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Field notes on AI, automation, and digital craft. Written from inside the builds we ship for Cyprus operators, not from the press release.

19issues on file

№19·FIELD NOTES·JUL 2026/Fable 5 and Opus 5: The Controls Changed, Not Just the Scores№18·FIELD NOTES·JUL 2026/Harness Engineering: Why the Scaffolding Around AI Matters More Than the Model№17·FIELD NOTES·JUL 2026/Fable 5 and GPT-5.6: What the New Wave of AI Models Means for Your Work№16·FIELD NOTES·JUN 2026/Five Cognitive Biases That Warp How You Compare AI Models№15·DIRECTORY·MAY 2026/AI Companies in Cyprus After the AI Act: What Buyers Should Ask in 2026№14·AGENTS·MAY 2026/AI Agents for Finance in Cyprus: From Spreadsheets to Governed Workflows№13·FIELD NOTES·MAY 2026/GPT-5.5 for Cyprus Businesses: What the New Default Model Actually Changes№12·AGENTS·MAR 2026/AI Agents: From Assistants to Autonomous Workflows | Fawzi Goussous at AI Expo Cyprus 2026№11·AGENTS·FEB 2026/Voice AI Agents for Business: How Companies Are Replacing Hold Music with Intelligent Conversations№10·FIELD NOTES·FEB 2026/How to Transition from AI Automation to Agentic Workflows: A Practical Business Guide№09·FIELD NOTES·JAN 2026/Claude Code: The AI Developer Tool Redefining How We Build Software in 2026№08·AGENTS·JAN 2026/AI in Cyprus 2026: How Local Businesses Are Winning with AI Agents№07·AGENTS·JAN 2026/AI Agents in 2026: Why Cyprus Businesses Are Going Agentic№06·DIRECTORY·JAN 2026/The Rise of AI Companies in Cyprus: 2026 Ecosystem Guide№05·DIRECTORY·DEC 2025/AI Companies in Cyprus: The Complete 2026 Directory№04·FIELD NOTES·DEC 2025/AI in 2025: The Year Autonomous Agents Changed Everything for Cyprus Businesses№03·AGENTS·DEC 2025/The AI Agent Revolution: How Cyprus Businesses Are Transforming in 2025№02·VOICE·DEC 2025/Voice AI for Customer Service: The Complete Guide for 2025№01·SEO·DEC 2025/SEO in 2025: What Actually Works for Cyprus Businesses

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Field Notes№ 01

LatestField NotesJul 25, 2026

Fable 5 and Opus 5: The Controls Changed, Not Just the Scores

The benchmark talk will sort itself out. The quieter change matters more: the dials you used to turn are gone, and the careful prompts you wrote for older models are now working against you.

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Field Notes№ 02

Field NotesJul 15, 2026

Harness Engineering: Why the Scaffolding Around AI Matters More Than the Model

The models are converging. What separates a demo that wows a meeting from a system a business runs on is the harness built around the model. A plain guide to the discipline that decides reliability.

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Field Notes№ 03

Field NotesJul 1, 2026

Fable 5 and GPT-5.6: What the New Wave of AI Models Means for Your Work

Two frontier models landed in one week. The headlines wanted a fight. What matters is calmer and more useful: the floor of what an ordinary business can do with AI just moved.

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Field Notes№ 04

Field NotesJun 19, 2026

Five Cognitive Biases That Warp How You Compare AI Models

Your brain wants a winner even when the evidence cannot name one. Five cognitive biases quietly warp how teams compare AI models, plus a simple method to resist them.

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Directory№ 05

DirectoryMay 25, 2026

AI Companies in Cyprus After the AI Act: What Buyers Should Ask in 2026

AI companies in Cyprus are moving from demos to regulated, operational systems. Here is what buyers should ask about the AI Act, governance, data access, and proof before choosing a provider.

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Agents№ 06

AgentsMay 14, 2026

AI Agents for Finance in Cyprus: From Spreadsheets to Governed Workflows

Finance work in Cyprus is full of spreadsheets, documents, reviews, and deadlines. AI agents can help, but only when access, approval, logs, and governance are designed from the start.

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A luminous sphere representing a new default AI model

Field Notes№ 07

Field NotesMay 6, 2026

GPT-5.5 for Cyprus Businesses: What the New Default Model Actually Changes

GPT-5.5 matters for Cyprus businesses because everyday AI is becoming better at messy office work, fewer hallucinations, and tool based workflows. The real edge is implementation.

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Writing from theworkbench.

Latest articles

Fable 5 and Opus 5: The Controls Changed, Not Just the Scores

Harness Engineering: Why the Scaffolding Around AI Matters More Than the Model

Fable 5 and GPT-5.6: What the New Wave of AI Models Means for Your Work

Five Cognitive Biases That Warp How You Compare AI Models

AI Companies in Cyprus After the AI Act: What Buyers Should Ask in 2026

AI Agents for Finance in Cyprus: From Spreadsheets to Governed Workflows

GPT-5.5 for Cyprus Businesses: What the New Default Model Actually Changes

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