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Doing Business in the Dark Forest

Byrne Hobart · 19 Oct 2026

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  1. Our reading

    As AI makes it easier to piece together clues and uncover secrets, people and companies will become quieter in any venue AIs might trawl.

    Their wordsIt's easier than it used to be to put together disparate clues and uncover secrets. So everyone is, at multiple levels, going to get quieter in any venue that AIs might be trawling through.

  2. Our reading

    Once any competitor can cheaply set up automated tracking of a company's job listings, companies will make their listings steadily vaguer.

    Their wordsonce any competitor who spends a few minutes setting this up can get instantly alerted if a company is considering a new market, vertically integrating, prepping for an IPO, etc., the incentive is to make the job listings more vague.

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