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Field Notes

October 2, 2026
Covering September 24 to September 30

Nine AI stories from this week, explained in plain English, with our take on each.

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In this issue
  1. 01OpenAI's new assistants keep working after you close the app
  2. 02Google catches up, and the leaderboard shuffles again
  3. 03Meta's AI agent shared a seller's address and cut his price
  4. 04Washington signs a voluntary AI pact, then opens an investigation
  5. 05Anthropic's leaked IPO filing shows what it costs to build frontier AI
  6. 06Claude went down again, for the fourth time this month
  7. 07McKinsey says 11 million U.S. workers may need new careers by 2035
  8. 08Robots could do most physical tasks. They just cost too much
  9. 09OpenAI bets on in-person training for small businesses

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