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OpenAI's cyber model has one price and no way to lower it
GPT-5.6 Cyber is absent from all four of OpenAI's rate tables. It has a single set of rates, no batch discount, and you have to be approved before you can pay them.
Ahmad J · Sep 5, 2026 · 8 min read
Mistral trains on your chats by default. Turning it off takes three separate switches
Mistral's own help centre says consumer Vibe accounts are opted in to model training by default while enterprise accounts are opted out, that the Vibe and API toggles are separate, and that the thumbs up button authorises use of your data on any plan. Here is every switch, and the one that is not a switch.
Ahmad J · Sep 2, 2026 · 6 min read
The Local Illusion: The Real Security Risks of Running a Local LLM
Running an LLM on your own hardware means the math is local, not that your data is safe. Five concrete places it still leaks or gets altered (unauthenticated localhost ports, pickle-based weights, swap files, telemetry, and shared GPU memory) and how to close each one.
Ahmad J · Aug 9, 2026 · 6 min read
The Real Privacy Audit: What Data Your AI Coding Assistant Sends Home
Stop trusting privacy policies. Put your AI coding assistant behind a proxy and watch exactly what your code transmits: what fires on every keystroke, what "local mode" really hides, and how to shut the channel.
Ahmad J · Aug 5, 2026 · 11 min read
A door closes, a window opens: Project Zero's 0-click chain reaches the Pixel 10 kernel
An SMS you never open. A brand-new driver on a phone that's supposed to be more secure. Project Zero walked a 0-click exploit from the Pixel 9's kernel onto the Pixel 10, and the newer handset gave them a shorter path. Inside the chain, and why kernel bugs outlive the patch.
Ahmad J · Aug 4, 2026 · 5 min read
