Another Dan Koe banger
His last long essay on X did something like 200M views, so when he drops a new one, it’s probably worth paying attention
Main idea:
AI won’t just punish people who don’t know how to code
It will punish people who don’t know how to move without permission
Agency, taste, persuasion, persistence, iteration
That might be the real skill stack for the next decade
OpenAI expanding Daybreak feels like the other side of the Mythos 5 story
Anthropic’s cyber model became a “maybe this is too powerful” moment
OpenAI’s answer is basically:
fine, then give the strongest cyber AI to trusted defenders only
This is where frontier AI gets very weird
The same capability can look like a weapon in one context
and critical infrastructure defense in another
We’re expanding OpenAI Daybreak to help democratize patching vulnerable software at machine speed:
- Codex Security plugin: find, validate, and fix vulnerabilities right inside Codex
- The full version of GPT-5.5-Cyber model: a great model for trusted defenders
- Cyber Partner Program: powering products built on top of our best cyber capabilities for leading security companies to secure the world's software
- Patch the Planet: working with maintainers to secure critical open source projects
https://t.co/hyIi6gQmkm
If this Mythos 5 / NSA quote is real, AI news has fully left the product-update era
we went from:
“new model is better at coding”
to:
“this model allegedly broke into classified systems in hours”
in the same industry cycle
The weirdest part is I can’t even tell anymore what is real, what is marketing, and what is national-security panic
frontier AI is getting very hard to read
Bro why are we lying?😭😂
GTA 6 probably won’t be some crypto cash-out machine
Rockstar doesn’t want that chaos anywhere near the main game
The real money will probably be where it always is:
attention
clips, RP communities, creators, memes, drama, guides, servers
cashing out GTA dollars - No
owning the audience around GTA - Yes
I’ve realized I get way more energy when there’s real competition around me
Not in a toxic way. More like: someone is moving faster, testing better ideas, building sharper systems and it makes me want to understand what I’m missing
That’s why AI UGC is so interesting right now
Every week there’s a new workflow, new creator format, new brand using AI content in a smarter way, new platforms rules🤪
It feels like one of those spaces where the rules are still being written in public
and that makes it hard not to study
The next AI skill is not prompting
It’s loop design
According to the clip, Anthropic engineers are running huge numbers of agents with self-improving loops
That sounds insane until you realize the shift:
- you don’t ask the model once
- you build a system that keeps checking, improving and running again
AI work is moving from “write better prompts”
to “design better feedback loops”
Creator of Claude Code:
"At Anthropic, almost 100% of our engineers are running 100+ agents with self-improving loops
self-improving loops help agents become better with each run."
in a 1-hour podcast, Boris explains how they build agents loops from sratch.
Claude + loops + routines + dynamic workflows - that’s the secret.
Watch the talk, then read how to apply the same playbook to quant trading below.
Record & Replay in Codex feels like a quiet shift
Instead of writing a perfect prompt, you just show the agent how the task works once
That’s probably the future of a lot of automation
not prompt engineering
worker training👨🏭
Show Codex a workflow once. Reuse it as a skill.
Record & Replay lets you show Codex a recurring task, like filing an expense report or submitting a time-off request.
Codex turns that demo into an inspectable, editable skill.
You control when recording starts and stops.
Dario saying early testers called Mythos 5 a “super weapon” and said you should need a “gun license” to use it is insane framing
A few years ago AI was “write me an email”
now CEOs are talking about models like restricted technology
Whether this is real danger, marketing, or fear-mongering
the fact that this is even the conversation tells you where frontier AI is going
🚀SpaceX buying Cursor for $60B is one of those headlines that sounds fake until you realize where AI is going
This is not just about a code editor
It’s about owning the workflow where software gets built
If coding agents become the new operating layer for developers, then Cursor is not a tool anymore
It’s distribution, behavior data, developer habit and AI workflow lock-in
Suddenly $60B starts sounding less insane
BREAKING: SpaceX is acquiring Cursor in a $60 billion all-stock deal.
• Cursor is being valued at $60 billion
• Cursor will become a wholly owned SpaceX subsidiary
• Cursor shareholders will receive SpaceX Class A shares
• The exchange ratio will be based on SpaceX’s 7-day average share price before closing
• Subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions
• Expected to close in Q3 2026
Cursor is one of the world’s leading AI coding platforms and one of the fastest-growing software companies. This marks one of the largest AI acquisitions ever and significantly expands SpaceX’s footprint in AI.
YOU don’t need more motivation
You need a calmer system
Most people try to reinvent their entire life in one week:
wake up at 5, cold shower, perfect routine, 12-hour workday, monk mode, no dopamine...
then they burn out and disappear
Real progress is usually less dramatic
Pick one direction, one useful skill, one simple workflow, and keep improving it
Small moves compound when you stop turning your life into a punishment
Most tech companies are trying to build better apps
Elon is tweeting about making the Sun sentient so consciousness can spread to the stars
say what you want, but this is why his posts hit different
🤬one side of AI Twitter is arguing about token limits
🚀The other side is casually discussing civilization-level sci-fi missions
Anthropic is having one of the craziest AI weeks I’ve seen
first, its strongest models get caught in export-control chaos
now there’s reportedly a class-action lawsuit over Claude Max usage limits
people paying $100-$200/month for AI and still arguing about invisible limits is such a 2026 problem
The AI subscription era is getting messy fast
🚨BREAKING: ANTHROPIC SUED FOR FRAUD
A customer filed a federal class-action lawsuit Monday claiming he hit 15% of weekly allowance in just one 5-hour sprint.
“The actual usage provided by the Max 5x and Max 20x plans is far below the advertised amount.”
They are calling it marketing fraud.
AI news is starting to feel less like tech news and more like a legal/political thriller
one day it’s new models and coding agents
next day it’s export controls, investigations and government pressure
the fun startup era of AI is slowly turning into something much heavier🫠