{{first_name | Leader}}, welcome back.
The AI race keeps accelerating, but so do the safety layers around it. New model strength, new protection modes, and talent consolidation are all in play.
These are today’s updates.
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Lockdown Mode
Anthropic releases Sonnet 4.6 model
OpenClaw creator joins OpenAI
Tools, resources, and a prompt to turn raw feedback into structured performance reviews. ⬇️
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OpenAI launched Lockdown Mode, a security setting that restricts tool access and disables live web requests to reduce prompt injection and data exfiltration risks. It is available for Enterprise, Education, Healthcare, and Teachers plans, with admin-level controls and Compliance API logging for audit visibility.
Anthropic introduced Sonnet 4.6 as its new default model. It includes a beta 1 million token context window and improved performance across reasoning and software engineering benchmarks. The expanded context allows processing of large codebases, long contracts, and extensive research documents in a single session.
Peter Steinberger, creator of the open-source OpenClaw AI assistant, joined OpenAI to work on next-generation personal agents. OpenClaw focused on coordinating agents and automating real-world tasks across practical workflows.
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🐦 The 2026 Request for Startups
Turn Raw Feedback Into Structured Performance Reviews
When to use this?
When review cycle starts and feedback is messy, repetitive, or inconsistent.
I’ll paste raw feedback for an employee below.
Your job:
Consolidate feedback into clear themes
Separate Strengths, Areas for Improvement, and Impact
Remove repetition and emotional language
Rewrite in a professional, balanced tone
Suggest 2–3 development goals for the next quarter
Keep it concise and ready to share with the employee.
Raw feedback:
[paste manager notes, peer comments, self-review text]P.S. Get more such prompts in the Prompting Playbook (free for you)
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