Sources

Original reporting, useful experiments, and evidence worth reading.

We select for original work, clear authorship, useful evidence, and relevance to people using AI. Company announcements, independent reporting, research, and advocacy serve different purposes; each is labeled. Inclusion does not mean agreement.

Reporting

Reporting via Google News

Reuters & AP ↗

Wire reporting on AI companies, government decisions, and international developments.

Discovery through Google News; publisher metadata is restricted to Reuters and AP, with an additional AI-topic filter. Open the original report before drawing conclusions.

Reviewed Sep 30, 2026 · RSS ↗
Reporting & analysis

MIT Technology Review ↗

Context on AI research, industry incentives, and policy.

Some articles require a subscription. Feed items tagged sponsored are excluded.

Reviewed Sep 18, 2026 · RSS ↗
Reporting & opinion

The Guardian ↗

AI policy, social impact, and reporting beyond Silicon Valley.

Includes opinion and podcasts; assess the format of each item.

Reviewed Sep 18, 2026 · RSS ↗
Reporting & analysis

The Verge ↗

Product coverage, accountability reporting, and industry interviews.

The full AI desk feed avoids missing consequential stories that omit OpenAI from the headline.

Reviewed Sep 18, 2026 · RSS ↗
Industry reporting

TechCrunch ↗

AI product and startup reporting.

Funding announcements are not proof of customer value or profit.

Reviewed Sep 18, 2026 · RSS ↗
Technical reporting

Ars Technica ↗

Technical AI reporting, security, and policy context.

Some coverage is subscriber-only; verify important claims against underlying sources.

Reviewed Sep 18, 2026 · RSS ↗

Official

Company announcements

OpenAI ↗

Original product announcements, research releases, and company policies.

Primary evidence of what OpenAI says; performance and safety claims need outside scrutiny.

Reviewed Sep 18, 2026 · RSS ↗

Videos

Company videos · YouTube

OpenAI on YouTube ↗

Product demonstrations, launch presentations, and conversations from OpenAI’s official channel.

Produced by OpenAI. Videos open on YouTube; the feed contains recent uploads, not the full channel archive.

Reviewed Sep 18, 2026 · RSS ↗

Practical AI

Practitioner analysis

Simon Willison ↗

Hands-on experiments, useful tools, implementation details, and prompt-injection analysis.

Personal analysis and selected links. Only posts tagged AI, LLMs, or generative AI enter this feed.

Reviewed Sep 18, 2026 · RSS ↗
Research-informed commentary

One Useful Thing ↗

Ethan Mollick on using AI in work and education.

A named author’s interpretation and experiments; recommendations can age as products change.

Reviewed Sep 18, 2026 · RSS ↗

Safety & Society

Investigative reporting

404 Media ↗

Original reporting on AI abuse, privacy, labor, and the effects on people.

Some articles require registration or a paid subscription. Headlines may include allegations; read the underlying evidence.

Reviewed Sep 18, 2026 · RSS ↗
Evaluation research

METR ↗

Empirical work on agent capabilities, safety evaluations, and developer productivity.

Research nonprofit with disclosed lab partnerships and model access. Evaluations measure specified settings, not universal safety.

Reviewed Sep 18, 2026 · RSS ↗
Research & advocacy

AI Now Institute ↗

Research and policy advocacy on concentrated power and accountability.

Includes advocacy, press appearances, and organizational updates; distinguish each from original research.

Reviewed Sep 18, 2026 · RSS ↗
Research discussion

Alignment Forum ↗

Technical alignment arguments and discussion from researchers.

Posts are not automatically peer-reviewed or representative of a scientific consensus.

Reviewed Sep 18, 2026 · RSS ↗

Status

Service notices

OpenAI Status ↗

Official incident history and service updates.

An incident headline may describe a resolved issue. Check the linked current status.

Reviewed Sep 18, 2026 · RSS ↗

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The reader links to recent headlines. It filters out items tagged as sponsored, removes duplicate stories, and gives each source its own space so frequent publishers do not crowd out slower research. Some linked articles require a subscription.

The Daily Brief has a separate editorial process: read original sources, search beyond the feeds, and choose the lead by public impact. A headline or a company's claim is a starting point for research.

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