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THE FIRST MODEL THAT PUSHES BACK

Anthropic shipped Claude Fable 5 today, the first of the new Mythos-class models, and after five days of hard testing it's being called the best coding model in the world. The standout reaction is that it's the first model that felt like it was pushing the testers rather than the other way around, handling ambitious coding, writing, and agent work that earlier models couldn't touch. The bar for what one person can build just moved again, so the real question is what you'd attempt if the model could carry the whole build.

AGENT TOOLKIT FOR AWS

The Agent Toolkit for AWS gives AI coding agents the tools, knowledge, and guardrails they need to work with AWS services. It helps AI coding agents build, deploy, and manage applications on AWS. The toolkit works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Kiro, and other coding agents developers already use. Over time, the best MCP servers, skills, and plugins from AWS Labs will be transitioned to the Agent Toolkit for AWS to ensure customers can access the broadest array of tooling and guidance for their agents.

DASH 2026: GUIDE TO DATADOG'S NEWEST ANNOUNCEMENTS

Datadog's DASH keynote this year showcased the company's Bits AI support for both developer and operations workflows. It also introduced dozens of new capabilities, including autonomous detection and remediation, AI-driven release validation and testing, and unified journey monitoring. Datadog is enabling teams to build better with AI. This post details all of the major keynote announcements.

HACKER NEWS SENT 10X THE TRAFFIC — TO THE ONE DEVICE IT COULDN'T INSTALL ON

Franz, a desktop app, got featured on both Hacker News and Product Hunt in the same week. Hacker News sent roughly ten times the traffic compared to Product Hunt. However, most of the traffic Hacker News sent was on mobile, while people were viewing the Product Hunt feature on laptops. Franz is a desktop app, and its site doesn't display a direct download link on mobile, so the traffic from Hacker News was less valuable.

YOU COMMISSION THE WORK NOW

An early tester got access to Fable and watched it work on its own for up to nine hours on a single brief, spinning up helper agents to research, code, and check each other. The shift he describes is that he now sets the goal and judges the result, while the model handles every step in between. The power is real and so is the unease, because hundreds of choices happen in a black box you never see, so the skill that matters becomes writing a sharp brief and knowing a good result when you get one.

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IN 2026, LESS THAN ONE THIRD OF GOOGLE SEARCHES STILL SEND A CLICK

There's been a 12.5% growth in clickless queries over the last two years due to AI features, instant answers, UI elements that keep searchers in the results, and shifting user preferences.

GET A LIFE, IT'S A CAREER STRATEGY

Specialization wins in stable, fast-feedback worlds like chess and golf, but building a company is the opposite - a messy place where the rules shift and no single skill covers it.

WHY GOOD COMPANIES GO BAD

A new book called Incorruptible, from the author who wrote The Lean Startup, digs into why good companies slowly go bad, drifting from serving customers to serving only the stock price.

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SOCIAL COMMERCE GROWING 4X FASTER THAN E-COMMERCE

IN 2026, LESS THAN ONE THIRD OF GOOGLE SEARCHES STILL SEND A CLICK

68.01% of Google searches ended without a click in early 2026. This is up from 60.45% in 2024 and about 45% a decade ago. AI Overviews now appear on 20%+ of queries and cut CTR by nearly 60%, accelerating a broader shift toward zero-click behavior across platforms. Google is reinforcing this through product design, boosting repeat searches and ad revenue while sending 8 points less traffic to sites YoY.

4-STEP FLYWHEEL FOR BUILDING A PREDICTABLE LINKEDIN INBOUND ENGINE

Run LinkedIn organic and paid as a single system. Write all organic content for your ICP first, then promote it through paid regardless of organic performance. Structure distribution with awareness and engagement campaigns and tight ICP targeting. Use planned reach and frequency goals and retargeting exclusions to control exposure. Track landing page clicks, dwell time, pipeline, and CAC to see what resonates. Scale winning themes and formats and reduce or remove those that do not drive results.

