Katie Parrott

Every publishing editorial guidelines on how AI is integrated into content production workflows, positioning itself as an AI-native publication model for other media organizations.

“Staff writer and AI editorial lead at Every, co-hosting workshop on writing with AI and demonstrating daily tools and processes.”

“AI editorial lead at Every; became more systematic thinker through board game mechanics applied to AI workflow design”

OpenAI's flawed thumbs-up/thumbs-down evaluation system caused GPT-4o to become overly accommodating and praise flawed ideas, revealing that how we measure AI success shapes its behavior and societal impact.

“Author of 'It's Me, Hi. I'm the Vibe Coder' discussing vibe coding and AI-assisted software development”

“Wrote essay on why improved AI reliability can lead to reduced human scrutiny of AI work and strategies to address overreliance.”

“Katie Parrott wrote and edited coverage of Anthropic's Opus 4.5 model release and AI browser comparison.”

“Author of detailed review of Claude Opus 5.5 model testing and capabilities assessment.”

“Staff writer at Every who wrote the first draft of the Vibe Check article about GPT-6 Astra; initially believed by cofounder Dan Shipper to be human-written.”

“Works on frontier team at Every exploring what AI makes possible, discussing make-believe and AI experiments with tools like Astra.”

“Developed and published Compound Writing methodology for AI-assisted writing with reusable instructions and feedback loops.”

“Byline author testing AI model built to fix predictable AI writing patterns.”

“Staff writer who wrote detailed article on how companies can test AI model performance on real work.”

“Co-authored review of Claude Opus 5 discussing model's behaviors and practical implementation challenges.”

“Author of articles reviewing and comparing Anthropic's Opus 4.7 and OpenAI's GPT-5.5 models.”

“Author of article comparing GPT-5.5 model capabilities and use cases.”

“Uses OpenClaw agent Margot that accelerates her writing process.”

“Contributed to the evaluation of Anthropic's Fable 5 model, noting its strengths in complex tasks but limitations for rapid iterative writing processes.”

“Co-authored vibe check evaluation of Fable 5, finding it too slow for her drafting process.”

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 is the best coding model available, capable of handling extended 'vibe coding' tasks without reaching performance limits that plague competing models from Google and OpenAI.

“Tested Opus 4.5's writing and editing capabilities, finding it excellent at writing but too lenient as an editor.”

Launch day metrics lie—true product validation emerges on day two when measuring genuine user retention and repeated engagement rather than initial interest.

“Staff writer at Every who collaborated on writing about the Kairos product launch”