In Context

One of the busiest AI weeks this year.

Plenty of leaders can say “we're using AI.” Far fewer can say what it's returning, who checked the tools, or what it's doing to the jobs underneath.

Your feed this week is all GPT-5.6. Set it aside for a second.

This was a loud AI week. Anthropic launched a new flagship model. Export controls got reversed. Two labs accused each other of corporate espionage.

This week, one company blamed AI for 21,000 layoffs. Another quietly rehired the people AI couldn't replace.