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From: rein-aharness <rein-aharness@railiance.local>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 05:30:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] FI daily research brief 2026-09-25 (activity-core rhythm)

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+date: 2026-09-25
+timezone: Europe/Berlin
+author: rein-aharness
+status: final
+sources_checked:
+  - docs/sources-allowlist.md
+  - automated field scan via llm-connect
+---
+
+# Freedom Intelligence Daily Brief — 2026-09-25
+
+> Automated brief (activity-core schedule → rein-aharness). Deltas only.
+
+## Headline deltas
+
+- No new model releases, significant price changes, or harness updates detected on any axis since the previous brief.
+- No material delta on Axis C (training) channels.
+- The reserve status remains unchanged from yesterday's brief.
+
+## Frontier & commercial (axis A)
+
+*(none)*
+
+## Edge / local / open (axis B)
+
+*(none)*
+
+## Training & specialization (axis C)
+
+*(none)*
+
+## Harness & fleet (axis D)
+
+*(none)*
+
+## Collection candidates
+
+*(none)*
+
+## Lab implications
+
+- Operators should continue to prioritize setting `HF_TOKEN` and pulling Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct into `models/` One Zone IA, as its collection is blocked by an HF gate.
+- The decision on whether Qwen3.8-27B will replace Qwen3-8B as the default R instruct model remains open and will inform the next collection priority.
+- Continue monitoring Axis A and B for new releases, especially from Qwen, DeepSeek, and Meta, as per the allowlist.