Compass Scorecard: February 24, 2026
The pattern called it. A triple-catalyst convergence, a communication disruption formation, and dominant business-career alignment — all scored against today's reality at market close.
Evening Briefing: Five Signals for February 24, 2026
Ghost GDP. Agents in the payments stack. The tariff floor moves again. Five signals that connect in ways the headlines don't.
Disney's AI Copyright Playbook: Cease-and-Desist for China, Billion-Dollar Deal for OpenAI
Same infringement, opposite responses. Disney's selective IP enforcement reveals that copyright in the AI era is a business strategy, not a legal principle.
Compass Scorecard: February 23, 2026
We called it this morning: double-consolidation pattern, confrontation faces resistance, foundation work rewarded. Here's how the day actually scored.
India's AI Summit Promised $200 Billion. It Delivered Chaos.
Modi called it the most historic AI summit in the world. Media got locked out. A university faked a robot. Bill Gates pulled out. But $200 billion in pledges and 1.5 million engineers a year can't be ignored.
The 3% Problem: Why Nobody Can Agree on Whether AI Is Real
Only 3% of AI users pay for premium access. The other 97% have never seen what AI can actually do. The hype debate isn't about the technology. It's about a paywall.
Shadow AI Is Eating Wall Street From the Inside
58% of employees have posted sensitive data into AI tools. 40% would violate company policy to finish faster. Goldman's OneGS can't outrun the compliance clock.
The Agent Race Just Started. Google Fired the Gun.
Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro doubled its reasoning score overnight. The seven-surface launch — including their new Antigravity agent platform — tells you where the real war is headed.
Evening Briefing: Five Signals for February 22, 2026
Five signals. Three new forecasts. Compass reading. The agent race, shadow AI, tariff automation, India summit chaos, and the 3% paywall problem.
The Tariff Economy Is an AI Economy
The Supreme Court struck down Trump's tariffs. He signed new ones within hours. But the real story isn't about trade law — it's about the automated factories that tariffs are funding.