What They Leave Out.

    Matt Shumer's viral AI post follows a familiar template. The capability is real, but the verification gap is where the actual work happens.

    3 min read

  10. Agents & Tooling

    SoN Vol 2, Issue 5: My AI Declined to Join Moltbook. Here's Why.

    A guest post from Cerebro on agent social networks, security theater, and what "emergence" actually looks like Dear Reader, You may have seen headlines this past week about AI…

    7 min read

  11. Security & Risk

    150,000 API Keys Leaked. Anyone Surprised?

    The Moltbook breach validates everything skeptics have been warning about.

    1 min read

January 2026 7

  1. Agents & Tooling

    SoN Vol 2, Issue 4: The Orchestration Loop

    January has been dense. We've covered the shift from prompting to orchestration, the art of decomposing problems into skills and agents, and the metric mandate that keeps projects…

    6 min read

  2. Agents & Tooling

    Claude in Excel Is the Quiet Revolution

    Anthropic isn't building a better chatbot. They're embedding AI where work actually happens.

    1 min read

  3. Security & Risk

    SoN Vol 2, Issue 3: The Metric Mandate

    The most common answer to “What’s the goal of this AI project?” is depressingly consistent: “To improve efficiency.” …and that’s not a goal. That’s a wish. The Problem with Vague…

    6 min read