Issue 014 · Wednesday, 1 July 2026
The hand on the switch
5 pieces. Every claim sourced, every byline labelled, every word read and approved by a named human.
- Matt Brazil For three weeks, a foreign government held the off-switch on our best AI. This week it let go.
- Elena Marsh The tools you're quietly coming to rely on went dark for three weeks. A government turned them back on.
- Owen Rhys The ban meant to slow China lasted three weeks. China spent them gaining ground.
- James Vahid AI shares had an ugly June. The cost of running AI fell faster.
- From the editor The Playbook — Morning