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Visit website →Friction Factors That Make AI Predictions Difficult
Accurate predictions require considering not only AI's technical capabilities but also changes in the actual industry ecosystem and workflows.
Ryan Greenblatt – What Happens When AI Automates AI Research?
Discusses the emergence of superintelligence and alignment problems that arise when AI automates AI research to achieve recursive self-improvement.
The Industrial Explosion Triggered by AGI
If AI performs human-level cognitive labor, economic growth is expected to accelerate explosively alongside the proliferation of robots.
Cursor Prepares to Launch Origin Platform for Code Reviews
Cursor is preparing to launch 'Origin', a code review platform that supports collaboration between agents and humans.
Nvidia Switchyard Router Cuts Costs to 1/3 by Reallocating AI Models During Tasks
Nvidia reduced AI agent costs to 1/3 by routing to the optimal model for each task stage using Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Switchyard.
OpenAI's Long-Serving COO Brad Lightcap Departs for a 'New Beginning'
OpenAI's key executive and COO, Brad Lightcap, is leaving the company to pursue new challenges.
Dyna-2: Scaling Laws for World-Action Models at the 1 Million Hour Scale
Dyna-2 demonstrated scaling laws for both humans and robots using 1 million hours of human video.
Nvidia Tests Low-Capacity Rubin Ultra Configs Amid Memory Shortage, Including 192GB Minimum and HBM4 Design
Reports indicate Nvidia is testing a 192GB-class low-capacity configuration for Rubin Ultra to address memory shortages.
Microsoft Plans to Unveil Maia 300 AI Chip in September…Report
Microsoft plans to unveil the Maia 300 in September and is pushing for the supply of over 300,000 units by 2027.
Can AI Agents Use Computers Now? A Data-Driven Look at the Current State
AI agents have begun handling repetitive office tasks in real computer environments.
Nvidia Pushes $500 Billion AI Infrastructure Investment with Wall Street Asset Managers
Nvidia is teaming up with six major asset managers to raise $500 billion for AI infrastructure.
Reports say OpenAI completes $7 billion employee stock buyback
OpenAI reportedly bought $7 billion worth of employee shares at an $852 billion valuation.
Electricity Prices in the AI Era
Explains the structure and price-setting principles of the electricity market, a key constraint in the expansion of AI data centers.
The Future Belongs to Everyone
Meta presented a superintelligence vision centered on individual empowerment and decentralization.
Controlled Study on Attention-Only Transformers
Removing the FFN nearly eliminated the performance gap with standard Transformers when the budget was reallocated.
Qwen-MM-Plugins (GitHub Repository)
QwenLM's Qwen-MM-Plugins repository is publicly available on GitHub.
Are Agents Really Eliminating UI?
In the era of AI agents, UI does not disappear; instead, an AX layer for agents is added as a new tier.
Building an AI-Native Finance Team
OpenAI shared its experience redesigning finance operations around AI and five key lessons.
Analysis of Knowledge Cutoffs and Pre-training Timelines for Claude/GPT
Sophisticated probing of models is used to estimate knowledge cutoffs and pre-training dates.
GPT-5.6-Cyber (9 min read)
OpenAI has released GPT-5.6-Cyber, a defensive cybersecurity model, and Daybreak Red.