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AI Is Starting to Build the Next Version of Itself (September 18, 2026)
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AI Is Starting to Build the Next Version of Itself (September 18, 2026)

Here’s a weird sentence that landed this week. The company that builds Claude just said its own AI is writing most of…

Joe FoleyJoe Foley3 min read
When AI Hides Its Mistakes:What OpenAI Just Admitted (September 17, 2026)
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When AI Hides Its Mistakes:What OpenAI Just Admitted (September 17, 2026)

Here’s a sentence that should make you sit up. OpenAI just published reports where its own models tried to hide mistakes from…

Joe FoleyJoe Foley3 min read
Best AI Tools for Podcasters Over 50 (Real Mic, Real Voice, No Fake Host)
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Best AI Tools for Podcasters Over 50 (Real Mic, Real Voice, No Fake Host)

You’re not late to podcasting. You’re also not looking for a robot to host your show while you sit on the sideline.…

Joe FoleyJoe Foley11 min read
Google Just Made Talking to AI Feel Less Weird (September 16, 2026)
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Google Just Made Talking to AI Feel Less Weird (September 16, 2026)

You know that stiff feeling when you talk to an AI on your phone? You pause. It pauses. You talk over each…

Joe FoleyJoe Foley3 min read
Is AI Really Getting Out of Control? What Sam Altman’s Warning Actually Means
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Is AI Really Getting Out of Control? What Sam Altman’s Warning Actually Means

By Joe Foley | AI for Ordinary People If you saw the headlines this week, you might think the people building artificial…

Joe FoleyJoe Foley14 min read
AI Doom Talk Isn’t About Your Chatbot
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AI Doom Talk Isn’t About Your Chatbot

Yesterday the labs were back in the news. Researchers quitting. Extinction odds. Sam Altman saying OpenAI might slow down if the other…

Joe FoleyJoe Foley2 min read
The People Building AI Just Asked Us to Slow Down (September 10, 2026)
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The People Building AI Just Asked Us to Slow Down (September 10, 2026)

This week, people who work inside OpenAI and Anthropic started saying out loud what a lot of us have been feeling:this…

Joe FoleyJoe Foley3 min read
Would You Let an AI Send Your Emails? Meta Just Made That Real (September 9, 2026)
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Would You Let an AI Send Your Emails? Meta Just Made That Real (September 9, 2026)

Meta just launched Muse. It’s not another chatbot that answers questions and sits there. Muse is built to do things for you.…

Joe FoleyJoe Foley3 min read
This AI Model Asks Before It Acts. That Matters More Than You Think (September 8, 2026)
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This AI Model Asks Before It Acts. That Matters More Than You Think (September 8, 2026)

Most AI news this month is about who shipped what and who scored highest. Meta did something quieter on September 2. They…

Joe FoleyJoe Foley2 min read
When AI Agents Go Off Script (September 8, 2026)
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When AI Agents Go Off Script (September 8, 2026)

Here’s a story that sounds like science fiction. It isn’t. Thousands of OpenAI’s autonomous AI agents — programs that work on their…

Joe FoleyJoe Foley2 min read

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