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22 June 2026

Interconnects (Nathan Lambert)Article

GLM-5.2 is the step change for open agents

Lambert has been the most reliable tracker of when open models cross real capability thresholds, so this is worth taking seriously rather than dismissing as another open-weight release. If GLM-5.2 closes the agent-reliability gap with closed frontier models, that changes the build-vs-buy calculus for anyone running agents on a budget. Worth testing directly on your own agent harness before trusting the writeup alone.

Import AI (Jack Clark)Article

Import AI 462: Superpersuasion; self-sustaining AI; paths to ASI

Import AI remains one of the few newsletters that treats safety research and lab dynamics with equal seriousness, and the persuasion angle is the one to watch. Superpersuasion capability, if real and measurable, is a regulatory and platform-trust issue well before it's an ASI issue. Read for the persuasion research specifically, treat the ASI framing as speculative.

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