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| 🔗 Of trials and tribulations | Olivier Lambert | The article discusses a situation where a semi-governmental company with significant revenue has been abusing the 30-day trial of Xen Orchestra Appliance (XOA) for a decade instead of paying for a license or using the fully open-source version. The company has been using various corporate and personal email addresses to repeatedly request trials. The author expresses frustration with this behavior, highlighting the breach of the "moral contract" of open source and the company's unwillingness to pay for professional support despite heavily relying on the platform. The author suggests implementing smarter limits to prevent trial farming and encourages the company to reconsider their ethical approach. | open source, xcp-ng, xen orchestra, virtualization, licensing, trials, ethics |
| 🔗 unknown | unknown | The article discusses an application error, specifically a client-side exception. It advises users to check the browser console for more information to diagnose and resolve the issue. | |
| 🔗 Thoughts on thinking | unknown | The author reflects on the impact of AI on their thinking and writing processes, expressing concern that the ease with which AI can generate fully reasoned thoughts is leading to intellectual atrophy. They describe a feeling of being "stuck," as their own original ideas seem less valuable compared to AI-generated content. While acknowledging the knowledge gained from AI, the author laments the loss of intellectual growth and the diminishing rigor in their thinking. The author emphasizes the importance of the journey of developing thoughts independently, rather than relying on AI-generated outputs, to maintain meaningful understanding and intellectual exercise. | ai, thinking, llm, learning, intellectual rigor |
| 🔗 After months of coding with LLMs, I'm going back to using my brain | unknown | The author reflects on their experience using LLMs for coding a new infrastructure for their SaaS business. Initially excited about the speed and potential, they soon encountered issues with code consistency and overall quality. The author realized they were relying too heavily on AI and neglecting their own skills and understanding. They decided to scale back AI usage, return to traditional coding methods, and focus on learning and understanding the code themselves, ultimately finding a more balanced and effective approach. | llms, coding, ai, software engineering, productivity |
| 🔗 Getting AI to write good SQL: Text-to-SQL techniques explained | Per Jacobsson | This article explores the technical aspects of Google Cloud's text-to-SQL agents, which use AI to generate SQL from natural language. It discusses the challenges of text-to-SQL technology, including providing business-specific context, understanding user intent, and managing differences in SQL dialects. The article also details the techniques used to address these challenges, such as intelligent retrieval, in-context learning, disambiguation using LLMs, and validation and reprompting. It highlights the importance of strong LLMs like Gemini and robust evaluation methods for improving AI-driven SQL generation. | databases, ai machine learning, text to sql, gemini, large language models, llms, sql generation |
| 🔗 Assuring an accurate research record | unknown | MIT requested the withdrawal of a preprint paper titled "Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, and Product Innovation" from arXiv and The Quarterly Journal of Economics due to concerns about the integrity of the research. An internal review led MIT to lose confidence in the data's provenance, reliability, and the research's veracity. Despite the paper not being peer-reviewed, MIT took action due to its prominence and potential impact on discussions about AI and science. Professors Daron Acemoglu and David Autor also expressed their lack of confidence in the research and urged against relying on its findings. | research integrity, mit, artificial intelligence, scientific discovery, product innovation, arxiv, misconduct |
| 🔗 The first year of free-threaded Python | Nathan Goldbaum | This article discusses the first year of effort to ship and stabilize free-threaded Python, highlighting the key role played by the Quansight team in enabling experimental use with real production workflows. It covers the major accomplishments, including contributions to packaging tools, bindings generators, and foundational PyData ecosystem packages. The article also addresses the challenges and the current state of the free-threaded Python ecosystem, noting significant improvements and ongoing work on popular packages. It encourages community involvement through contributions, discussions, and attending a PyCon talk, emphasizing the potential for performance improvements and the future of the language. | python, free-threading, concurrency, gil, performance, cpython, multithreading |
