January 2026

AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

Karpathy's Secret to Unlocking AI's True Potential!

Andre Karpathy argues that LLMs should be treated as simulators of perspective rather than conversational partners. Using pronouns like "you" pushes models toward averaged, generic responses, while...

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Simon Willison's Weblog

the browser is the sandbox

Paul Kinlan from Google explores how web browsers can serve as robust sandboxes for AI coding agents, demonstrating this concept through Co-do, a browser-based alternative to desktop coding...

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AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

AI Delegation: Soft Skills Supercharge Agentic AI!

The video argues that AI advancement is shifting from prompt engineering to delegation skills. Soft skills for effective delegation will become the critical competency for working with agentic AI...

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AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

Why Your Best Employees Quit Using AI After 3 Weeks (And the 6 Skills That Would Have Saved Them)

A Microsoft study of 300,000 employees revealed that most workers quit using AI after three weeks due to a critical training gap. The key insight is that AI success requires management skills, not...

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Simon Willison's Weblog

Kākāpō Cam: Rakiura live stream

The New Zealand Department of Conservation has launched a live stream of Rakiura, a 23-year-old Kākāpō parrot, sitting on her first egg of the 2026 breeding season. This provides unprecedented...

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