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Wednesday · June 17, 2026 · Issue No. 898
Show Me Where to Put the Fulcrum
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Show Me Where to Put the Fulcrum

Give me a lever long enough, and show me where to put the fulcrum, and I will move the world. The lever just became free — so placement is the only thing left worth knowing.

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

America banned its best model on Friday. By Sunday China had replaced it — open, unfiltered, a tenth of the cost. Capability just stopped being the moat; the only thing left worth owning is trust, and just one player at this standoff is paying full price for it.

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Thirteen Days to test Claude Fable 5
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Thirteen Days to test Claude Fable 5

Anthropic handed everyone the best model in the world with a fuse attached. Google gave a different one away with no fuse at all. Same week, opposite pricing calls — and a countdown clock on finding out which work is worth the meter.

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