OpenAI's 80% Price Cut Wasn't Generosity. It Was Competition
OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Luna prices by up to 80%, citing efficiency gains. But growing competition from Anthropic and Chinese AI labs like DeepSeek may explain why prices are falling now.
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Long-form notes on AI, privacy, and hardware.
ArchiveDuckDuckGo: The Good, the Bad, and the Missing Audit
After reading old news, audit reports, and community discussions, here's a more complete picture of DuckDuckGo than the usual headlines.
The Open AI Revolution Isn't Coming From Silicon Valley
China's open source AI models are closing the gap with frontier US labs faster than predicted, triggering panic, lobbying, and trade battles in Washington.
Microsoft's AI Plan Literally Started With: "Make People Addicted"
A leaked internal Microsoft document for their new AI agent (codenamed ClawPilot, now Scout) had a phase literally titled 'Make people addicted.' Written by a Corporate VP, confirmed real by multiple outlets, and then denied by Satya Nadella himself.