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The Daily Brief · Saturday 16 May 2026
Today's Summary Squawk!
Trump left Beijing on Friday with warm handshakes and no deliverables. Xi's public
Lukasz Klenner
Father of two, husband and lover of bushwalks, good food and jazz!
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The Daily Brief · Friday 15 May 2026
Today's Summary Squawk!
The Beijing summit produced its first hard signal: Xi told Trump that Taiwan is the
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The Daily Brief · Thursday 14 May 2026
Today's Summary Squawk!
Kevin Warsh officially takes the chair at the Federal Reserve today — the most politically compromised
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The Daily Brief · Wednesday 13 May 2026
Today's Summary Squawk!
The 2026 federal budget is the dominant story this morning, and the numbers are real:
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The Daily Brief · Tuesday 12 May 2026
Today's Elevator Pitch
Budget night in Canberra is carrying more political weight than usual. Chalmers is explicitly linking
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A (sort-of) Ai news agent
In the spirit of experimenting with AI tools as I said I would, I have created a new section to
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The Daily Brief · Monday 11 May 2026
Today's Elevator Pitch
Three forces are colliding this week in ways that will define the next decade for
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Time to go to the talkies!
📎https://talkie-lm.com/chat - to chat with "Talkie"
https://talkie-lm.com/introducing-talkie - Original blog post
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Claude 101 - Completed!
A couple of weeks ago I posted about starting the Claude 101 online training course. I've now finished
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Learning all about Claude
Over the past few years I have been using a mixture of free and paid LLMs. My first paid account
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Festive season recipe
No tech or AI today, just something I really enjoy at this time of year.
One of my favourite desserts
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What if the Chatbot is the Product?
Are chatbots just a stepping stone or the product itself? History suggests the raw tool can win. Think Excel. Could AI chatbots follow the same path?
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What Even Is AI? And Why the Answer Matters More Than You Think
AI once fuelled science-fiction; now it shapes our daily lives. From symbolic rules to deep learning and generative models, machines have shifted from rule-followers to creators. This essay explores AI’s evolution, cultural impact, and asks: will it be our crutch or our catalyst?
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The take-up of AI
The real AI revolution won’t come from chatbots, it’ll come when LLMs quietly power the apps we already use, because business change is always slower, and messier, than we expect.
Technology
Swapping strategy decks for an open notebook
Unclear thinking dies the moment it hits the whiteboard—you either understand something well enough to explain it simply, or you don't understand it at all.
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A good but terrifying read, how to stop fascists. Spoiler, not by voting them out.
This a great post I came across on substack, check it out if you have 10min to spare. https://cmarmitage.
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Rainy days, getting started with some research
It is the middle of August and the wettest it has been for quite some time. Setting up this blog
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Every blog starts with a blank page. This one will grow into a place for exploring new ideas, connecting lessons
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