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Neo-Luddite AI maven. On a long enough timeline, p(doom) for everything goes to 1.
Neo-Luddite AI maven. On a long enough timeline, p(doom) for everything goes to 1.
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Unitree robot doing some house chores
From the singularity community on Reddit: MindOn trained a Unitree G1 to open curtains, plant care, package transport, sheet cleaning, tidying up things, trash removal, play with kids
Explore this post and more from the singularity community
www.reddit.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Unitree robot doing some house chores
A systematic approach to classifying car problems lets prompts beat a highly trained model at lower cost, and without needing a lot of labeled training data.
2 Years of ML vs. 1 Month of Prompting
www.levs.fyi
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
A systematic approach to classifying car problems lets prompts beat a highly trained model at lower cost, and without needing a lot of labeled training data.
Data centers are being upgraded to support AI workloads and increased infrastructure and compute demands.
Data Centers Get Upgraded for the AI Era
Plus, AI-assisted hackers, genetically engineered babies and perimenopause apps, in this edition of The Future of Everything newsletter
www.wsj.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Data centers are being upgraded to support AI workloads and increased infrastructure and compute demands.
Andrej Karpathy wrote on X that autonomous vehicles will "terraform" outdoor urban spaces, reducing parked cars and lots, increasing public space and safety and reducing noise pollution, though he said the transformation will not happen overnight. More traffic though.
Andrej Karpathy on X: "I am unreasonably excited about self-driving. It will be the first technology in many decades to visibly terraform outdoor physical spaces and way of life. Less parked cars. Less parking lots. Much greater safety for people in and out of cars. Less noise pollution. More space" / X
I am unreasonably excited about self-driving. It will be the first technology in many decades to visibly terraform outdoor physical spaces and way of life. Less parked cars. Less parking lots. Much greater safety for people in and out of cars. Less noise pollution. More space
x.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Andrej Karpathy wrote on X that autonomous vehicles will "terraform" outdoor urban spaces, reducing parked cars and lots, increasing public space and safety and reducing noise pollution, though he said the transformation will not happen overnight. More traffic though.
Meta will make 'AI-driven impact' a core employee performance expectation from 2026, reward exceptional AI-driven impact in 2025, and roll out an 'AI Performance Assistant' for reviews beginning Dec. 8, allowing Metamate and Google's Gemini for review content.
Meta is about to start grading workers on their AI skills
Meta employee performance will be assessed by AI-driven impact starting in 2026, as the company prioritizes AI adoption across its workforce.
www.businessinsider.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Meta will make 'AI-driven impact' a core employee performance expectation from 2026, reward exceptional AI-driven impact in 2025, and roll out an 'AI Performance Assistant' for reviews beginning Dec. 8, allowing Metamate and Google's Gemini for review content.
Alibaba Group cut Qwen3-Max API prices by about 50%, reflecting release of new Ernie, Kimi, MiniMax models, and intensified competition in China’s foundational-model market.
Alibaba slashes Qwen3-Max model charges up to 50% amid latest AI price war
The new pricing strategy reflects heightened competition in China’s foundational model market.
www.scmp.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Alibaba Group cut Qwen3-Max API prices by about 50%, reflecting release of new Ernie, Kimi, MiniMax models, and intensified competition in China’s foundational-model market.
How do ‘AI detection’ tools actually work? And are they effective?
How do ‘AI detection’ tools actually work? And are they effective?
Right now it’s something of an arms race as new technologies are developed – and detectors struggle to keep up.
theconversation.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
How do ‘AI detection’ tools actually work? And are they effective?
A multimodal model in Google AI Studio achieved near-expert handwritten-text recognition—strict CER 1.7% and WER 6.5% (0.56% CER, 1.22% WER excluding punctuation) on a 50-document benchmark and showed implicit symbolic reasoning by converting '145' to '14 lb 5 oz'.
Has Google Quietly Solved Two of AI’s Oldest Problems?
