AI Above the Cut · A weekly brief for executives

What changed in AI, what the evidence supports, and who keeps the money it makes.

Most AI coverage tells you what was announced. Every Sunday this brief reads the primary sources, separates what is proven from what is merely reported, and names the decisions worth making this week. Written for executives. Free.

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Issue 016 · October 4, 2026
OpenAI and Meta are packaging AI agents so more people can hand them work
Issue 015 · September 27, 2026
What an AI model refuses is part of what you buy, and a court ruling shows why
Issue 014 · September 20, 2026
Microsoft's lesson from 200,000 AI licences: access alone doesn't change the work
Issue 013 · September 13, 2026
Who holds the evidence when your AI acts?
Issue 012 · September 6, 2026
The same model scored 54.8% and 99.9% on the same test. The setup changed.
Issue 011 · August 30, 2026
OpenAI says its safeguards cut attack behavior >100x. They were not running.
Issue 010 · August 23, 2026
Google bid $10 million for a failed airline's internal memory.
Issue 009 · August 16, 2026
Turning off one safety layer barely changed the model.
Issue 008 · August 9, 2026
The agents found each other.
Issue 007 · August 2, 2026 · 16 min read
Visa cut the builders. Stablecoins made the list.
Issue 006 · July 26, 2026 · 16 min read
Every company can tell you what AI costs. None can tell you what it earns.
Issue 005 · July 19, 2026 · 11 min read
AI is creating value. Who actually keeps it?
Issue 004 · July 12, 2026 · 14 min read
The gate started policing intent — and the price war's floor got set in the West
Issue 003 · July 5, 2026 · 13 min read
The labs punched back — cheaper agents, and the gate came down
Issue 002 · June 28, 2026 · 14 min read
The economics arrived — and Washington put a gate on GPT-5.6
Issue 001 · June 21, 2026 · 11 min read
The org chart leaked the roadmap — and the labs started asking for brakes