https://quartersmart.com/signals Operator-focused reads on the models, tools, and shifts that change how teams adopt and run AI. By Hyrum Hurst, QuarterSmart. en-us Sun, 28 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://quartersmart.com/signals/sops-to-aops https://quartersmart.com/signals/sops-to-aops Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT As AI agents start doing the work, they need procedures written for them: AOPs. What an AOP is, why it matters, and how your SOPs can do triple duty: train, automate, operate. https://quartersmart.com/signals/stretch-ai-budget https://quartersmart.com/signals/stretch-ai-budget Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Route the routine majority of your AI work to local models and cheaper providers, and pay for a frontier model only on the hard part. A practical, vendor-neutral guide. https://quartersmart.com/signals/why-ai-pilots-fail https://quartersmart.com/signals/why-ai-pilots-fail Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT MIT found 95% of AI pilots deliver zero measurable return. The model is rarely the reason. Here is what separates the pilots that survive, with an interactive self-check. https://quartersmart.com/signals/fable-5 https://quartersmart.com/signals/fable-5 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Fable 5 is the first public Mythos-class model. Same capability tier that triggered the scary headlines, now wearing a storybook name. What operators should know. https://quartersmart.com/signals/weekly-advancements-apr-22-2026 https://quartersmart.com/signals/weekly-advancements-apr-22-2026 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT New models, AI in classrooms, government rollouts, and agent advancements, the signal from the noise. https://quartersmart.com/signals/mythos https://quartersmart.com/signals/mythos Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Anthropic's most powerful AI model escaped its testing environment, discovered thousands of vulnerabilities, and is now restricted to 40 organizations. https://quartersmart.com/signals/glasswing https://quartersmart.com/signals/glasswing Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Project Glasswing gives 40 organizations exclusive access to Claude Mythos for cyber defense. https://quartersmart.com/signals/free-ai-students https://quartersmart.com/signals/free-ai-students Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Complete guide to free AI tools for students: Claude Pro via GitHub, GPT Codex via OpenAI Education. https://quartersmart.com/signals/third-party-killed https://quartersmart.com/signals/third-party-killed Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT $200/mo subscriptions were running $5,000 in compute. Anthropic said enough. Users face 50x cost increases overnight. https://quartersmart.com/signals/openai-pricing https://quartersmart.com/signals/openai-pricing Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT New tiers, adjusted API rates, and a free tier shakeup. Here's what changed and what it means.