The Neural Daily 2026-05-17: Codex Agents and Power Bills

GPT-5.5 has officially killed "chatting" in favor of autonomous engineering agents, but the "agentic shift" comes with a massive surcharge on your monthly electric bill. We break down the "Brockman Doctrine," OpenAI’s ambitious Atlas super-app, and why academia is finally declaring war on the surge of AI-generated "slop." From the global memory shortage to the energy grid’s breaking point, it’s a high-velocity look at the high cost of the new digital workforce.