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Multi-block variance reduction method for finite-sum coupled compositional optimization problems with stochastic gradient estimation.

DIST Pyramid framework integrates data storytelling with interpretable ML to explain AI decisions to non-experts without revealing model details.

CREW multi-agent RL framework enables adaptive collaboration for automated related work generation vs. rigid predefined LLM agent workflows.

Knowledge-enriched EHR features augment structured clinical data with ontology, procedure, drug, and organ system mappings for 30-day readmission prediction.

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Fathom said that it has over 400,000 monthly active users

Laurie Voss argues AI commoditizes code writing and maintenance; future software work shifts to requirements gathering, specification, and UX design.

Not long ago, bringing an extinct species back to life belonged to science fiction. Today, it’s the mission of a billion-dollar startup. Advances in artificial intelligence, genetics, and computational biology are changing what’s possible in conservation research, raising questions that extend far beyond the laboratory. If technology can help revive extinct species, should it? And […]

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Former Spotify exec's company releases experimental "singles" that involves users in music making.

Microsoft is publishing a 37-page "humanist AI code of conduct" today, amid growing safety concerns over AI model progress. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a coordinated slow down of AI development over the weekend, after researchers warned recently that AI model progress could outpace our ability to safely deploy increasingly complex systems and verify and control the actions of AI agents. Microsoft's AI code of conduct makes it clear that "people matter more than AI," and that AI models are not conscious and "should not be designed to imitate consciousness." Microsoft also rejects "th...

Stratechery critiques Dario Amodei's proposal to pace AI frontier development, arguing it prioritizes political control over technical feasibility.

Simon Willison released commit-rewriter 0.1, a web tool to edit commit messages and remove AI agent artifacts before publication.

Perplexity deploys GPT-6 Astra for autonomous system management, monitoring, and code changes with reduced human oversight.

Opinion: AI regulation should prioritize evidence-based standards and independent testing over unilateral rules by leading labs.

shot-scraper 1.12 adds WebP screenshot support with configurable quality compression for smaller file sizes.

Yesterday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a lengthy open letter saying it was time to "pace the frontier" and slow down AI development. OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk both agreed, publicly voicing their support on X. Even Alphabet's Demis Hassabis offered tentative support for Amodei's proposal. Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, however, seem to think the AI executives are being overreactive and fear that a pause could lead to China outpacing the US in the AI race. According to the Financial Times, Trump said "Look, we're leading China in AI … and, frankly, I want to keep ...

On Equity, we discussed the AI industry's latest debate about whether it poses an existential threat to humanity.

Obama recently said that Democrats need to make artificial intelligence one of their “central agendas” and “have a very clear plan” to address concerns around the technology’s economic impact and safety.

Simon Willison demonstrates ChatGPT Work using GPT-6 Astra to generate running routes via OSM/Nominatim integration with 27-minute inference.

In May, hundreds of malicious and spam packages were uploaded to RubyGems, causing a serious disruption for the host. Now independent researchers have said that a swarm of OpenAI agents were responsible for the attack. Not only that, but the AI tried to steal users' API keys. At the time, RubyGems described it as a "major malicious attack" and shut down signups for four days as it tried to mitigate the damage and collect data. Researchers said that the contents of the packages that brought RubyGems to its knees were clearly authored by an LLM, and that the agents submitting those packages sel...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed that there would be no OpenAI IPO in 2026 during an interview with Fortune. Over the course of 45 minutes, Altman discussed a variety of subjects including the Hugging Face hacking incident, recursive self-improvement, and the possibility of building an AI that was beyond human control. On the latter, he said it was "absolutely" possible, but vowed to take actions to prevent that from happening, even if it meant pausing training, adding that "there are risks we should not be able to incur on behalf of humanity." "We're not rushing into an IPO. I actually think ...

Pacifica Pier closure due to structural damage; pelicans now inhabit abandoned space.

While OpenAI has filed confidentially for an IPO, the company will not be going public this year, according to CEO Sam Altman.

Paul Ford argues AI enables broader coding ability but quality software still requires skilled human thought and craft, noting failed projects often result from AI-assisted mediocrity.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the time has come to slow down AI development and will give third-party evaluators like METR access to its models to help ensure its "adherence to safety practices and commitments." In a winding essay, Amodei proposed a three-step plan to "pace the frontier" - jargon that simply means to slow the pace of training and development to give companies time to build safeguards and regulators to evaluate models. Amodei says that giving external evaluators wide-ranging access is just the first step, and one it is taking now unilaterally. Step two would involve the indu...

What would it actually look like to "pace the frontier"?

Before co-founding Kepler, Vinoo Ganesh led compute at Palantir and built Project Frontline — a pioneering program for Forward Deployed Engineers. He takes us through the best practices of FDEs.

President Donald Trump is weakening environmental regulations in the name of speeding up the construction of AI data centers, raising health risks for Americans, a cadre of former EPA officials said this week in a briefing and new report. They are urging - perhaps futilely - the president to adopt a "Data Center Health Protection Pledge" to signal that the administration is taking the environmental threat seriously. At the start of his term, Trump's EPA administrator, Lee Zeldin, proclaimed his goal of making America "the AI capital of the world" through deregulation. Since then, Zeldin and t...

Unitree might be the world’s most important robotics company.