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Nathan Lands

Building http://Lore.com, the techno-optimist newsletter. Co-host of https://youtube.com/@TheNextWavePod Previously coined the term gamify and exited 2 startups

Lore Issue #194: Chinese Open-Source Tops Coding Benchmark

Jul 17, 2026

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Lore Issue #194: Chinese Open-Source Tops Coding Benchmark

PLUS: Codex passes 9 million users, Thinking Machines launches Inkling, and xAI open-sources Grok Build

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #193: OpenAI Puts GPT-5.6 to Work

Jul 10, 2026

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Lore Issue #193: OpenAI Puts GPT-5.6 to Work

PLUS: Human-like robot hands from NEO, Grok nears SOTA, and Claude Cowork goes mobile

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #192: Claude Fable Returns as the Frontier Race Heats Up

Jul 3, 2026

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Lore Issue #192: Claude Fable Returns as the Frontier Race Heats Up

PLUS: OpenAI previews GPT-5.6, Meta advances brain-to-text, and Anthropic launches Sonnet 5

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #191: GPT-5.6 May Launch Under Government Control

Jun 26, 2026

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Lore Issue #191: GPT-5.6 May Launch Under Government Control

PLUS: OpenAI unveils its first AI chip, Claude joins Slack as a teammate, and SpaceX signs a $6.3B compute deal

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #190: SpaceX Acquires Cursor for $60B

Jun 19, 2026

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Lore Issue #190: SpaceX Acquires Cursor for $60B

PLUS: Claude Design gets live editing, DeepSeek raises $7.4B, and voice-controlled computers get closer

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #189: Claude Fable, A New Standard for AI

Jun 12, 2026

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Lore Issue #189: Claude Fable, A New Standard for AI

PLUS: OpenAI moves toward an IPO, Apple rebuilds Siri around Gemini, and Google experiments with diffusion LLMs

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #188: Recursive Self-Improvement Is Here

Jun 5, 2026

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Lore Issue #188: Recursive Self-Improvement Is Here

PLUS: ChatGPT learns to dream, bots surpass humans on the internet, and Microsoft launches seven new AI models

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #187: Claude Opus 4.8 Acts More Like an Engineer

May 29, 2026

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Lore Issue #187: Claude Opus 4.8 Acts More Like an Engineer

PLUS: Google’s AI solves long-standing math problems, Devin’s creator hits $26B, and Eli Lilly advances gene editing

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #184: Isomorphic Raises $2.1B to Solve Disease With AI

May 15, 2026

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Lore Issue #184: Isomorphic Raises $2.1B to Solve Disease With AI

PLUS: Google rethinks the mouse pointer, Krea launches its first foundation model, and robots start working full shifts

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #183: Anthropic Taps SpaceX for Massive Compute

May 8, 2026

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Lore Issue #183: Anthropic Taps SpaceX for Massive Compute

PLUS: Google launches Fitbit Air, GPT-5.5 Instant reaches everyone, and ChatGPT lands inside spreadsheets

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #182: Elon’s Legal Battle With OpenAI Begins

May 1, 2026

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Lore Issue #182: Elon’s Legal Battle With OpenAI Begins

PLUS: OpenAI and Microsoft reset their alliance, Gemini turns chat into full office software, and China blocks Meta’s Manus deal

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #181: GPT-5.5 “Spud” Arrives

Apr 24, 2026

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Lore Issue #181: GPT-5.5 “Spud” Arrives

PLUS: SpaceX moves to acquire Cursor, Image-2 dominates, and ChatGPT launches persistent agents

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #180: Factory Raises $150M at $1.5B

Apr 17, 2026

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Lore Issue #180: Factory Raises $150M at $1.5B

PLUS: Anjney Midha on why he left a16z to build AMP, Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS prompting, and AI character workflows

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #179: Anthropic Deploys a Superhuman Security Model

Apr 10, 2026

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Lore Issue #179: Anthropic Deploys a Superhuman Security Model

PLUS: Meta returns to closed models, Z.ai tops coding benchmarks, and agents go production

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #178: OpenAI Nears a Trillion-Dollar Valuation

Apr 3, 2026

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Lore Issue #178: OpenAI Nears a Trillion-Dollar Valuation

PLUS: Google launches Gemma 4, Claude Code leaks online, and AI takes over the inbox

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #177: Tesla Plans the World’s Largest AI Factory in Texas

Mar 27, 2026

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Lore Issue #177: Tesla Plans the World’s Largest AI Factory in Texas

PLUS: NVIDIA declares AGI, OpenAI shuts down Sora to refocus, and Claude gains full computer control

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #176: Runway Breaks Into Real-Time AI Video

Mar 20, 2026

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Lore Issue #176: Runway Breaks Into Real-Time AI Video

PLUS: Google enables full-stack vibe coding, Anthropic brings agents to messaging apps, and Apple pushes back on AI coding tools

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #175: The AI Computer Era Begins

Mar 13, 2026

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Lore Issue #175: The AI Computer Era Begins

PLUS: Perplexity launches its Personal Computer, NVIDIA commits $26B to open models, and Google reinvents Maps with AI

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #174: The Pentagon AI War Begins

Mar 6, 2026

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Lore Issue #174: The Pentagon AI War Begins

PLUS: OpenAI launches GPT-5.4, Google opens Workspace to agents, and xAI builds gigawatt compute

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #173: Perplexity Launches Its AI “Computer”

Feb 27, 2026

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Lore Issue #173: Perplexity Launches Its AI “Computer”

PLUS: Google launches Nano Banana 2, diffusion LLMs hit 1,000 tokens/sec, and Claude faces cloning pressure

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Announcing: Building America with Nathan Lands

Feb 26, 2026

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Announcing: Building America with Nathan Lands

A new show about the people building America's future

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #172: The Multi-Agent Era Begins

Feb 20, 2026

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Lore Issue #172: The Multi-Agent Era Begins

PLUS: Exclusive interview with Scott Kupor, Gemini 3.1 Pro doubles reasoning, Grok 4.20 goes multi-agent, and Claude expands to 1M tokens

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #171: China Takes on Hollywood With AI

Feb 13, 2026

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Lore Issue #171: China Takes on Hollywood With AI

PLUS: Gemini 3 Deep Think tops ARC-AGI-2, Anthropic nears $30B, and xAI scales toward orbital compute

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #170: Elon Takes AI to Space

Feb 6, 2026

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Lore Issue #170: Elon Takes AI to Space

PLUS: Claude hits 1M context, GPT-5.3-Codex resets coding SOTA, and agents take over software

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
Lore Issue #169: Google Wows With AI-Generated Worlds

Jan 30, 2026

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Lore Issue #169: Google Wows With AI-Generated Worlds

PLUS: Claude becomes a work platform, open agents explode on GitHub, and open models keep closing the gap

Nathan Lands
Nathan Lands
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