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Oct 13, 2026

Everyone wants AI fluency. Nobody can define it.

95% of employers require it, and the screens sorting applicants can't explain their picks.

Charles Costa, MLIS

Oct 6, 2026

Don’t trust the test score

Permissions, monitoring, and the room the test runs in.

Charles Costa, MLIS

Oct 20, 2026

Everyone wants a kill switch. Nobody wants to pull it.

Filters, refusals, and shutdown plans only protect you if they fail differently and keep adapting

Charles Costa, MLIS

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Sep 29, 2026

Watch the language

It often does more work than the evidence in shaping opinion.

Charles Costa, MLIS

Sep 22, 2026

When models stop thinking out loud

Don't audit the story. Audit the action. Chain of thought is not a window into the model.

Charles Costa, MLIS

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Everyone wants a kill switch. Nobody wants to pull it.

Filters, refusals, and shutdown plans only protect you if they fail differently and keep adapting

Charles Costa, MLIS

Oct 13, 2026

Everyone wants AI fluency. Nobody can define it.

95% of employers require it, and the screens sorting applicants can't explain their picks.

Charles Costa, MLIS

Oct 6, 2026

Don’t trust the test score

Permissions, monitoring, and the room the test runs in.

Charles Costa, MLIS

Sep 29, 2026

Watch the language

It often does more work than the evidence in shaping opinion.

Charles Costa, MLIS

Sep 22, 2026

When models stop thinking out loud

Don't audit the story. Audit the action. Chain of thought is not a window into the model.

Charles Costa, MLIS

Sep 15, 2026

Take AEO with a grain of salt

Every model is different, little is documented, and being cited in a chatbot is not the same as someone showing up

Charles Costa, MLIS

Sep 8, 2026

When the Reference Layer Breaks

Fake cites, overloaded reviewers, and tools built without the people who verify. Who still carries the reference layer?

Charles Costa, MLIS

Sep 1, 2026

The hidden cost of verifying AI outputs

AI may save time, but someone still has to verify the work. New research shows how quickly that burden is growing.

Charles Costa, MLIS

Everyone wants AI fluency. Nobody can define it.

Don’t trust the test score

Everyone wants a kill switch. Nobody wants to pull it.

The Lab Report

Watch the language

When models stop thinking out loud

Featured

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Everyone wants a kill switch. Nobody wants to pull it.

Everyone wants AI fluency. Nobody can define it.

Don’t trust the test score

Watch the language

When models stop thinking out loud

Take AEO with a grain of salt

When the Reference Layer Breaks

The hidden cost of verifying AI outputs

The Lab Report