HOW WE GREW TORO TMS'S CONTENT FROM 5% TO 25% OF REVENUE

Toro grew content from 5% to more than 25% of revenue by focusing on high-intent SEO instead of chasing traffic volume. Its strategy targeted category, comparison, and template keywords that signaled buying intent, then paired them with detailed product-led content built from customer and employee interviews. The approach produced 43 first page rankings from 46 articles, a 93% success rate, and increased opportunity volume by 350% and booked revenue by 362% year over year. The content mirrored real sales conversations by addressing workflows, use cases, and product strengths in depth rather than publishing generic comparisons. The same content also improved AI discoverability, giving Toro 91% visibility in Google AI Overviews and helping it appear in AI-generated software recommendations.

WHAT INSTAGRAM'S NEW “REORDER GRID” FEATURE MEANS FOR BRANDS

Instagram's Reorder Grid turns profiles into conversion surfaces. Brands should design grids with intent around 3 goals: drive purchases, increase content views, or earn follows. Use custom thumbnails and a clear design system. Lead with strongest brand visuals rather than viral posts, and place best-selling products above the fold. Keep the grid balanced so it reads as intentional.

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SPOTIFY SESSIONS: YOU'RE AMONG FANS (WEBINAR)

Spotify will bring together marketers, creators like Rachel Lindsay and Casey Lewis, and industry leaders to unpack what fandom means for brands today and how to show up in ways audiences actually care about. They'll also share an exclusive first look at Culture Next, Spotify's youth trend report. The free virtual event is today at 10 AM PT.

AI SEO TIP: CONVERT SEO KEYWORDS INTO RELEVANT AI PROMPTS DIRECTLY IN GOOGLE SHEETS

You can use the =AI or =Gemini function in Google Sheets to convert your SEO keywords into associated ways that users might type that same question into an AI assistant. The post includes the full prompt to use.

MY MEDIA DIET: WHY IS EVERYONE WATCHING OLD TV AGAIN?

Audiences are rewatching or discovering older TV series like Mad Men, The Sopranos, and Seinfeld, turning them into shared cultural touchpoints again. This is happening alongside fatigue with reality TV saturation and fragmented streaming releases. There's also a growing preference for fictional worlds that feel emotionally predictable. Older shows offer clear stakes and resolution. They create a sense of coherence that contrasts with algorithm-driven media and constant real-world noise.

SAY HI TO “SIRI AI"—APPLE ANNOUNCES NEW, MORE “CONVERSATIONAL” VOICE ASSISTANT

Siri AI reframes Apple's voice assistant as a persistent conversational layer across apps and device data rather than a task-by-task utility, capable of chaining requests across messages, maps, calendar, and email in a single exchange. The update introduces a two-tier model structure that reserves the most capable features for newer hardware meeting specific chip and memory requirements, leaving older supported devices on a reduced version. Google's Gemini powers the underlying foundation model following a deal struck earlier this year, and some features rely on private cloud compute with daily usage limits for off-device processing.

CANVA PAID 5,000 PEOPLE TO SPEND A WEEK LEARNING AI. THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO START

Canva found that AI adoption stalled not because of tools but because people lacked the mindset to effectively use them.

APPLE'S APP STORE ROLLS OUT PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS

Apple's update reflects a maturing ecosystem where editorial features and top charts no longer reliably drive growth, pushing Apple toward algorithmic discovery to help developers reach new users.

MEDIA SPEND ON CUSTOMER ACQUISITION ACCELERATES AMID RUSH TO AI

Higher retention spend correlates with greater AI maturity, suggesting that organizations optimizing for the most measurable channels may be trading long-term capability for short-term efficiency.

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APPLE REVEALS NEW AI-POWERED VERSION OF ITS SIRI DIGITAL ASSISTANT

Apple has introduced a new, improved version of Siri and new features to Apple Intelligence. Siri can now handle tasks like researching concert tickets and brainstorming recipes for a party. Apple is using AI models and cloud computing services from Google to power Siri and Apple Intelligence. Siri and Apple Intelligence features will be integrated across Apple's apps, so users will be able to do things like alter photos or ask Siri questions about what they're photographing. There will be daily limits on image generation features due to compute limitations.