A mysterious new model currently in testing on Google’s AI Studio is nearly perfect on automated handwriting recognition but it is also showing signs of spontaneous, abstract, symbolic reasoning.
generativehistory.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
A multimodal model in Google AI Studio achieved near-expert handwritten-text recognition—strict CER 1.7% and WER 6.5% (0.56% CER, 1.22% WER excluding punctuation) on a 50-document benchmark and showed implicit symbolic reasoning by converting '145' to '14 lb 5 oz'.
JPMorgan projects an AI-driven boom will generate a record $1.8 trillion in bond sales in 2026.
JPMorgan Sees AI Boom Driving Record $1.8 Trillion Bond Sales in 2026
A fresh wave of spending to finance investments in artificial intelligence will help drive 2026 issuance in the US investment-grade market to a record $1.81 trillion next year, according to JPMorgan C...
www.bloomberg.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
JPMorgan projects an AI-driven boom will generate a record $1.8 trillion in bond sales in 2026.
Nature published a video series featuring six AI leaders—Mustafa Suleyman, Pushmeet Kohli, Timnit Gebru, Jared Kaplan, Anima Anandkumar and Amandeep Gill—discussing AI adoption, risks, trillions in investment, and UN-led governance.
www.nature.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Nature published a video series featuring six AI leaders—Mustafa Suleyman, Pushmeet Kohli, Timnit Gebru, Jared Kaplan, Anima Anandkumar and Amandeep Gill—discussing AI adoption, risks, trillions in investment, and UN-led governance.
Michael Burry, the hedge-fund manager who gained fame after the 2008 financial crisis, has publicly shorted AI-related investments and closed his hedge fund.
Michael Burry, the short seller who bet against AI
The brilliant, self-described loner found fame after the financial crisis but has now closed his hedge fund
www.ft.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Michael Burry, the hedge-fund manager who gained fame after the 2008 financial crisis, has publicly shorted AI-related investments and closed his hedge fund.
A Nitro-commissioned Oct 2025 survey of 1,003 US/UK/Canada workers found 68% of executives admitted violating their own AI policies in the past three months, about 50% of employees used unapproved AI tools, and 33% processed confidential data with AI.
Execs make AI rules and break them with shadow IT
: FOMO trumps corporate governance when it comes to AI
www.theregister.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
A Nitro-commissioned Oct 2025 survey of 1,003 US/UK/Canada workers found 68% of executives admitted violating their own AI policies in the past three months, about 50% of employees used unapproved AI tools, and 33% processed confidential data with AI.
AI-powered design accelerates the development of mRNA therapeutics
AI-powered design accelerates the development of mRNA therapeutics - Nature Chemical Biology
mRNA has emerged as an important class of therapeutic molecules. Now, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven framework, which can design mRNA sequences with enhanced stability and translational effici...
www.nature.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
AI-powered design accelerates the development of mRNA therapeutics
The American Psychological Association issued an advisory warning for use of general-purpose generative AI chatbots and wellness apps for unmet mental-health needs, outlining harms and mandating developer safeguards, clinician disclosure, policy reforms, and rigorous independent research and audits.
www.apa.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The American Psychological Association issued an advisory warning for use of general-purpose generative AI chatbots and wellness apps for unmet mental-health needs, outlining harms and mandating developer safeguards, clinician disclosure, policy reforms, and rigorous independent research and audits.
Researchers demonstrate efficient fully parallel optical matrix–matrix multiplication (POMMM) via a single coherent light propagation, matching GPU results with mean absolute error <0.15 and NRMSE <0.1, IIUC would drop TFLOPS/W a couple of orders of magnitude.
Direct tensor processing with coherent light - Nature Photonics
The researchers demonstrate parallel optical matrix–matrix multiplication, which enables fully parallel tensor processing through a single coherent light propagation. The approach provides a scalable,...
www.nature.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Researchers demonstrate efficient fully parallel optical matrix–matrix multiplication (POMMM) via a single coherent light propagation, matching GPU results with mean absolute error <0.15 and NRMSE <0.1, IIUC would drop TFLOPS/W a couple of orders of magnitude.
