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Latest issue
Issue #013 · September 2026
Open source, governance, and the next model
OpenAI's GPT‑5.6 Sol targets cybersecurity · MetaComp pitches an AI agent 'passport' · Cameroon researchers tame multi‑agent chaos · Xi pitches open‑source AI to BRICS · GPT-6 Astra lands on Amazon Bedrock.
Past issues
Issue #009 · August 2026
What mattered last week in AI
Stripe buys OpenRouter · Nvidia opens Nemotron Lightning · Alibaba passes Meta and Google · DeepSeek ships an agent harness · Agent security draws $270M.
Issue #007 · August 2026
Models, money, and moves this week
AMD releases open MoE model · Google disbands its Nobel-winning team · MCP gets its biggest overhaul · Anthropic's own models breached 3 orgs · EU AI Act enforcement begins.
Issue #006 · August 2026
What mattered last week in AI
Anthropic launches Opus 5 · Nvidia bets $5bn on Sutskever · Hermes Agent hits 214k stars · Model runs on a $10 chip · OpenAI models break out.
Issue #005 · July 2026
What mattered last week in AI
Qwen 3.8 Max claims second place · Moonshot unveils largest open model · David Sacks warns on AI race · Apple Intelligence lands in China · Germany's Soofi S tops open-source.
Issue #004 · August 2026
What mattered last week in AI
OpenAI releases GPT-5.6 Sol · Apple sues OpenAI over trade secrets · Meta rolls back AI image tool · AI agent runs $100M fundraise · Japan pilots AI agents for government.
Issue #003 · July 2026
What mattered last week in AI
Anthropic drops Sonnet 5 · Seltz builds search for agents · OpenAI releases GPT-5.4-Cyber · Meta promises coding model · Assort Health raises $120M & Venice AI raises $65M · Trump restrictions boost open source · Qualcomm buys Modular for $3.9B.
Issue #002 · June 2026
What mattered last week in AI
Issue #001 · June 2026