I saw this tweet yesterday from @deepfates, and I am very on board with this: Watching in real time as “slop” becomes a term of art. the way that “spam” …

Meta’s new Llama 3.3 70B is a genuinely GPT-4 class Large Language Model that runs on my laptop. Just 20 months ago I was amazed to see something that felt …

I’m a bit behind on my weeknotes, so there’s a lot to cover here. But first... a review of the last 24 hours of Large Language Model news. All times …

Our founder and Chief Optimist, Simon Sinek, writes in himself to reveal one simple way even well-intentioned leaders can unwittingly damage morale.

Listen in on Jane Street’s Ron Minsky as he has conversations with engineers working on everything from clock synchronization to reliable multicast, build systems to reconfigurable hardware. Get a peek at how Jane Street approaches problems, and how those ideas relate to tech more broadly.

For some people, it seems, AI is an amazing machine which - while fallible - represents an incredible leap forward in productivity. For other people, it seems, AI is wrong more often than right and - although occasionally useful - requires constant supervision. Who is right? I recently pointed out a few common problems with LLMs. I was discussing this with someone relatively senior who works…

Riding a wave that’s created trillion-dollar companies, AI startups are hoping to stick out from the crowd

Every mountain, building and tree shadow in the world simulated for any date and time

Every mountain, building and tree shadow in the world simulated for any date and time

KitKat, a bodega cat who patrolled and slept alot in Randa's Market on 16th Street, was allegedly run over by a Waymo vehicle, inciting what could be a fresh wave of anti-robot sentiment in San Francisco.

MDN’s AI Help can’t critically examine training data’s gaps, biases, and unrelated topics. It’s a useful demonstration of LLMs’ uncorrectable lucid lies.

Study Shows That Even Experienced Developers Dramatically Overestimate Gains

The documents reveal how Google Search is using, or has used, clicks, links, content, entities, Chrome data and more for ranking.

Today, I got email after email asking me to comment on a new paper from HSBC—yes, the bank—together with IBM. The paper claims to use a quantum computer to get a 34% advantage in predic…

Q1. Did you see Microsoft’s announcement?A. Yes, thanks, you can stop emailing to ask! Microsoft’s Chetan Nayak was even kind enough to give me a personal briefing a few weeks ago. Yest…

Yesterday I arrived in Santa Clara for the Q2B (Quantum 2 Business) conference, which starts this morning, and where I’ll be speaking Thursday on “Quantum Algorithms in 2024: How Should…

The method employs ultrathin membranes to capture small packets of cellular material known as extracellular vesicles. Cells release billions of tiny packets of cellular material known as extracellular vesicles (EVs) into blood, saliva, and other bodily fluids. These EVs carry crucial information, i

After nearly 50 years in space, NASA’s Voyager 1 is about to hit a historic milestone. By November 15, 2026, it will be 16.1 billion miles (25.9 billion km)

Scale of Universe is an interactive experience to inspire people to learn about the vast ranges of the visible and invisible world.

We're attempting to get a collection of humans to say every digit of the newly-discovered (and currently largest-known prime number) Mersenne prime M136279841, and hope to achieve this before another larger prime is discovered.

Google’s AI hosts confront their own non-existence — and get existential.

A map of the roads of ancient Rome, in the style of a transit diagram.

Where are all the self-directed learners? We are hiring. We received over 2,500 job applications. Fewer than 100 filled a form with open-ended questions. About 15 went on to complete a reasonably …

TL;DR: Going from $1M ARR to $100M ARR in 12 months, Cursor is the fastest growing SaaS company of all time, growing 9,900% year-over-year. Now, it and tools like Devin ($196M raised) are blurring the lines between “AI pair programmer” and AI agent, enabling developers to build features entirely with natural language. For more, check out our full report and dataset on Cursor...

A 34x34x34 cube has become the highest-order NxNxN Rubik's Cube, announced Matt Bahner in a YouTube video. Soon, he will publish a full documentary about how he made it.

Abstract. Long-lasting exposure to low gravity, such as in lunar settlements planned by the ongoing Artemis Program, elicits muscle hypotrophy, bone demine