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AI Fundamentals

A Logbook Is Not a Memory: The Uncomfortable Truth Beneath the AI 'Second Brain'

Hundreds of tutorials promise your agent will 'never forget'. We examine the genre without quoting its salesmen: what they build is a searchable logbook, not memory that sprouts. The lawyer who doesn't search, the traffic light, the flashlight batteries — and the question nobody answers: how does an agent know it remembers something?

14 Jul. 2026

AI Fundamentals

Loop Engineering: The Signal, the Smoke, and the New Craft of Saying When to Stop

'My job is to write loops,' says Claude Code's creator; 'it's cron with a hat on,' replies the skeptic. Both are partly right. We separate the evidence (independent verifiers, structural bets, distilled memory) from the smoke, with Goodhart's law as the warning and this newsroom as the test bench.

14 Jul. 2026

Current Affairs

NYT v. OpenAI: The Evidence Publishers Accuse the Company of Hiding in the Copyright Case

The Times and other major publishers seek sanctions against OpenAI: they allege it told the court it couldn't search its data while doing so internally (Project Giraffe), deleted logs, and produced an unusable sample. What spoliation means, what exactly they ask for, and OpenAI's answer.

5 min 13 Jul. 2026

Current Affairs

Apple sues OpenAI: the partnership that brought ChatGPT to the iPhone ends up in court

Apple accuses OpenAI, its hardware chief Tang Tan, engineer Chang Liu and io Products of misappropriating iPhone trade secrets to accelerate its first consumer device. The federal lawsuit, filed in San Jose, brings six claims and seeks injunctions and damages; OpenAI replies that it has "no interest in other companies' trade secrets." The case will test where the line sits between hiring talent and taking confidential know-how in the middle of the AI hardware race.

5 min 12 Jul. 2026

Current Affairs

Apple v. OpenAI: What the Injunction Requests Actually Seek — and What Comes Next in Case 5:26-cv-07078

The docket in Apple Inc. v. Liu clarifies what injunctive relief Apple seeks against OpenAI and io Products: stop using its secrets, preserve evidence and return materials. The formal motion is not on file yet — the complaint announces it "promptly" — and the first milestone has a date: July 24.

5 min 12 Jul. 2026

Regulatory Framework

California enacts first state frontier AI safety law

SB 53 requires large frontier AI developers to publish safety protocols, report serious incidents and protect whistleblowers, helping California fill part of the federal regulatory void.

6 min 29 Sep. 2025

Regulatory Framework

Nvidia and AMD to Give U.S. 15% of China Chip Revenue

The U.S. will let Nvidia and AMD sell certain AI chips to China in exchange for 15% of the revenue. The deal turns export licenses into a source of government revenue and raises legal and national security questions.

4 min 11 Aug. 2025

Regulatory Framework

Anthropic Wins: Training AI on Books Is Fair Use, but Piracy Isn't

Judge William Alsup hands down the first substantive ruling on fair use in AI training: training on books is legal, but Anthropic will face trial for using pirated copies.

5 min 24 Jun. 2025

Current Affairs

Disney and Universal sue Midjourney over copyright

Disney and Universal accuse Midjourney of using and distributing images of copyrighted characters such as Darth Vader, Shrek and Homer Simpson. The lawsuit marks Hollywood’s most direct clash yet with image generators.

5 min 11 Jun. 2025

Current Affairs

Musk sues OpenAI, accuses Altman of betraying its mission

Elon Musk has sued OpenAI, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman for allegedly abandoning the nonprofit purpose for which the organization was founded. The lawsuit puts OpenAI’s partnership with Microsoft and GPT-4’s closed nature under scrutiny.

5 min 1 Mar. 2024

Regulatory Framework

Taylor Swift Deepfakes Raise Pressure to Tackle Sexual AI Abuse

The spread of fake sexual images of Taylor Swift on X has reignited debate over legal gaps surrounding nonconsensual deepfakes. The case has prompted the White House and US Congress to call for action.

4 min 31 Jan. 2024

Current Affairs

Deloitte Implements Generative AI Chatbot

Deloitte, a firm globally recognized for its professional services in audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and legal services, has ta...

3 min 9 Jan. 2024