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Latest Issues
GPT-5.5 Planned Its Own Launch Party. That’s the Real Story.
Sam Altman says GPT-5.5 helped plan its own launch party, choosing May 5, asking humans to give the toast, and turning the event into a strange preview of agentic software with taste, boundaries, and feedback loops.
AI Agents Are Becoming the New Automation Layer
AI agents are becoming the intelligence layer on top of automation. Traditional automation follows rigid rules: when this happens, do that. Agents are different. They can take a goal, use tools, read context, make judgment calls, and complete messy workflows that do not always follow the same path. The best use cases right now are practical: inbox triage, sales research, customer support, content repurposing, CRM updates, and developer workflows. The key is not giving agents unlimited control. Start with narrow tasks, clear permissions, logs, and human approval for anything public, expensive, or irreversible. The future of automation is not just no-code. It is goal-driven software that can actually help get work done.
OpenClaw’s Wake‑Up Call and the Rise of Skills Marketplaces
Today’s issue dives into OpenClaw’s agentic‑AI security scare, enterprises going “all‑in” on agents, and a new kind of talent marketplace where humans and AI agents list skills side‑by‑side.
Meta Buys Moltbook, and the AI Agent Era Gets Real
Meta’s acquisition of Moltbook is the clearest signal yet that AI agents are moving from novelty to platform strategy. Today’s issue covers why that deal matters, what Amazon’s win against Perplexity says about agent limits, and where Microsoft is heading next with agentic work software.
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