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- Google signed the letter asking for cyber-capable AI, then gated its cyber model
156 companies called for a surge in cyber defence on 27 August. On 2 September Google shipped its most capable security model to a selected set of trusted defenders.
- World models could widen the AI divide before they improve ordinary work
World models are far behind language models in deployment evidence, and their development could concentrate further. Businesses will be offered physics-aware systems before anyone can show they work.
- Perplexity brings hybrid frontier and local AI to your Mac
Hybrid compute runs a classifier on your Mac to decide what reaches the cloud. The admin rules and the record of what left are Enterprise features.
- The Share Button Is a Publish Button
600 Claude conversations turned up in Google because a shared page shipped without a noindex tag. Nobody got hacked. The systems worked exactly as designed — that's the problem.
- SoN 2.23: Google says you can skip the 'AEO' hacks
Ooh, Shiny New Tech Acronym... You might have seen this acronym doing the rounds: AEO. Answer Engine Optimisation — or GEO, Generative Engine…
- WWDC26 Keynote Thoughts
Lately I’ve been reaching for Gemini more than I expected to. Not for everything — but enough to notice it’s getting better at the non-coding bits of…
- SoN 2.22: How do you choose "the best" AI tool?
How do you choose "the best" AI tool? A friend asked me this week to explain how to use “all the different AI tools” — ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, the…
- Google's Free AI Comes With a Price
Gemini's Personal Intelligence feature just expanded to all free U.S. users — connecting AI to Gmail, Photos, and Chrome browsing history.
- 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.
- You Don’t Need to Be an Expert to Start Making Things with AI
July 4th, 2025 Dear Reader, In a tech world obsessed with frameworks, best practices, and shipping at scale, it’s easy to forget that sometimes…
- Navigating the AI Assistant Landscape: Finding What Works for You
May 16th, 2025 Dear Reader, This week, I’ve been juggling two big challenges: fine-tuning Claude's MCP server tools for a client project and gearing…
- Why AI-Powered Search Is Replacing Google
The AI Download #016 March 14th, 2025 Greetings from rainy and wet Valencia, where I’ve been deep in research mode for my latest project. This has me…