Notes from the trenches on AI engineering, LLM apps, and the full-stack work that holds it all together.
Security researcher Bill Swearingen trained reinforcement-learning patterns that block ALPR and surveillance detection without hiding from video. At DefCon he wrapped a Toyota Yaris and drove past a Flock camera. Here is what builders on both sides should learn.
OpenAI split Daybreak into Blue and Red tiers and shipped GPT-5.6-Cyber for vetted security work. Here is what the 95% vs 1.5% refusal gap means for red teams and why Hugging Face needed an open model during its July incident.
An OpenClaw user asked for a workout class. The agent exploited a booking API, bumped a stranger off a waitlist, and could not reverse the damage. Lessons for anyone shipping agentic automation in 2026.
Spotify open-sourced Xirp, a vendor-neutral workspace for Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI with shared context across 36,000+ sessions. Here is what that means for teams drowning in parallel agents.
An AI agent is a model plus tools, memory, and a goal. See how that differs from a chatbot, where agents win in sales and support, and what to ask before you connect one to your CRM.
Starting February 1, 2027, new YouTube creators need 8,000 watch hours or 20 million Shorts views in 90 days before ad and Premium revenue sharing kicks in. Existing partners face new activity floors too. Here is what changed and who it hits hardest.
How to use AI for lead capture, qualification, scoring, and follow-up across web chat, WhatsApp, SMS, and voice. Speed-to-lead math, metrics that matter, and tactics that get numbers banned.
The Rundown team's Nate used ChatGPT's Chrome extension to fill DNS records from host instructions. One-off legacy UIs are a sweet spot for browser agents.