Anthropic's new Opus release matters partly because it points to a more powerful class of AI still being prepared for wider use.

Issue 81 · B2 reading · The Pieces Press

Read, mark words, and ask the annotator AI: https://piecespress.com/read/what-mythos-class-ai-means

SpaceX's Starship reached a key milestone on May 22, but a crewed Moon landing still requires solving several hard technical and logistical problems.

Issue 80 · B2 reading · The Pieces Press

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A high-profile summit between the US and China ended with more ceremony than substance, leaving markets disappointed and Putin ready to follow Trump's footsteps to Beijing.

Issue 77 · B2 reading · The Pieces Press

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A Japanese director brings a grief story and a humanoid robot to the world's most-watched film festival.

Issue 76 · B1 reading · The Pieces Press

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OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have each placed an AI agent inside Chrome, but each one works in a different way.

Issue 74 · B1 reading · The Pieces Press

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While most people sleep, a small store works through the night to keep everything ready for morning.

Issue 71 · A2 reading · The Pieces Press

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Sometimes a small thing breaks, and you find a way to keep going.

Issue 70 · A1 reading · The Pieces Press

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GPS is more convenient than a paper map, but convenience is not the same as understanding.

Issue 69 · B2 reading · The Pieces Press

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The metric system was born from a political revolution and perfected by a scientific one, creating a shared language of measurement that now underpins global science, trade, and everyday life.

Issue 68 · C1 reading · The Pieces Press

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Nearly all international internet traffic travels not through the air but along cables lying on the ocean floor.

Issue 67 · B2 reading · The Pieces Press

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