The model is the cheap part now.
What it can reach is the expensive part. Eight things happened in AI this week that prove it. Each one is a key. Check if yours are on the hook.
Key index
All eight keys, and the first move for each.
Every line traces to public reporting from Oct 19 to 26, 2026. Your answers from the check show in the last column.
| No. | Key | What happened | First move | You |
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What I'd do Monday.
- Make the model swappable
Write your prompts, test cases and data down where you own them. Then switching models is a purchase order, not a rebuild.
- Put every key on a hook
Every AI key and every agent login on one list. One owner. A spend cap on each. Rehearse rotating all of it once.
- A human yes on anything final
Send, pay, sign, delete. If AI can do it, a human says yes first. Let it run fast everywhere else.
The model you pick this quarter will be cheaper next quarter. The access you hand out stays until someone takes it back.
Phil Morehead, Columbus, Ohio. I build with AI every week. That's why I check the keys.
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