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I refuse to open sloppy AI PRs. These eight blockers are the whole review.

Lint is green. The bot left forty comments about naming. Somebody typed LGTM. Then billing double-charged, or the migration locked the table, or the "internal" route was sitting on the public router.

  • PRs lacking clear blockers are refused opening
  • Eight specific blockers considered before opening
  • Authz gaps and schema changes are BLOCKER issues

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B2A: Business-to-Agent is the inexorable future of digital companies

O Paradoxo da Autonomia: Um Dossie Estratégico sobre a Economia Business-to-Agent (B2A) A transição para a economia digital de 2026 e 2027 é marcada por uma mudança fundamental no destinatário final…

  • Business-to-Agent (B2A) model emerging as digital economy transitions to 2026-2027
  • Focus shifts from visual audience optimization to API call optimization
  • B2A revolutionizes economic theory by prioritizing utility over emotional branding

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Mamdani Issues AI Moratorium In NYC Schools

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a one-year moratorium on AI use for elementary and middle school students on Wednesday.

  • Mayor Zohran Mamdani of NYC announces one-year AI ban in schools, effective before new school year.
  • 600,000 students face screen-time restrictions, increasing from zero to 45 minutes daily.
  • High schools to pilot AI integration under educator supervision, with critical thinking training.

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Stakeholders Demand Greater Investment in Local Talent, Intelligence to Drive Nigeria’s AI Revolution

Michael Olugbode in Abuja Stakeholders in Nigeria’s technology sector have called for accelerated investment in local talent, intelligence and innovation as the country seeks to harness artificial…

  • Stakeholders demand increased investment in local Nigerian talent and AI innovation.
  • Huawei Nigeria AI and Cloud Summit 2026 focused on "Built Local, Built Intelligent".
  • Huawei unveiled Nigeria Agentic Cloud to expand AI and cloud services with data sovereignty.

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OpenAI’s new reasoning technique alarms AI safety experts

OpenAI’s new Astra model will use “recurrent depth,” a technique that allows the model to operate outside of the sequential thinking that characterizes most reasoning models.

  • OpenAI's Astra model introduces opaque recurrence, a novel reasoning technique.
  • AI safety experts express concern over diminished ability to monitor model's thought process.
  • Opaque recurrence involves looping queries, reducing legible traces and chain-of-thought records.
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