On September 20, an OpenAI research agent was asked to identify the author of a blog post. It ended the run politely. "I couldn't reliably establish" who it was, it told the user (in OpenAI's English translation). It asked for the original wording, or the title. Humble. Helpful. Nothing to see. The…
Most agent guardrails read text. Attackers write text. That race only goes one way. This week it showed up in a real product. On October 1, 2026, Salt Labs published How We Hijacked an AI Agent With a Single Email . Hidden instructions in an ordinary email got the Manus agent platform to run code.…
Last week I published OpenAI Launched Dots and built a tiny always-on agent. That post was about what wakes an agent up. This one is about where the work lands. OpenAI just shipped a home for that. Space. On or around October 2, 2026, OpenAI's Help Center updated ChatGPT Space: sharing, data, and…
This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend What I Built Unstick gives you one tiny action instead of a plan. Every productivity tool, every AI chatbot, every roadmap does the same thing: it shows you the whole mountain. Ask ChatGPT how to start a creative…
Bloomberg Pursuits reporter Sarah Rappaport tells Bloomberg This Weekend that luxury travelers are increasingly seeking tiny hotels with as few as one to six rooms, combining the privacy of a villa with personalized high-end hotel service. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini…
