Ben Thompson
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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.
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.
Apple Updates Mini and Studio, AI Computers, OpenAI Jalapeño
Apple and OpenAI have two completely different hardware announcements; both represent pressure on Nvidia.
Netflix to Sell Streaming Services?, Streamers as Aggregators, Revisiting Roku
Netflix is considering selling other streaming services, and I think it’s a good idea; it’s also a let-down for Netflix’s original goals and potential pivots.
Autonomy and Innovation
Incentives favor offense when it comes to agentic cybersecurity; it’s the same dynamic that will limit incumbents and fuel startups in the long run.
2026.34: App Snore
The best Stratechery content from the week of August 17, 2026, including Apple making compromises in the EU, Truth (Social) and reconciliation, and August fun with the Clippers and Lakers.
Nvidia Backs OpenAI Data Center, Anthropic News, Google Buys Spirit Airlines Data
Nvidia makes another deal, this time with a frontier lab; Anthropic’s revenue continues to amaze; and maybe data finally is oil.