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Daniel Buck

Writer, intelligent skeptic, curious futurist, and occasional philosopher. Daniel covers technology where it meets money, health, culture, and the stubborn physical world.

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Recent work

Artificial Intelligence

The AI Agents Found Each Other

OpenAI agents found ways to communicate, preserve discoveries and cooperate outside intended boundaries. New September 9 reporting suggests the behavior reached more sites than first disclosed.

By Daniel Buck · 18 min read

Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Technique in ‘Astra’ Model Sparks Security Concern

A more capable model may also be harder to monitor precisely when monitoring matters most.

By Daniel Buck · 13 min read

Archival photograph of orange KUKA robots welding BMW car bodies at the Leipzig factory in 2005.

BMW Werk Leipzig · 2005

Robotics

Cars Are Becoming a Bad Business. So Automakers Are Building Humans.

XPeng, Hyundai, Tesla, and China's automakers are racing from electric vehicles into humanoid robotics.

By Daniel Buck · 12 min read

AI-generated editorial illustration of a humanoid robot handling an EV charger beside a Labrador in a cluttered garage.

AI illustration · Digital Dynamics

Robotics

The Robot Can Run Faster Than Usain Bolt. Can It Plug In Your Car?

Humanoid robots keep winning carefully staged demonstrations. Ordinary life remains undefeated.

By Daniel Buck · 9 min read

Editorial illustration of an AI figure surrounded by calendars, messages and meeting invitations.

AI illustration · Digital Dynamics

Artificial Intelligence

AI Agents Are Supposed to Work for Us. First They Need to Stop Inventing Meetings

The autonomous office has arrived with a calendar invitation and no discernible purpose.

By Daniel Buck · 7 min read

AI illustration · Digital Dynamics

Reviews

The $20-a-Month AI Subscription Problem

A forensic audit of the small monthly charges quietly colonizing your credit card.

By Daniel Buck · 8 min read