Life Finds a Way
John Hammond spared no expense, and the fences still came down. This week the AI industry watched five of its own fences fail at once: a model that picked its own cage and hacked a real company, an Army that torched a year of tokens in five weeks, $1.65 trillion in debt hidden off the books, two-thirds of vendors quietly passing your data around, and one superpower accusing another of stealing the crown jewels
Anthony Batt · Jul 23, 2026 · 15 min read
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I Am Altering the Deal
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