freedom-intelligence/briefs

Research briefs

Daily curated digests of interesting progress in AI models, methods, harness, and tooling, filtered through axes A–D.

Layout

briefs/
├── README.md                 # this file
├── _template.md              # copy for each new day
└── YYYY/
    └── MM/
        └── YYYY-MM-DD.md     # one brief per calendar day (UTC or lab local — state in front matter)

Example path: briefs/2026/07/2026-07-23.md

Cadence

Mode	When
Daily	Preferred operating rhythm when the lab is active
Skip empty days	If there is no meaningful signal, either omit the file or write a short “no material delta” brief
Weekly rollup	Optional later; not required for foundation

First operating mode is manual (human or agent drafts from the template). Automation is out of scope until the template is validated by at least one real brief.

How to write a brief

1. Copy briefs/_template.md to briefs/YYYY/MM/YYYY-MM-DD.md.
2. Fill only sections with signal; leave others as *(none)* rather than inventing news.
3. Cite primary sources (papers, model cards, release notes, repos, pricing pages).
4. Flag collection candidates with enough metadata for inventory review.
5. Keep lab implications short and actionable (or omit).

Design principles

See INTENT.md and history/InitialExploration.md:

• Signal over noise
• Actionable for the lab
• Price and access aware
• Reproducible sources
• Just-in-case bias for rare/high-leverage open weights

Baseline vs daily

The baseline field survey is not a daily brief:

• research/2026-07-24-baseline-field-survey.md

Daily files under this tree are deltas from that baseline and prior dailies. Playbook: docs/daily-brief-playbook.md. Sources: docs/sources-allowlist.md.

Axes reminder

Axis	Section in template
A	Frontier & commercial
B	Edge / local / open
C	Training & specialization
D	Harness & fleet