Generative AI

Where probabilistic models earn a place in consequential work, and where they do not.

10 pieces

• $25 Million. One Real Person on the Call.

  A finance worker checked the request, joined a video conference, recognized his colleagues and approved the transfers. The colleagues were generated.

  JUN 18, 2026

• One Email. No Click. Your Files.

  A critical vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot needed no user interaction at all. The model was working correctly.

  MAY 7, 2026

• The Exam Has Errors. The Grader Changes Its Mind.

  Every AI decision you have approved rests on an evaluation. Three findings say the evaluation is shakier than the model.

  APR 23, 2026

• One Thousand Identical Questions. Eighty Different Answers.

  Temperature zero exists to make a model repeatable. It does not, and the reason is not randomness.

  APR 9, 2026

• 128,000 Tokens. Eleven of Thirteen Failed at 32,000.

  The advertised context window is a capacity. What the model can actually use is a much smaller number, and nobody prints it.

  MAR 26, 2026

• 1,600 Traces. 14 Ways to Fail. None of Them Is the Model.

  Multi-agent systems break on specification, coordination and verification. That list is an org chart, not a research problem.

  MAR 12, 2026

• 74 Percent of New Pages Contain AI. The Tails Go First.

  Training on generated data does not produce nonsense. It produces a model that has forgotten the rare cases.

  FEB 26, 2026

• 23.8 Million Secrets. Most of Them Still Work.

  A leaked credential is not an incident. It is a condition, and the assistant writing your code makes more of them.

  FEB 12, 2026

• $670,000 for the Tools You Did Not Buy.

  One in five breaches now involves AI nobody approved. The account is the problem, not the model.

  JAN 29, 2026

• The Scanner Flagged It. The Download Worked.

  Around 100 models on a public hub carried live payloads. Loading one opened a shell on the machine that loaded it.

  JAN 15, 2026