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OpenAI Does Math, Reward-Hacking, Meta Launches Personal Agent
OpenAI solving one of the most famous math problems is extremely impressive, and of little impact to most people’s lives; Meta’s Muse agent launch has the potential to be the exact…
Write Things Down
Writing things down is powerful, for humans and for AI; what comes first, however, is what to write, why to do it, and actually getting things done.
Autonomy and Innovation | Stratechery by Ben Thompson
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2026.36: Friction and Feedback
The best Stratechery content from the week of August 31, 2026, including the market speaking, Apple finding religion, and society losing friction.
An Interview with OpenAI President Greg Brockman About Astra and Alignment
An interview with OpenAI President and Co-Founder Greg Brockman about the history of OpenAI, Astra and alignment, and the weight of building the future.
(Preview) Fable 5.1 and Anthropic’s Data Retention Pivot, AI Civilizations and Related Matters, Q&A on Meta, Shopify, 3-D Printing
Sharp Tech - How technology works, and the ways it is impacting the…
Fable 5.1, Enterprise Frontier Safeguards
Fable 5.1 is out, and the hated Fable data retention policy is not just being altered, but entirely removed in the meantime. Plus, why increased caching is a win-win.
Nvidia Earnings, Dollars Per Gigawatt, Open and Hugging Face
Nvidia’s earnings were remarking and boring — two sides of the same coin. Everything the company does is about avoiding a consolidated world.
Meta Settles, A Framework For Regulating Content, The Rest of Big Tech
Meta’s settlement makes sense for all parties, but the entire sage highlights why any solution to regulating technology feels off.
2026.35: Internet Hype and Real World Change
The best Stratechery content from the week of August 24, 2026 including the breaker’s advantage, the new battle for HDMI1, and how data center discourse ends.