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A weekly take on AI and AI security — what happened, why it matters, and what to do about it. Written by the team behind RealGround and published every week on LinkedIn.

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2026-08-18

Two AI realities - The painful path to a glorious future

I had two browser tabs open last Tuesday. In one, Demis Hassabis described a future maybe 10 or 15 years out where the major diseases are curable, fusion works, and we start looking at the galaxy seriously.

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2026-08-11

5 trending AI terms you need to know in August 2026

Disclaimer: This article was conceptualized and written by a Human, but AI helped with edits, citations and visuals. What Happened In the last few months, we are seeing a trend where the Model quality itself is becoming …

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2026-08-04

The meteoric rise and fall of Leopold, a cautionary tale in AI investing

Disclaimer: I am a random guy on LinkedIn, not your Financial Planner or Tax guy. What you read below are my opinions, not professional Stock recommendations.

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2026-07-28

Anyone can build your product now over a weekend. So where is the moat?

What Happened You spend 6 to 12 months building a bare bones product. You take that demo out and try to raise $5M.

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2026-07-21

Kimi K3: Is this China's Sputnik moment for AI?

What Happened? On July 16, Beijing-based Moonshot AI dropped Kimi K3, and lit a fire under OpenAI and Anthropic's you know what. It's a 2.

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2026-07-14

Your next Website visitor is not a Human

Disclaimer - This article was partially edited by AI. The website tuning below was done on my own site, RealGround.

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2026-07-07

Fable 5 returns, but has it been lobotomized?

Disclaimer - This article was partially edited by Fable 5 What Happened Rewind exactly a month back to June 9, 2026. Anthropic released Claude Fable 5 - its most capable public model ever, a Mythos-class system priced at…

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2026-06-30

AI in a Cage : The end of the "AI for Everyone" Era

What Happened? The last 12 months have been something like an unlimited Candy period for us AI enthusiasts. GPT 4x, 5x, Claude Haiku, Sonnet, Opus, Gemini 1,2,2.

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2026-06-23

Why I Skipped the SpaceX HyPeO

Disclaimer: I am a random guy on LinkedIn, not your Financial Planner or Tax guy. What you read below are my opinions, not professional Stock recommendations.

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2026-06-16

The night the Feds pulled the plug: What the Fable 5 shutdown really means for the future of AI

If you don't have time just read the comic strip. What Happened Fable 5 - the Guardrail version of Mythos - was released on June 9, 2026.

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2026-06-09

WWDC 2026: Apple arrives very late to the AI party - limping, on a crutch

What Happened After spending much of the past two years being criticized for falling behind OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and Microsoft, Apple used this year’s Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2026 (June 8, 20…

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2026-06-02

Why is Gen Z booing AI?

What Happened Do you have Teenage kids? Have you asked them what they think about using AI? I have two Teenagers - one in College, one in High school and they are mostly opposed to AI. Not only that, they are discouraged…

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2026-05-26

Yes, Google is winning the AI race

What happened Google I/O 2026 just wrapped up, and it felt less like a standard product showcase and more like a declaration of war. Google basically dumped its entire multi-year roadmap on us in a single afternoon.

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2026-05-19

Data Centers in Space and Ocean

What Happened They say there are no permanent enemies in Politics. It seems the same is true in AI.

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2026-05-12

Daybreak vs. Mythos: The AI Cybersecurity arms race

What Happened Less than 15 hours ago, OpenAI officially launched Daybreak, its dedicated initiative for frontier AI in cybersecurity. Positioned as “Frontier AI for cyber defenders,” Daybreak represents a comprehensive v…

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