AI
ChatGPT in CarPlay, Ten Months After I Asked
I emailed OpenAI a feature request in June 2025. This morning, on my drive to work, I used it.
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Education
Speedrunning a Bachelor's: Affordable Access or Diluted Diploma?
A North Carolina HR executive earned a bachelor's in three months and a master's in five weeks at UMaine Presque Isle's YourPace program. Accreditors are raising eyebrows. For the 43 million Americans with unfinished college credits, the math still looks pretty good.
AI
NSA Is Using Anthropic's Mythos Despite the Pentagon Blacklist
Axios reports the NSA is using Anthropic's unreleased Mythos model — the one Anthropic says can find zero-days autonomously — despite the Pentagon formally labeling Anthropic a supply-chain risk. Here's what Mythos is, who else has access, and why the operational need is winning.
Technology
Microsoft Ships OOB Fix After April Patch Breaks Domain Controllers
Microsoft released emergency out-of-band updates for every supported Windows Server version after April's Patch Tuesday put domain controllers into LSASS-crash restart loops. Here's what broke, which KBs fix it, and who actually needs to act.
Healthcare IT
Your PACS Should Handle 1,000 Prior Exams
A PACS application froze on a patient with 90 prior exams this morning. I've seen patients with over 100. Vendors need to design and test against 1,000 priors, not 10.
AI
Stanford's 2026 AI Index: Twelve Months, One Jagged Line
Stanford's 2026 AI Index has the receipts for what this year felt like: agents jumped from 12% to 66% on real computer tasks, the US–China gap narrowed to 2.7%, and the best coding models still can't read an analog clock.
AI
OpenAI's Codex Moves to Your Desktop
On April 16, OpenAI shipped a Codex update that lets the agent see your Mac screen, move a cursor, and type across any app. This is the answer to Claude Cowork — and it reshapes the desktop-agent race.
Healthcare IT
Brockton Hospital, Two Weeks on Paper, and the Anubis Playbook
Anubis claims 2 TB of patient data from Signature Healthcare's Brockton Hospital. Ambulances were diverted, chemo was canceled, and staff will be working off paper for two more weeks.
Geopolitics
Europe's Jet Fuel Crisis Is Real. So Are the US Ripples.
The IEA says Europe has maybe six weeks of jet fuel left. The warning checks out — and the same forces are already lifting US airfares, diesel, and LNG prices.
AI
Claude Code Is a Lot More Than a Chatbot
Most people still picture a browser and a chat window when they hear 'I used Claude.' That mental model is three years out of date.