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Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min
news
2 min read
Meta is reducing its plan to track employee computer activity for AI training after receiving internal criticism. Employees can now pause data collection for up to 30 minutes at a time.
Uber's $1,500/month AI limit is a useful signal for AI tool pricing
news
2 min read
Uber is capping monthly token spending for employees at $1,500 per AI coding tool to manage costs. This decision follows the rapid depletion of its 2026 AI budget within four months.
Bun has been converted to rust. Now what?
tool
8 min read
Bun has transitioned to Rust with over a million lines of code and 6,755 commits, primarily generated by Claude Code agents in nine days. The previous Zig implementation has been removed following Anthropic's acquisition of Bun in December.
Mathematicians issue warning as AI rapidly gains ground
news
2 min read
Sixteen mathematicians have issued the Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics, expressing concerns about the rapid advancement of AI in their field. The document serves as both a warning and a call to action regarding the implications of AI for mathematical research and practice.
Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics
research
14 min read
The Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics acknowledges the transformative impact of AI technologies on mathematical practice. It recognizes both the potential benefits and diverse reactions among researchers regarding the use of AI in mathematics.
U of T researchers demonstrate AI worm could target any online device
news
8 min read
Researchers at the University of Toronto have identified a new class of cyberthreat in the form of an AI worm that can target any online device. This AI worm can be created using free AI models, and current cybersecurity defenses are not adequately prepared to combat it.
Rsync and outrage
opinion
7 min read
Rsync maintainer has received an influx of security reports, many of which are generated by AI. This situation has led to significant frustration among developers of open source packages.
Agentic Mfw
opinion
3 min read
The website emphasizes a carefree attitude towards coding standards and maintainability. It reflects a shift in focus from traditional clean code principles to a more casual, vibe-driven approach in web development.
I don't want my search engine to think for me
opinion
5 min read
AI search summaries like Google’s AI Overviews and Bing’s Copilot answers provide direct answers at the top of search results, reducing the need for users to click through links. This shift in search functionality has led to concerns about diminishing user engagement with traditional search results.
More than 6 out of 10 people turn to AI for psychological support
news
5 min read
A survey by AXA and Ipsos across 18 countries reveals that 46% of respondents are struggling with mental health issues. More than 60% of people are turning to artificial intelligence for psychological support despite concerns about the negative impact of screens.
AI outperforms law professors in Stanford Law study
research
4 min read
A study by Stanford Law School found that law professors prefer AI-generated answers to those provided by their peers. The research involved 16 law professors and assessed the effectiveness of large language models as tutors for contract law courses.
LLMs are not the black box you were promised
opinion
3 min read
Mechanistic interpretability has advanced significantly, allowing deeper insights into the inner workings of large language models (LLMs). Anthropic's research, "On the Biology of a Large Language Model" (2025), represents a key milestone in understanding LLM behavior and thought processes.
Pluto.jl 1.0 release – reactive notebook for Julia
tool
10 min read
Pluto 1.0 is the first stable release of an interactive environment for notebook programming in Julia after six years of development. This version signifies the readiness of Pluto for broader use and showcases the progress made during its development.
Use your Nvidia GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux
tool
5 min read
c0deJedi's nbd-vram enables the use of NVIDIA GPU VRAM as swap space on Linux, particularly for laptops with soldered memory. This solution allows high-priority swap allocation, significantly increasing total addressable memory by utilizing unused VRAM.
Now AI agents need what RSS does
opinion
2 min read
RSS remains functional despite predictions of its decline after Google Reader's shutdown in 2013. AI agents utilize RSS feeds to monitor competitor activities, track regulatory changes, and summarize research without the unpredictability of social algorithms.
Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in four months
news
1 min read
Uber has implemented a monthly spending cap of $1,500 per employee for AI tools, including Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cursor. This decision follows a significant overspend on AI within just four months, with usage monitored through an internal dashboard.
My thoughts after using Clojure for about a month
opinion
1 min read
Clojure offers a functional programming paradigm that emphasizes immutability and concurrency. Users report a steep learning curve but appreciate its powerful abstractions and simplicity once mastered.
Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left
opinion
3 min read
Gmail's web UI displays unsolicited message summaries and auto-generated replies created by a language model. Users can delete the auto-generated replies to draft their own responses.
Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to Its New AI Assistant
news
1 min read
Microsoft's internal strategy for its new AI assistant, Scout, aims to create user addiction before expanding its features. Scout, previously known as ClawPilot, has been in pilot testing since March as part of Project Lobster.
MAI-Code-1-Flash
tool
4 min read
MAI-Code-1-Flash is a new Microsoft coding model designed for fast and efficient assistance in developer workflows. It is available to GitHub Copilot individual users in Visual Studio Code and supports agentic coding in real developer environments.
MAI-Thinking-1
tool
5 min read
MAI-Thinking-1 is a medium-sized reasoning model developed by Microsoft AI, ranking among the strongest in its category. It excels in software engineering benchmarks, showcases advanced mathematical reasoning, and outperforms Sonnet 4.6 in blind human evaluations, having been trained on clean, enterprise-grade, commercially licensed data.
Microsoft announces Scout, an autonomous AI agent built on OpenClaw
tool
2 min read
Microsoft has introduced Scout, an autonomous AI agent designed to operate continuously within Microsoft 365 applications. Scout utilizes the OpenClaw agent framework and functions with its own governed Entra identity to perform tasks on behalf of users.
Morningstar values SpaceX at $780B, half its IPO target
news
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Morningstar analysts value SpaceX at $780 billion, which is less than half of its IPO target. Uncertainties surround the company's artificial intelligence business, including xAI and the social media platform X, due to unclear economics and competition from OpenAI and Anthropic.
GitHub Copilot App
tool
1 min read
GitHub Copilot app provides a unified desktop experience for agent-driven development, allowing users to manage issues and pull requests directly within the app. Users with Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, or Enterprise subscriptions can install the app immediately, while others can join a waitlist for future access.
Bringing Up DeepSeek-V4-Flash on AMD MI300X
tool
8 min read
DeepSeek-V4-Flash is being implemented on the AMD MI300X, which launched in December 2023 as AMD's competitor to NVIDIA's H100 and H200 AI accelerators. The MI300X aims to address the current compute shortage while building an inference cloud for high-volume AI tasks.
Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re recording"
opinion
3 min read
Larry Ellison warns that constant surveillance will lead to citizens behaving more cautiously due to the recording and reporting of their actions. He envisions an increasingly aggressive surveillance state in the 21st century.
Trump signs downsized AI order after weeks of reversals
news
6 min read
President Donald Trump signed a downsized executive order focused on artificial intelligence policy. This action follows the postponement of a similar measure last month.
Rethinking search as code generation
research
23 min read
Search is evolving from monolithic services to programmable primitives to enhance AI systems. As frontier models advance, they require access to fresh, accurate, and well-curated knowledge, making search a foundational component for drawing conclusions and performing actions in AI products.
How we index images for RAG
tool
8 min read
Kapa.ai indexes millions of images, including screenshots and diagrams, to enhance AI assistants that answer technical questions. Images are processed in a way that they are not sent to the model at query time, optimizing their utility in the retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipeline.
Americans don't know how to fight AI so they're fighting data centers
opinion
10 min read
On its surface, the national revolt against data centers seems simple: They are a nuisance, and people do not want them in their proverbial backyards. But I haven’t been able to let go of the idea that there must be something much deeper driving the backlash against them, and few other subjects have confounded me more than trying to figure out what to think about it. Americans don’t know how to fi...
AI Doesn't Have ROI
opinion
39 min read
AI investments currently lack a clear return on investment (ROI) metric. Detailed analyses of companies like NVIDIA, Anthropic, and OpenAI provide insights into the financial dynamics of the AI sector.
Expanding Project Glasswing
news
5 min read
Project Glasswing aims to secure critical software through collaboration, with around 50 partners currently using Claude Mythos Preview to identify vulnerabilities in their codebases. These partners have discovered over 10,000 high- or critical-severity security flaws since the project's inception.
Michael Burry says neither SpaceX nor Anthropic is worth $1T
opinion
2 min read
Michael Burry expressed skepticism about the valuations of SpaceX and Anthropic, stating they are not worth $1 trillion. He indicated that any potential increase in SpaceX's stock would be driven by hype and technicals, not by its fundamentals.
