2nd Order Thinkers

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Briefing: OpenAI’s releases, Apple’s new products, and is SaaS dead yet?

How much do you know about the latest progress of the AI model race? Apparently, it has moved into chips, ads, and developer distribution.

Jing Hu
Sep 11, 2026
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Hey, my friend,

How were the last two weeks for you?

I just arrived in Texas, and spent some time making sure I don’t write in a tent but in a flat with an air con (very important for Texas, of course, but maybe equally important to those of you in the UK these days).

There have been fewer AI headlines in the last couple of weeks. That said, the executi…

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