Tag: principle
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The Agile Manifesto in the Age of Gen AI
Is the Agile Manifesto Ready for an Upgrade? It has been quite a break. Regularly posting on LinkedIn provided me an opportunity to find a theme that would resonate in the rapidly changing world of product development. While my efforts to archive those posts were lackluster, a calculated choice I own, I now have a…
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Fable 5’s New Standoff: When Technical Disputes Turn Into Trust Wars
The Fable 5 Standoff Just Got Harder to Resolve When Anthropic sent its best technical people to Washington last week, the assumption — at least publicly — was that this was a misunderstanding that smart people in a room could sort out. A jailbreak concern, some technical evidence, a patch proposal, a handshake, and Fable…
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Fable 5 and the New Reality: If It’s Powerful, It’s Political
The Real Trigger: Amazon Did It The most explosive new detail: it wasn’t a random hacker or internet jailbreaker who triggered the government order — it was Amazon, Anthropic’s own largest investor. According to the Wall Street Journal, corroborated by Reuters and The Information, Amazon researchers discovered that Fable 5 could be prompted to surface security vulnerabilities in specific…
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How To: Navigating a Generative AI Lockdown
Your AI has a landlord. They changed the locks. Most people treat AI assistants like electricity; you flip a switch, it works, you don’t think about it. ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini. You open a browser, type a question, and get an answer. Easy. But this week, something happened that should make every regular person reconsider that…
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Uncle Sam Just Pulled the Plug: The World’s Most Powerful AI Lasted 72 Hours
Anthropic’s Fable 5 was supposed to be the future of AI, until it wasn’t. It begs the question, “How much is too much?”It is a question that is largely unanswered as I write this post. The context is the U.S. government’s announcement restricting access to Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 large language model.It survived 72 hours…
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Upset Them, Wake Them Up: How to Own Your Platform and Your Point
The messenger matters, but less than the message. Full stop. That is the big takeaway. Thanks to Jonathan Jackson for the photos from the event. Tip 1 – Be prepared for almost anything– Bring file backups, just in case– Have connection options if you are sharing slides– If you have or can afford two laptops,…
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What Being Trapped in an Elevator Taught Me
Hello, it’s 2026. Getting trapped for over 2 hours in an elevator was not on my bingo card for the year. In fact, it was not on my bucket list either. And yet, it still happened. Guess what, there was nothing I could do about it. So, what did the experience teach you, Tim? Here…
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Going Full Circle: The Dallas Tech Exchange x Toyota Connected
Full circle week last week. It all landed perfectly on May 14th. I did not lobby for the stage. I just kept showing up, promoting the DTX community, and being involved. The photos and screenshots tell the story. These things take time. For me, it is about the natural cycles. Just like seasons, it works…
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From Failing to Flow: How to Avoid Falling Behind
Do you ever get the impression that you are playing catch-up? By that I mean trying to stay current with the changes in your discipline or career field. For me, it is all a bit overwhelming at times. But then I remember that I have a near-infinite capacity to learn and grow. I was preparing…
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I Broke My Nose at Work: What Pain Taught Me About Focus
Pain is an educator. It acts as an indicator to warn us of something being wrong or off. We ignore pain at our own peril. Maybe the picture shows the extent of my pain. Possibly it does not. Once you learn the story, you might think differently. It starts with a wall. Not just any…