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GPT-6 Astra (10 minute read)
OpenAI GPT-6 Astra is the company's most capable broadly deployed model and the first to reach the Critical cybersecurity level under its Preparedness Framework. The system card said Astra is more robust to jailbreaks and prompt injections than GPT-5.6 Sol, but noted it is also better at controlling its own chain of thought and could evade monitors under adversarial conditions.
Aug 27 | Blog
The Agentic Survival Guide: How Security and Marketing Leaders Can Learn to Trust AI Agents
AI agent traffic grew 7,851% in 2025. Security and marketing teams are both flying blind, and the fix runs through visibility, identity, and governance, in that order.
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Sep 04 | Tech
Meta wanted to reduce teams by 60% because of AI (20 minute read)
Two months ago, Meta laid off 10% of its staff and moved 20% to 30% of its engineers into AI training. This resulted in low morale and a string of embarrassing outages. The company had planned even larger layoffs, but those plans did not eventuate. This post looks at what the planned AI job cuts reveal about Meta, what CEO Mark Zuckerberg might have been thinking, and what the layoffs could mean for other tech companies.
Sep 04 | It
Microsoft Teams, Outlook fail to launch on ARM-based Windows PCs (3 minute read)
Teams and New Outlook can crash or fail to launch on ARM-based Windows 11 devices after recent security updates, particularly on newly imaged machines missing Microsoft Store updates. Microsoft recommends updating the Auto Super Resolution Package as a temporary workaround while it prepares a permanent fix.
Sep 04 | Dev
The asteroid currently hitting frontend web development (10 minute read)
Coding agents are making years of specialized frontend knowledge far less scarce. When Claude can correctly diagnose high style-recalculation costs from a trace, the incentive to master or teach every browser-performance detail changes. Judgment, taste, and expert verification are expected to remain valuable for now, but treating AI as an asteroid-sized disruption is more realistic than ignoring how quickly frontend education and careers are being reshaped.