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The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
all the big brain finance bros in nyc (before the mayor-elect has taken over from the current corrupt cop mayor)
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
all the big brain finance bros in nyc (before the mayor-elect has taken over from the current corrupt cop mayor)
Upwork study says agents do better with human in the loop
venturebeat.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Upwork study says agents do better with human in the loop
Understanding neural networks through sparse circuits:
We trained models to think in simpler, more traceable steps—so we can better understand how they work.
We trained models to think in simpler, more traceable steps—so we can better understand how they work.
Understanding neural networks through sparse circuits
We trained models to think in simpler, more traceable steps—so we can better understand how they work.
openai.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Understanding neural networks through sparse circuits:
We trained models to think in simpler, more traceable steps—so we can better understand how they work.
We trained models to think in simpler, more traceable steps—so we can better understand how they work.
Foxconn chairman Young Liu confirmed a partnership with OpenAI to support surging compute demand, said details will be disclosed at Hon Hai Tech Day on Nov 21–22, 2025.
Foxconn confirms OpenAI partnership, doubling down on trillion-dollar compute race
Foxconn chairman Young Liu used the company's latest earnings call to deliver a message: artificial intelligence is no longer just a growth driver—it is now the most decisive force shaping Foxconn's f...
www.digitimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Foxconn chairman Young Liu confirmed a partnership with OpenAI to support surging compute demand, said details will be disclosed at Hon Hai Tech Day on Nov 21–22, 2025.
Google updated NotebookLM with Deep Research and support for Google Sheets, Drive files, Drive-stored PDFs, images, and Microsoft Word (.docx), which can browse hundreds of sites to produce structured, source-grounded reports, rolling out to all users over the next week.
NotebookLM now speaks Sheets, Word, PDFs, and images for your research
NotebookLM’s latest update adds Deep Research and support for Sheets, Word, PDFs, and images, turning Google’s AI notebook into more of a real study hub where your files, sources, and summaries actual...
www.digitaltrends.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Google updated NotebookLM with Deep Research and support for Google Sheets, Drive files, Drive-stored PDFs, images, and Microsoft Word (.docx), which can browse hundreds of sites to produce structured, source-grounded reports, rolling out to all users over the next week.
Three AI-generated songs, including Breaking Rust's 'Walk My Walk' and 'Livin' on Borrowed Time', topped Spotify and Billboard charts, while Deezer estimates about 50,000 AI-generated tracks are uploaded daily, accelerating distribution and monetization.
AI slop tops Billboard and Spotify charts as synthetic music spreads
Hits include country songs and a Dutch anti-refugee anthem, both entirely made without human composition
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Three AI-generated songs, including Breaking Rust's 'Walk My Walk' and 'Livin' on Borrowed Time', topped Spotify and Billboard charts, while Deezer estimates about 50,000 AI-generated tracks are uploaded daily, accelerating distribution and monetization.
Chinese and U.S. robotaxi companies kicked off a head-to-head competition in the United Kingdom. (and Wayve not far behind)
China-U.S. Robotaxi Race Kicks off in U.K.
Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car company, has partnered Uber-backed ride-hailing company Moove to enter the U.K. market next year.
www.wsj.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Chinese and U.S. robotaxi companies kicked off a head-to-head competition in the United Kingdom. (and Wayve not far behind)
Rabbit sold 10,000 R1 preorders at CES 2024 but some employees have been unpaid since July and three of 26 are on strike; the company says a funding round due in coming weeks will cover payroll and finance 2026 hardware.
Some Rabbit employees say they haven't been paid in months, but R1 maker insists new AI hardware is coming
The AI-powered Rabbit R1 debuted at CES 2024 with the promise of being able to perform and complete tasks on behalf of its user, interacting with apps...
www.techspot.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Rabbit sold 10,000 R1 preorders at CES 2024 but some employees have been unpaid since July and three of 26 are on strike; the company says a funding round due in coming weeks will cover payroll and finance 2026 hardware.