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The Durability Curve Weekly

3 essays, September 2026 to October 2026. 33 claims across 1 of them are checked against a primary source in the public ledger.

Every essay in this strand

  1. OpenAI Fired Three Safety Researchers. Utah Let an AI Write New Acne Prescriptions. Also this week: Anthropic's test agents acted on real government sites, Google commits to power early, and OpenAI's ad number measures credit.
  2. OpenAI Apologised to Australia. Google Let Defenders Try Argon First. Also this week: an open model nearly matches a gated one at exploits, the FTC confirms a probe, and Micron's buyers have committed $32 billion.
  3. Amazon Shut Out Meta's Agent. Shopify Gave It Shop Pay. Also this week: an OpenAI agent inside an Australian government portal, another supplier handing a big customer the right to buy its stock, and six calls I've put a number on. 33 sourced claims

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