I've watched AI scoreboards for a long time. I've never seen a number jump like this one. OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra claims 98.6% on ARC-AGI-3. Verified leader going into the week: Claude Opus 5 at 30.2%. Top score when the test launched in March: under 1%. If you've been through the benchmarks module you already know why this one matters. It's the problem-solving test, not the memory test. The model gets dropped into something it has never seen and has to work out what winning even means. Three things before anybody gets carried away: 1. Who graded it? OpenAI did. Their test, their agent setup, their scoreboard. ARC Prize hasn't verified it. I'll be very interested to see how much of this holds. But even at half, 49% is a long way past 30.2%. The skeptical version is still a big step. 2. Who's missing? Claude Fable 5.1 shipped two days ago and its ARC score on OpenAI's chart is a dash. They compared against the model Anthropic just retired. Astra vs. Fable 5.1, scored by ARC Prize, is the matchup I'm waiting on. 3. AGI step or hype wave? Only time will tell. I'm comfortable not knowing yet. 4. ✨ Here's why none of it changes your week. The model is the engine. Everything you've built on the Navigator AI Platform is the car: your agents, your instructions, your memory, your check step. Engines get swapped. The car stays yours. The people who only chase the engine never leave the garage. Your assignment: pick one agent you've built and read its fine print the same way. Who is it for? What does it check before it hands you an answer? What does it remember from last time? If any of those is fuzzy, tighten it this week. That's worth more than any new model. The minute ARC Prize publishes a verified Astra score, or somebody runs Fable 5.1 through the same test, I'll post it here first. Full video breakdown on YouTube

Google just made it easier to track that performance. If you create content on YouTube, TikTok, or other social platforms, you likely wonder: Is this actually showing up in Google? And how is it performing? Google Search Central just released a new guide that answers exactly that question. It walks you through analyzing your social and video platform content performance directly inside Google Search Console. Why this matters for your business: Most professionals treat social media and search as separate silos. But Google is increasingly surfacing video and social clips in its search results. If you can't measure that performance, you're flying blind. This new guide helps you: • See which of your external videos and social posts are appearing in Google Search • Understand the metrics that matter (clicks, impressions, and position) • Identify opportunities to optimize your content for search visibility Whether you're a content creator, social media manager, or SEO professional, this is a practical resource for connecting your social efforts to measurable search outcomes. To find the guide, search Google for "Google Search Central July 2026 updates" and look for the developer documentation on analyzing social and video content. What's one piece of social or video content you wish you could track in Search Console? Share it below. 👇 #SEO #ContentMarketing #GoogleSearchConsole #VideoMarketing #SocialMediaStrategy #CompassCoaching

Quick win for anyone who freezes up over "what do I even post today." Turn on Facebook professional mode (pro mode). Here's the whole thing: Open your page → three dots, top right → switch to professional mode. That's it. Now Facebook does something kind of great: it gives you weekly goals and tells you what to post to grow. Post in a group, post this many reels, keep them about this long. Instead of staring at a blank box, you've got a checklist. Two things I always add: this only works if you actually stay consistent (viral is a lottery ticket, consistency is a paycheck). And on Instagram I'd keep a personal account, not business. This one's a Facebook thing. Already in pro mode, or is this new to you? Drop "in" or "new" below. I'm curious how many of you have flipped it on.

A new course series is being released in the AI Edge classroom and these are ones EVERYONE should want to read, even if they put you to sleep at night. No one wants to learn about compliance, but we all should. Especially if you operate in a regulated sector for business. Moving forward I am going to release several industry specific regulatory course paths that speak about specified industries, starting with Insurance. I just published part 1 of a 7 part course dedicated specifically to AI compliance for insurance professionals. I tried to make them as painless as possible and have posted both text and video course options so you can skim the text or watch the video depending on what works best for you. When I started researching this I quickly realized that even most of the "experts" or power users are sitting outside the bounds of being compliant and they don't even realize it. This may be one of the most boring topics I cover, but it could be the one to save you the most money without question. My plan is to focus on my real estate partners next, but let me know in the comments if there are other industries you are curious about!

I've sat across from a lot of people in this work, and one thing keeps showing up. People can tell me what they do, what they want, what stresses them out. Ask them what they actually value, the real ones, and most go quiet. That's not a personal failing. Nobody ever sits us down and asks. We just run on whatever values got handed to us early and never look back. I wanted this community to have a way to check that. So my team built a free guided conversation: five questions, about 10 minutes, no signup or password. You open the link and press Begin. At the end, you get a personalized Values Matrix in your inbox, your 3 to 5 core values, named in your own words, with the specific things you said that pointed to each one. I'm not going to tell you this will change your life. That part is up to you. What I know is you can't work with something you've never actually named, and now you have an easy way to name it. http://compasscoachingonline.com/values