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Human drivers keep crashing into Waymos Waymo's biggest mistakes happened when it stopped in the wrong place.

Human drivers keep crashing into Waymos • Waymo's biggest mistakes happened when it stopped in the wrong place.

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Meta is back in the LLM game after a year-long break What Muse Spark tells us about Meta’s new AI strategy.

Meta is back in the LLM game after a year-long break • What Muse Spark tells us about Meta’s new AI strategy.

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Why Anthropic believes its latest model is too dangerous to release “The language models we have now are probably the most significant thing to happen in security since we got the Internet.”

Why Anthropic believes its latest model is too dangerous to release • “The language models we have now are probably the most significant thing to happen in security since we got the Internet.”

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Bernie Sanders has a plan to stop the AI industry But it will be hard to assemble a broad coalition of AI skeptics.

Bernie Sanders has a plan to stop the AI industry • But it will be hard to assemble a broad coalition of AI skeptics.

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Why it’s getting harder to measure AI performance The most famous chart in AI might be obsolete soon.

Why it’s getting harder to measure AI performance • The most famous chart in AI might be obsolete soon.

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OpenAI is shutting down Sora, its AI video app "We cannot miss this moment because we are distracted by side quests," an exec said.

OpenAI is shutting down Sora, its AI video app • "We cannot miss this moment because we are distracted by side quests," an exec said.

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How to think about AI company finances OpenAI and Anthropic are using the standard tech startup playbook.

How to think about AI company finances • OpenAI and Anthropic are using the standard tech startup playbook.

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It still doesn’t look like there’s an AI bubble Anthropic's annualized revenue doubled in just two months.

It still doesn’t look like there’s an AI bubble • Anthropic's annualized revenue doubled in just two months.

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The Pentagon’s bombshell deal with OpenAI, explained Only Congress can put meaningful limits on government abuse of AI.

The Pentagon’s bombshell deal with OpenAI, explained • Only Congress can put meaningful limits on government abuse of AI.

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Sorry skeptics, AI really is changing the programming profession But AI agents aren't making programmers obsolete.

Sorry skeptics, AI really is changing the programming profession • But AI agents aren't making programmers obsolete.

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The Pentagon is making a mistake by threatening Anthropic Anthropic faces a Friday deadline to allow domestic surveillance and automated killer robots.

The Pentagon is making a mistake by threatening Anthropic • Anthropic faces a Friday deadline to allow domestic surveillance and automated killer robots.

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Waymo just revealed a crucial statistic for scaling its technology At any moment, just 70 people oversee Waymo’s 3,000-vehicle fleet.

Waymo just revealed a crucial statistic for scaling its technology • At any moment, just 70 people oversee Waymo’s 3,000-vehicle fleet.

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A volcano scorched hundreds of Roman scrolls — can AI recover their text? Despite early breakthroughs, it could take years to decode all the surviving scrolls.

A volcano scorched hundreds of Roman scrolls — can AI recover their text? • Despite early breakthroughs, it could take years to decode all the surviving scrolls.

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The many masks LLMs wear Why frontier labs struggle to keep their chatbots in character.

The many masks LLMs wear • Why frontier labs struggle to keep their chatbots in character.

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The feds are probing Waymo's behavior around school children It's not clear if Waymo was at fault for striking a child at 6 mph.

The feds are probing Waymo's behavior around school children • It's not clear if Waymo was at fault for striking a child at 6 mph.

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An unlikely ally for open-source protein-folding models: Big Pharma Drug companies are funding open-source AI to avoid depending on Google.

An unlikely ally for open-source protein-folding models: Big Pharma • Drug companies are funding open-source AI to avoid depending on Google.

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How shifting risk to users makes Claude Code more powerful People are discovering that Claude Code isn’t just for code.

How shifting risk to users makes Claude Code more powerful • People are discovering that Claude Code isn’t just for code.

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17 predictions for AI in 2026 AI will continue improving rapidly, but real-world economic impacts will be modest.

17 predictions for AI in 2026 • AI will continue improving rapidly, but real-world economic impacts will be modest.

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Waymo and Tesla’s self-driving systems are more similar than people think Everyone is moving toward transformer-based, end-to-end architectures.

Waymo and Tesla’s self-driving systems are more similar than people think • Everyone is moving toward transformer-based, end-to-end architectures.

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The best Chinese open-weight models — and the strongest US rivals The Understanding AI guide to open-weight models.

The best Chinese open-weight models — and the strongest US rivals • The Understanding AI guide to open-weight models.

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Google and Anthropic approach LLMs differently The very different cultures of OpenAI's two most important rivals.

Google and Anthropic approach LLMs differently • The very different cultures of OpenAI's two most important rivals.

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Help some of the poorest people in Rwanda If readers give $20,000 to GiveDirectly, my wife and I will give another $10,000.

Help some of the poorest people in Rwanda • If readers give $20,000 to GiveDirectly, my wife and I will give another $10,000.

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Six reasons to think there’s an AI bubble — and six reasons not to A complete playbook for every AI bubble debate.

Six reasons to think there’s an AI bubble — and six reasons not to • A complete playbook for every AI bubble debate.

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Hyperproductivity: The Next Stage of AI? A glimpse at an astonishing, exhilarating, exhausting new style of work

Hyperproductivity: The Next Stage of AI? • A glimpse at an astonishing, exhilarating, exhausting new style of work

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An AI “tsunami” is coming for Hollywood — here’s how artists are responding I talked with nine creators about economic pressures and fan backlash.

An AI “tsunami” is coming for Hollywood — here’s how artists are responding • I talked with nine creators about economic pressures and fan backlash.

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Waymo’s next five cities are all in red states Liberal cities risk falling behind on driverless technology.

Waymo’s next five cities are all in red states • Liberal cities risk falling behind on driverless technology.

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Waymo is finally ready for freeway service The self-driving leader is getting ready to conquer the Sun Belt.

Waymo is finally ready for freeway service • The self-driving leader is getting ready to conquer the Sun Belt.

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AI ads are going mainstream Why Google, Coca-Cola, and other companies have embraced AI-generated ads.

AI ads are going mainstream • Why Google, Coca-Cola, and other companies have embraced AI-generated ads.

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Context rot: the emerging challenge that could hold back LLM progress What if attention isn't all you need?

Context rot: the emerging challenge that could hold back LLM progress • What if attention isn't all you need?

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AI skeptics and AI boosters are both wrong "We’re in an intelligence explosion already and have been for decades," Andrej Karpathy said.

AI skeptics and AI boosters are both wrong • "We’re in an intelligence explosion already and have been for decades," Andrej Karpathy said.

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