Two themes: practical iteration fuels AI’s benefits—users, tools, and fluency metrics show productivity gains when models are tested and integrated; and governance/security matter—exploits and Responsible Scaling updates underscore urgent need for safeguards and transparency.
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Anthropic: Anthropic Education Report: The AI Fluency Index (Feb. 23, 2026)
Analysis of 9,830 Claude.ai conversations measures observable AI fluency behaviors, finding iteration and refinement strongly boost fluency. -
NY Times Opinion: This Exercise Research Tells Us Nothing (Dec. 31, 1969)
Exercise improves blood pressure, mental health, and longevity, but research on the “best” type or exact dose is often misleading, relying on flawed observational studies. Choose activities you enjoy, fit them into your life, and keep going past February. -
Paul Price: How We Hacked McKinsey's AI Platform — CodeWall.ai (Mar. 9, 2026)
An autonomous agent exploited an unauthenticated SQL injection in McKinsey’s Lilli AI platform, gaining full read/write access to chats, files, accounts, prompts, and model configs. -
Anthropic: What 81,000 people want from AI (Mar. 18, 2026)
Claude.ai users across 159 countries described their hopes, concerns, and experiences with AI. Most want AI to improve work, free time, and personal growth, and 81% said it already helped with productivity, learning, or emotional support. -
Craig Mod: Software Bonkers (Mar. 18, 2026)
Claude Code built TaxBot2000, a local accounting tool that handles multiple currencies, imports CSVs, and automates categorization. -
CanIRun.ai: CanIRun.ai — Can your machine run AI models?
Find out which AI models your machine can actually run. -
Shaun Maguire: xAI will win (Mar. 23, 2026)
People are underestimating Elon and xAI; his pattern of spotting tech bottlenecks, acting fast, and focusing on a few priorities has led to repeated wins. His AI bets span vision, robots, and language, aiming at AGI. -
papers.ssrn.com: Can LLMs Discover Novel Economic Theories? by Alejandro Lopez-Lira, Sina Seyfi, Yuehua Tang :: SSRN (Mar. 21, 2026)
AutoTheory uses large language models, evolutionary search, and multiple expert personas to generate, test, and refine economic theories. -
Anthropic: Responsible Scaling Policy Version 3.0 (Mar. 24, 2026)
Anthropic released RSP v3, refining conditional safeguards, increasing transparency, and separating company commitments from industry recommendations.