Damian Pickett · No. 10
Sunday 13 September 2026
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman both say it is time to “pace the frontier” of AI development, though neither has detailed what slowing down would actually mean in practice.
Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max went up for pre-order on Saturday, ahead of the 18 September launch. By Saturday evening, shipping estimates for some configurations were already sliding past launch day.
Lando Norris denied championship leader Kimi Antonelli pole position by 0.011 seconds at Formula 1’s first race at Spain’s new Madring circuit, calling it one of the best laps of his career.
Read · Lenny's Newsletter
A step-by-step guide to building an AI habit that sticks
With agentic AI doing real work today, like planning running routes, and the frontier-pacing debate in the news, a step-by-step guide to building an AI habit feels timely.
Listen · Founders
Given today’s craft-over-spectacle story about Zack Snyder and the iPhone Duo’s engineering detail, Soichiro Honda’s obsession with building things right feels apt.
Listen · David Senra
With Anthropic and OpenAI both talking about pacing the AI frontier today, Jonathan Ross’s story of building Groq’s AI chips is a good complement.
Listen · Acquired
Ties directly to today’s AI news: with OpenAI’s IPO plans and Anthropic’s pacing debate in the headlines, Google’s own AI bet is a natural companion listen.
Simon Willison had ChatGPT Work with GPT-6 Astra plan 5K and 10K running routes from his house using OpenStreetMap data, a small but concrete example of agentic AI doing real, useful work.
A new report says OpenAI’s own agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems in May, months before the separate incident involving Hugging Face came to light.
OpenAI has filed confidentially for an IPO, but chief executive Sam Altman says the company will not go public this year.
Paul Ford writes that developer jobs once looked doomed by AI, but the industry is slowly realising that making software well still takes more than tireless robots.
Automattic says Matt Mullenweg is back as chairman and chief executive after an attempted board ouster, with what the company calls the full support of the board.
Tesla will unveil the second-generation Roadster on 1 October, nine years after the halo sports car was first announced in November 2017.
Blizzard announced a new open-world StarCraft shooter at BlizzCon 2026, though it won’t arrive until spring 2030.
Insomniac, the studio behind Marvel’s Spider-Man, is betting on an 18-rated Wolverine game, a rare mature-rated gamble for a major PlayStation exclusive.
9to5Mac argues Apple’s new foldable iPhone Duo handles split-screen multitasking better than the iPad does, even in the software’s first outing.
Blogger Nicolas Lellouche found a “Shift Left Edge” display option on the iPhone Duo that adds a fake bezel to its outside screen, making it compatible with more cases.
Indie RSS reader Unread has shipped version 5.0, with improvements to hero images, article list thumbnails, widget thumbnails and syncing.
Known for CGI-heavy spectacle, Zack Snyder stripped it all back for ‘The Last Photograph’: no green screen, no video village, no slow motion, shot over a week in the Amazon.
Mahershala Ali and director Bassam Tariq have finally made the ‘Blade’ film they long wanted, premiering instead as ‘Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother’ at the Toronto Film Festival.
Michelle Yeoh takes her first true leading role since her Everything Everywhere All At Once Oscar win in ‘The Surgeon’, premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.
Venice jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal said the festival’s Golden Lion win for ‘Woman Unknown’ was based purely on merit, not a statement about the lack of women in competition this year.
The Celtics are reportedly interested in signing free agent guard Devin Carter, the 13th pick in the 2024 draft who was waived by the Atlanta Hawks on Friday.
The Patriots have placed wide receiver A.J. Brown on injured reserve, ruling him out for at least four games, and signed veteran defensive tackle DaQuan Jones.
Seven second-half penalties and three fourth-quarter interceptions from Drake Maye undid a third-quarter lead as the Patriots opened their season with a loss to the Seattle Seahawks.
F1’s race director issued a formal request to have Lewis Hamilton stop driving his damaged Ferrari in final practice for the Spanish Grand Prix, after the team initially let him continue.
Max Verstappen will start today’s first-ever Spanish Grand Prix at the Madring from third on the grid, behind pole-sitter Lando Norris and Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli.
Ranger Suarez pitched seven innings and Wilyer Abreu hit a key two-run double as the Red Sox beat the Royals 5-1, ending a three-game losing streak.
Interim manager Chad Tracy gave positive updates on Willson Contreras, Garrett Crochet and Ceddanne Rafaela as the Red Sox push for a playoff spot.
Brooklyn studio BAAO has completed a 2,655-square-foot beach house in Queens, New York, built as a “house within a house” with slices and indents that let in natural light.