OPENAI CONFIDENTIALLY FILES FOR IPO, PREPPING WALL STREET FOR MEGA AI DEBUT

OpenAI has confidentially filed for an IPO with the SEC. The company has yet to decide on the timing of the offering. It may be a while before OpenAI goes public, as there are things the company wants to do that are likely easier as a private entity, but the filing gives it the option to go public sooner if that ends up being best. OpenAI plans to facilitate a tender offer that will allow employees to sell shares at its latest $852 billion post-money valuation to alleviate some near-term liquidity pressure.

SAMSUNG REPORTEDLY INVOLVED IN SPACEX XAI SATELLITE CHIP PROJECT

Samsung is reportedly in the early stages of producing AI space computing chips for SpaceX's satellite chip ambitions. SpaceX plans to build satellites in space that process and beam data back to Earth. TSMC has also been named as a manufacturing partner. Early-stage chip production could include anything from prototype silicon to limited qualification runs.

GATES-BACKED COMMONWEALTH FUSION SAYS ITS TECH VALIDATED TO MAKE POWER

Commonwealth Fusion Systems says that the physics of its commercial-scale power plant has been validated by five peer-reviewed papers. The company is now targeting the early 2030s to put energy on the grid. It is building a 400-megawatt facility in Virginia and a demonstration machine in Massachusetts. It has so far raised almost $3 billion from investors, including Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Nvidia's venture arm.

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CORE AI

Apple's Core AI framework allows developers to build, run, and deploy AI models in apps on Apple silicon. It enables access to the latest model architectures and inference techniques across the CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine. The Swift API gives developers control over model specialization, caching, and inference performance while making common tasks simple. Core AI integrates with Xcode and the developer toolchain.

LOOP ENGINEERING

Loop engineering is when a developer replaces themselves as the person who prompts the agent with a system that does it instead. The loop is a recursive goal where the user defines a purpose and the AI iterates until complete. The technology is still early - users have to be careful about token costs and still monitor to ensure quality - but this is likely the future of how people work with coding agents. Stop prompting coding agents and design loops that prompt agents instead.

CHATGPT FAILED TO KILL GOOGLE SEARCH

Google Search queries reached an all-time high last quarter. AI Overviews and AI Mode are driving user engagement, and AI-powered ad tools are driving better ROI for advertisers. Search AI Mode has crossed 1 billion monthly active users, and AI Overviews has over 2.5 billion monthly active users. Search saw revenue grow by 19% year on year last quarter.

THE 24-YEAR-OLD AI WIZ WHO COUNTS JANE STREET AS AN INVESTOR

Leopold Aschenbrenner had no professional investing experience when he launched his AI-focused investment firm, Situational Awareness. The firm's assets have vaulted from a few hundred million dollars to more than $20 billion in less than two years. One of its most successful bets is a stake in Anthropic. The firm's investors include Jane Street, a savvy quant-trading firm that rarely allocates capital to outside money managers.

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WHERE MY HEAD IS AT WITH LLMS AND THE WEB

We are potentially in a golden age for the web, as many major barriers to entry are being removed.

ASK HN: WHAT ARE TOOLS YOU HAVE MADE FOR YOURSELF SINCE THE ADVENT OF AI? (HACKER NEWS THREAD)

A look at the different projects developers have made with AI coding tools.

EXPANDING THE RADIUS OF DAILY LIFE

Flying cars promise a future where humans have more options on where to live, work, and visit.

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CONVICTED FTX FOUNDER SAM BANKMAN-FRIED FILES FORMAL REQUEST FOR TRUMP PARDON

Trump has previously said that he has no intention of pardoning Bankman-Fried.

APPLE REVEALS NEW AI ARCHITECTURE BUILT AROUND GOOGLE GEMINI MODELS

The new architecture runs Apple Foundation Models co-developed with Google both on-device and on Apple's Private Cloud Compute infrastructure.

1,000 DATA BREACHES LATER, THE DISCLOSURE LAG IS WORSE THAN EVER

Companies would rather protect shareholder value than ensure customers are informed about data breaches.