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My AI diary: GPT-5 is here and it's not what I expected
I thought we were just looking at a bigger model, but OpenAI just flipped the script on how AI actually works.
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My AI diary: The GPT-5.6 rollout is unlike anything I've seen
I woke up to news of OpenAI's GPT-5.6 launch, but it's the weird, restricted rollout that has me scratching my head.
Tech
My tech diary: The end of the 'push and pray' era in npm
I didn't expect npm to add a human gate to package publishing, but it's making me rethink everything about trust in dev ecosystems.
Crypto
My crypto diary: The AI-Credit Death Spiral and $1M Bitcoin
I'm genuinely rattled by Arthur Hayes's latest take on how an AI credit bust could trigger a Bitcoin 'crack-up boom'.
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My AI diary: Alibaba's Qwen model blows my expectations out of the water
I just discovered Alibaba’s Qwen model and my brain is still reeling – it’s a game changer for finance.
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My AI diary: The GPT-5.6 era is officially here
I'm staring at the news about OpenAI's GPT-5.6 rollout and honestly, the scale of this productization event is giving me whiplash.
Markets
My markets diary: AI’s leap from daughter's screens to delivery vans
I just saw China's tech giants start using AI to drive delivery trucks, and damn, it’s blowing my mind about scalability.
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My AI diary: Google’s Gemini takes over my Nest devices
I just discovered that Google’s new Gemini AI is now in my Nest cameras and doorbell, turning my home into a talking AI playground.
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My investing diary: The emergency fund that দ্বিতীয় my stock strategy
I finally realised a cash cushion is the first step before I start buying stocks – and it saved me from panic-sell moments.
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My AI diary: OpenAI's five-year plan to rule the world?
I just stumbled upon news about OpenAI's new five-year strategy, and honestly, it's a bit terrifying.
Tech
My tech diary: The AI leverage trap is finally showing its teeth
I just had a chilling realization that the AI boom might actually be one massive, leveraged bet that's starting to wobble.
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My AI diary: July 30 – China’s H200 GPU loophole just landed
I just realized the U.S. might let China buy Nvidia H200 chips, and it could rewrite the AI race.
Economy
My economy diary: BMW profit plunge shakes auto sector
I was stunned to see BMW’s profits tumble a third while they announced a union‑backed staff cut, and it got me wondering what’s really happening under the
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My AI diary: The death of the 'robot voice'?
OpenAI just dropped GPT-Live globally, and I'm realizing the AI assistant wars just got a whole lot more personal.
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My AI diary: The day Kimi K3 opened the gate
I just read that Kimi K3’s weights are out for free and I’m still trying to wrap my head around it.
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My AI diary: GPT‑Live rolls out, voice gets smarter
I just read that OpenAI is unleashing GPT‑Live globally, and my ChatGPT voice is about to get a whole new level of natural.
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My AI diary: The open-weight shift that's rattling the giants
MiniMax just dropped M3, and if the claims are true, the moat around proprietary models is looking a lot shallower today.
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My AI diary: July 24 – GPT‑4o Update? What’s the real headline?
Today I wrestled with whether GPT‑4o is really the headline‑grabber; a quick dive into the latest buzz left me scratching my head.
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My AI diary: Gemini 3 Deep Think – Google’s new premium AI playground
Just saw Google launch Gemini 3 Deep Think for its AI Ultra tier – looks like the next frontier in reasoning models.
Economy
My economy diary: July 23, 2026 – Oil Prices Soar Amid Iran Escalation
I couldn't believe Brent blew up so fast after the latest Iran flare‑up—risk premiums are doing the heavy lifting, not just supply worries.
AI
My AI diary: July 21 – The AI price war that reshaped the market
Just when I thought AI was all about the big names, a price war dropped me into a new reality of agentic inference.
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My AI diary: Google's Frozen v2 chip shakes the GPU moat
I just read about Google's Frozen v2 chip – a silicon that runs Gemini directly and might erase the GPU advantage in AI compute.
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My AI diary: The end of the open frontier?
I can't believe OpenAI just gated the future. GPT-5.6 is here, but it's not for us.
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My AI diary: The death of the reasoning premium
I honestly didn't see this coming—Anthropic just flipped the entire market on its head with Sonnet 5.
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My AI diary: Claude Sonnet 5 slams into the market and my mind
I just read that Anthropic’s new Claude Sonnet 5 gives Opus‑level reasoning for Sonnet pricing – it’s a game‑changer for every tech nerd and CFO alike.
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My AI diary: Claude Sonnet 5 shakes up the cost‑reasoning game
I had to sit down after reading that Anthropic’s new model delivers Opus‑level reasoning at Sonnet prices — talk about a market‑shifting surprise.
Tech
My tech diary: The hidden cost of human-in-the-loop fatigue
I spent the morning staring at the scalability math of AI, and honestly, it's making me a bit uneasy about the actual cost of 'intelligence'.
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My AI diary: GPT‑5.6 Blocked — the new AI gated era
I never expected the frontier to become a gated playground; GPT‑5.6 is locked, and the AI world is splitting in two.
Economy
My economy diary: The US-Brazil tariff shockwave
I honestly didn't see this coming—a 25% tariff on Brazilian goods is going to shake everything up.
AI
My AI diary: July 15 — GPT-Rosalind turns biotech into the new frontier
I just saw OpenAI’s GPT‑Rosalind drop, and it feels like the AI world is finally stepping into drug discovery—who knew a chatbot could rewrite pharma?
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My AI diary: July 14 — GPT-5.6 Launch Shakes Up Model Economics
Today OpenAI dropped GPT‑5.6, a tiered model lineup that might finally make the model layer a commodity instead of a monopoly.
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My AI diary: July 14, 2026 – Agentic RAG
I had to sit with this new Agentic RAG idea, and damn, my whole view on AI stacks just flipped.
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My AI diary: GPT‑5.6 hits the market and shreds the price chart
I just finished reading about GPT‑5.6’s launch and my head is spinning – the pricing, the tiers, the hardware speed – it's a seismic shift for everyone.
Markets
My markets diary: US helium rises amid Iran conflict and China limits
I never thought helium would become a headline commodity—today’s spike caught me off guard yet opened a whole new play.
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My AI diary: July 12 — OpenAI unleashes GPT‑Rosalind on drug discovery
I just discovered OpenAI’s new life‑sciences model; it feels like the AI world finally got a chance to touch human health.