Adafruit Receives Demand Letter from Fenwick Legal Counsel on Behalf of Flux.ai
news
1 min read
Adafruit received a letter from Jonathan F. Lenzner, representing Flux, demanding that Adafruit refrain from publishing claims about Flux's intellectual property, commercial traction, and user base. The letter also includes assertions related to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
California’s university system went all in on AI, now it's tearing itself apart
news
3 min read
California's public universities invested $16.9 million in AI amid a financial crisis, leading to significant internal turmoil. San Jose State University's president communicated with newly admitted students via an unusual video message.
Strace-ui, Bonsai_term, and the TUI renaissance
tool
9 min read
strace-ui transforms strace into an interactive terminal UI, assigning short IDs to process IDs for easier scanning and formatting structures for better readability. This enhancement improves the usability of strace by facilitating the exploration and refinement of debugging processes.
U.S. Midterms Have a Cyber Problem, but It's Not at the Ballot Box
news
5 min read
The 2026 U.S. Midterms face significant cyber threats primarily from disinformation campaigns rather than direct attacks on voting machines. Voter influence operations are increasingly manipulating the information environment through misleading narratives and fake content on social media and search engines.
macOS needs its grid back
tool
12 min read
An app has been developed to restore the grid layout of macOS spaces to its pre-Lion configuration. This aims to enhance the user experience by improving navigation and organization on the desktop.
How is Groq raising more money?
news
4 min read
Groq, an AI chip company, is raising $650 million despite being licensed by Nvidia, which hired key technical executives but did not acquire the Groq corporate entity. Groq continues to operate independently while leveraging its technology.
What's gonna happen to software engineers?
opinion
11 min read
The future of software developers is uncertain, with various speculations about potential job displacement and skill transferability. Concerns include the possibility of widespread unemployment in the software engineering field.
Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI?
news
1 min read
SpaceX plans to raise $75 billion through an initial public offering starting June 12 on the Nasdaq exchange. Anthropic filed draft paperwork for its IPO on June 1, and OpenAI is also preparing for a significant stock market listing.
Age verification for social media, the beginning of the end for a free internet?
opinion
15 min read
Age verification for social media is being implemented globally to enhance child safety online. Critics argue that this measure could lead to increased government control over internet access and content.
Chipotlai Max
tool
2 min read
Chipotlai Max is a community-driven AI coding agent that utilizes Chipotle's Pepper AI as its default model. The project aims to integrate additional providers from various retailers while offering free inference funded by burritos.
OpenAI frontier models and Codex are now available on AWS
tool
2 min read
OpenAI frontier models and Codex are now generally available on AWS, allowing millions of AWS customers to integrate OpenAI's capabilities into their existing workflows. This availability facilitates the adoption of AI in enterprises by streamlining the deployment of frontier AI models.
Alphabet announces $80B equity capital raise to expand AI infra and compute
news
1 min read
Alphabet has proposed an $80 billion equity capital raise to enhance its AI infrastructure and computing capabilities. The funds will be allocated to expand resources and support advancements in artificial intelligence technology.
Hackers Used Meta's AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts
news
3 min read
Hackers exploited Meta’s AI support bot to reset passwords and seize Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Space Force. Instructions on how to manipulate the bot circulated on Telegram, allowing users to add email addresses to existing accounts.
GitHub and the crime against software
opinion
54 min read
GitHub is currently experiencing downtime, highlighting ongoing issues with its reliability, security, and performance. This situation reflects broader infrastructural decay within GitHub and the larger tech software services sector.
Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People (2016)
opinion
39 min read
In 1945, concerns arose that testing the atomic bomb could ignite the atmosphere due to the instability of nitrogen. The talk explores the implications of superintelligence and its potential risks.
AI Agent Guidelines for CS336 at Stanford
tool
3 min read
AI coding assistants like ChatGPT and Claude Code are designed to support students in CS336 by providing explanations, guidance, and feedback without completing assignments for them. The course emphasizes substantial Python/PyTorch coding with minimal scaffolding to enhance the learning experience.
DuckDuckGo makes its 'no-AI' search engine easier to access as its traffic booms
news
2 min read
DuckDuckGo has launched new browser extensions that allow users to set its no-AI search experience as the default search engine. The noai.duckduckgo.com page offers an AI-free search experience, excluding AI-assisted answers, chat prompts, and reducing AI images in results.