Edition of Monday, October 5, 2026

A model guide for the GPT-6 family

Learn how startups can choose GPT-6 models, tune reasoning effort, improve prompts and skills, coordinate tools, and prepare workflows for production.

September sponsors-only newsletter

I just sent the September edition of my sponsors-only monthly newsletter . If you are a sponsor (or start a sponsorship now) you can access it here . This month: More Fable class models A pricing war 3D graphics, Blender, and pixel art LLMs come for…

Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family

Millions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs.

Apple CEO designs 💼, Muse's maker 🤖, using web standards 👨‍💻

These AI Experts Want to Do High-Stakes Research Out in the Open

Many frontier labs keep their risky research locked away. Trillium Labs wants to show off its work when it comes to self-improvement and model behavior.

AI is making customers expect more and tolerate less

Faster service is part of AI’s promise. Customers aren't impressed when speed comes with unresolved problems and no easy way to reach a person.