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Original reporting, analysis, explainers, and practical operating advice covering AI tools, models, agents, work, safety, policy, and the rapidly changing AI landscape.

AI security

Google Fairwind Program: Eligibility, Controls, and Deployment

A practical guide for security leaders evaluating Google’s limited-access cyber defense program, its operating rules, and a safe adoption path.

September 3, 2026 · 10 min readRead article →
AI coding

Cursor OpenAI Model Transition: What Developers Should Do

A practical continuity plan for teams using OpenAI models through Cursor before the proposed November 2026 transition.

September 2, 2026 · 11 min readRead article →
AI models

Claude Fable 5.1 vs Mythos 5.1: Access, Cost, and Safeguards

A buyer’s guide to two versions of the same underlying Claude model with materially different access and safety boundaries.

September 2, 2026 · 11 min readRead article →
AI evaluation

NIST TEVV-Athlon Framework: How to Build an AI Evaluation

A practical guide to NIST AI 200-2’s four-stage method for designing evidence-based, use-specific AI assessments.

August 26, 2026 · 12 min readRead article →
AI safety

AI Influence Operation Detection Checklist: How to Investigate Coordinated Deception

A defensible investigation workflow for separating suspicious content from coordinated, deceptive influence activity without treating AI detection as proof.

August 25, 2026 · 12 min readRead article →
AI safety

ChatGPT for Teens: A Parent Safety and Privacy Checklist

A practical family review of ChatGPT for Teens, including what its protections do, what parents cannot see, and which agreements still matter.

August 24, 2026 · 11 min readRead article →
AI governance

AI Model Training Pause Criteria: A Governance Checklist

A practical governance framework for deciding when a frontier or high-risk AI training run should slow, pause, remain contained, or restart.

August 23, 2026 · 12 min readRead article →
AI privacy

OpenAI API Zero Data Retention: An Implementation Checklist

A practical architecture and validation plan for teams that need OpenAI API prompts and responses excluded from provider retention.

August 22, 2026 · 11 min readRead article →
AI policy

EU AI Act GPAI Compliance Checklist for Model Providers

A practical evidence plan for general-purpose AI model providers facing active EU enforcement, including the extra duties for systemic-risk models.

August 21, 2026 · 12 min readRead article →
AI adoption

AI Classroom Adoption Checklist for Schools and Universities

A practical rollout framework for choosing bounded classroom uses, protecting learners, redesigning assessment, training educators, and measuring educational value.

August 18, 2026 · 11 min readRead article →
AI security

AI Agent Evaluation Sandbox Checklist: Contain Tool-Using Models

A defense-in-depth plan for evaluating code-executing and tool-using agents without turning the test environment into a route to production systems.

August 17, 2026 · 12 min readRead article →
AI models

GPT-5.6 API Migration Guide: Sol, Terra, or Luna?

A production-focused migration plan for selecting a GPT-5.6 tier, preserving application contracts, and proving quality, latency, and cost before rollout.

August 15, 2026 · 12 min readRead article →
AI models

Claude Sonnet 5 Migration Guide: Should You Upgrade?

A documentation-based framework for deciding where Sonnet 5 fits, measuring its real cost, and migrating without confusing benchmark gains with production proof.

August 14, 2026 · 11 min readRead article →
AI development

Gemini Interactions API Migration Guide: What to Change

A production-focused migration plan for request shapes, response parsing, conversation state, storage, tools, and long-running Gemini workloads.

August 13, 2026 · 11 min readRead article →
AI operations

AI Post-Deployment Monitoring Checklist: What to Track in Production

A risk-based production monitoring plan covering system behavior, infrastructure, incidents, user feedback, real-world impacts, and change control.

August 11, 2026 · 11 min readRead article →
AI models

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs 3.5 Flash-Lite: Which Model Should You Use?

A workload-first comparison of Google's two new production Flash models, including costs, migration changes, testing, and routing decisions.

August 10, 2026 · 11 min readRead article →
AI research

AI for Scientific Research: A Validation Checklist

A practical control plan for using AI in research without confusing plausible output, benchmark performance, or faster analysis with scientific evidence.

August 5, 2026 · 11 min readRead article →
AI agents

OpenAI Presence: Enterprise Agent Evaluation Checklist

A buyer-and-deployment checklist for deciding whether OpenAI Presence fits a bounded enterprise workflow and what proof to require before production.

August 4, 2026 · 11 min readRead article →
AI agents

OpenAI Agent Builder Migration Guide: What to Do Before Shutdown

A practical path for inventorying Agent Builder workflows, choosing Workspace Agents or the Agents SDK, rebuilding evaluations, and cutting over safely.

August 2, 2026 · 11 min readRead article →
AI safety

ChatGPT Health Privacy Checklist: What to Review Before Connecting Records

A practical privacy and safety review for people considering medical-record, Apple Health, or wellness-app connections in ChatGPT Health.

August 1, 2026 · 10 min readRead article →
AI models

GPT-5.6 Sol vs Terra vs Luna: Which Model Should You Use?

A workload-first guide to choosing a GPT-5.6 tier, setting reasoning effort, and validating quality, latency, and total cost before migration.

July 31, 2026 · 11 min readRead article →
AI agents

A2A Protocol Implementation Checklist for Production Agent Systems

A production-focused guide to deciding where Agent2Agent fits, designing the trust boundary, and testing an A2A v1.0 client or server.

July 30, 2026 · 11 min readRead article →
AI security

AI Cyber Evaluation Sandbox Checklist: How to Contain Agent Tests

A practical containment design for teams evaluating cyber-capable agents without turning a benchmark environment into a path to production systems.

July 28, 2026 · 11 min readRead article →
AI provenance

C2PA Content Credentials: What They Prove and How to Use Them

A practical guide to signed media provenance, trust lists, validation states, AI disclosures, metadata loss, and responsible deployment.

July 25, 2026 · 10 min readRead article →
AI security

Adversarial Machine Learning: How to Assess AI Attack Risk

A practical way to turn adversarial ML terminology into threat scenarios, controls, tests, monitoring, and incident readiness.

July 25, 2026 · 11 min readRead article →
AI policy

EU AI Act AI Labeling Rules: What Must Be Disclosed in 2026?

A practical decision guide to the EU AI Act’s Article 50 marking and disclosure duties for providers, deployers, publishers, and product teams.

July 21, 2026 · 11 min readRead article →
AI security

MCP Security Checklist: How to Review Servers, Clients, and Tools

A practical security review for Model Context Protocol integrations, from install commands and OAuth boundaries to tool approval and recovery.

July 21, 2026 · 12 min readRead article →
AI strategy

How to Build an AI Tool Stack Without Wasting Money

A disciplined way to choose complementary AI tools, control subscription overlap, and prove that each product earns its place.

July 20, 2026 · 8 min readRead article →
AI literacy

What to Check Before Trusting an AI Answer

A fast verification routine for citations, calculations, omissions, uncertainty, and high-stakes claims.

July 20, 2026 · 7 min readRead article →
AI agents

AI Agents vs AI Assistants: What Is the Difference?

The practical difference is not the label—it is what the system can observe, decide, and change without another approval.

July 20, 2026 · 8 min readRead article →