January 2026

AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

Karpathy's Secret to Unlocking AI's True Potential!

Andre Karpathy argues that LLMs should be treated as simulators of perspective rather than conversational partners. Using pronouns like "you" pushes models toward averaged, generic responses, while...

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Universe of AI

ClawdBot The 24/7 AI Agent Employee That Can Automate Your Life!

ClawdBot is an open-source AI assistant that runs locally on your hardware to automate tasks like email management, calendar scheduling, and file organization through chat apps like WhatsApp or...

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Simon Willison

the browser is the sandbox

Paul Kinlan from Google explores using web browsers as sandboxes for AI coding agents, demonstrating that browsers can provide the same security isolation needed for untrusted agent code execution...

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AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

AI Delegation: Soft Skills Supercharge Agentic AI!

AI models like GPT-4.5.2 are becoming powerful enough to handle entire workflows autonomously. The crucial skill for working with these agentic AI systems isn't just prompting - it's developing...

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AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

Why Your Best Employees Quit Using AI After 3 Weeks (And the 6 Skills That Would Have Saved Them)

Microsoft tracked 300,000 employees using AI and found that excitement peaked in the first three weeks, then most people quietly stopped using it. The survivors discovered that AI success requires...

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The Pragmatic Engineer

Little known fact: AWS S3 uses Rust, a lot!

AWS reveals that S3, one of the world's largest cloud storage services, has been quietly rewriting almost everything in its request path using Rust over the years. This migration from the original...

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Wes Roth

AI in 2026 is going to be wild

Wes Roth shares his predictions for AI developments in 2026-2027, covering emerging trends from space-based data centers to AI-generated entertainment. AI will fundamentally reshape multiple...

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Simon Willison

Kākāpō Cam: Rakiura live stream

The New Zealand Department of Conservation has launched a live stream of Rakiura, a 23-year-old Kākāpō parrot, nesting in her favorite underground cavity. This rare glimpse into endangered parrot...

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Simon Willison

Don't "Trust the Process"

Jenny Wen from Anthropic argues that traditional design processes may be outdated in the AI era. Instead of following rigid user research → personas → wireframes workflows, designers should...

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Simon Willison

Quoting Jasmine Sun

This piece explores why instant app creation tools don't lead to widespread adoption. The key insight is that most people's problems aren't software-shaped - they don't recognize when their daily...

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