A Saturday read from AI Adoption Trends
The Future
Last Week.
The AI stories worth your attention, the claims worth checking, and the decisions you can make on Monday. Bullish about useful progress. Clear-eyed about the work it takes to get there.
Every issue asks
- What happened, and what has actually been verified?
- What is real, what is hype, and what are people saying?
- Does it apply to you, and what should you try next?
The archive
Latest issues
Published Saturdays
Latest issue · October 10, 2026
The Future Last Week: AI Moves Into the Work, and the Bill Comes Due
GPT-6 turns answers into interactive tools, Google wants one agent across your workplace, and Anthropic makes small-model work cheaper. Meanwhile, AI science gets serious funding and the power bill becomes impossible to wave away.
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Past issue · October 3, 2026
The Future Last Week: AI Agents Get Jobs, and the Work Gets Real
OpenAI and Meta put persistent agents closer to everyday work. Google and Anthropic changed the model choices, while Barclays and Amazon showed the people and places needed to make AI useful.
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Past issue · September 26, 2026
The Future Last Week: AI Gets Cheaper, Closer, and More Physical
This week brought lower-cost frontier models, AI glasses, an early scientific discovery, and a giant infrastructure contract. Here is what is real, what is still a pitch, and what a business leader should do with it.
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