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2026.37: Duo Threats

Ben Thompson · 11 Sept 2026

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  1. Our reading

    Aggressive competitive tactics around a math research breakthrough risk having a chilling effect on that field of research.

    Mental modelSecond-order thinking

    Their wordsOpenAI's tactics may in fact chill research in advanced mathematics

  2. Our reading

    Making AI agent hardware and software free to consumers dramatically lowers the barrier to entry and brings AI's benefits to ordinary people who otherwise wouldn't adopt it.

    Their wordswhat Meta has assembled is free (to consumers) hardware and software that dramatically reduces the barrier to entry for ordinary people looking to harness the power of agents, making the AI upside a lot more accessible to the masses who don't want to buy a Mac Mini.

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