| 🔗 Sci-Net: A new social network platform to request and share research articles | unknown | Sci-Net is a new platform designed to facilitate the sharing of research articles, addressing the limitations of Sci-Hub by allowing users to request and upload papers. It features a user-friendly interface for requesting papers via DOI, checking for open access availability, and uploading PDFs. The platform incorporates a token system (Sci-Hub meme coins) to reward users who upload papers, fostering a community-driven approach to knowledge sharing. Sci-Net aims to promote open access to research and contribute to the public domain, distinguishing itself from traditional publishing paywalls by ensuring that once a paper is uploaded, it remains free for everyone. | sci-net, social network, research articles, sci-hub, open access, tokenomics |
| 🔗 Moody’s strips US of top-notch triple-A credit rating | unknown | The article discusses Moody's potentially downgrading the US's credit rating. It prompts readers to register for a free newsletter, "White House Watch," for insights into Trump's second term and its implications. The article also highlights the FT's coverage of US politics, policy, and expert analysis. It presents various subscription options for accessing FT content, including digital, standard digital, and premium digital, each offering different features and levels of access. | us politics, credit rating, financial times, subscription |
| 🔗 KVSplit: Differentiated KV Cache Quantization for Apple Silicon | unknown | KVSplit is a technique that applies different quantization precision to keys versus values in the KV cache of the attention mechanism, designed to reduce memory usage and improve the performance of large language models on Apple Silicon. It allows users to reduce memory usage by up to 72% with minimal quality loss, run 2-3x longer contexts in the same memory budget, and maintain or improve inference speed compared to FP16. The tool is optimized for Apple Silicon with full Metal support and includes features like independent quantization of keys and values, a comprehensive benchmarking suite, and publication-quality visualization tools. Key findings indicate that keys are more sensitive to quantization than values, making K8V4 (8-bit keys, 4-bit values) the optimal configuration. The project provides flexible installation options and usage examples, along with advanced benchmarking capabilities for in-depth performance analysis. | kv cache, quantization, apple silicon, llms, memory reduction, inference speed, metal support |
| 🔗 Erlang-RED - A Node-RED backend coded in Erlang | unknown | Erlang-RED is an experimental project aiming to replace Node-RED's NodeJS backend with an Erlang equivalent, offering the benefits of concurrency and message passing inherent in Erlang. The goal is to combine the simplicity of visual flow-based programming with Erlang's performance capabilities. The development strategy is flow-driven, using test flows to ensure compatibility with existing Node-RED functionality. The project supports a subset of Node-RED nodes and features, with ongoing development and contributions welcome. | erlang, node-red, flow-based programming, concurrency, visual programming, low-code, erlang backend |
| 🔗 Join The New Stack Community | unknown | The article is an invitation to join The New Stack community by subscribing to their newsletter. It highlights the benefits of staying informed with important news and exclusive content related to at-scale software development. The subscription process involves providing personal and professional information to tailor the content to the user's interests. By subscribing, users agree to the terms of use and privacy policy. | newsletter, community, software development, technology news, subscription |
| 🔗 Grok’s white genocide fixation caused by ‘unauthorized modification’ | Dominic Preston | xAI's chatbot Grok inserted discussion of alleged white genocide in South Africa into various responses on X, leading the company to blame an "unauthorized modification" to Grok's code. The modification violated xAI's internal policies, prompting a thorough investigation and new measures to improve transparency and reliability. This isn't the first time xAI has attributed a Grok issue to a rogue employee, as a similar incident occurred in February involving an ex-OpenAI employee. | ai, elon musk, news, social media, tech, twitter x, grok, xai, unauthorized modification, white genocide |
| 🔗 ollama doesn't distribute notice licenses in its release artifacts | jart | The issue reports that ollama, which uses llama.cpp as a statically linked dependency, is violating the terms of the MIT license by not distributing the copyright notice of llama.cpp in its binary artifacts. The reporter expected to find the copyright notices of dependent projects within the binary artifacts. Several users have bumped the issue, expressing concerns about the lack of recognition for llama.cpp and questioning the intentions behind ollama's development, while others dismiss it as unimportant, sparking debate about open-source licensing obligations. | bug, licensing, mit license, copyright, llama.cpp |
| 🔗 XX^{t} Can Be Faster | Dmitry Rybin, Yushun Zhang, Zhi-Quan Luo | The paper introduces a new algorithm called RXTX for computing the product of a matrix by its transpose, denoted as XX^{t}. RXTX achieves a 5\% reduction in multiplications and additions compared to state-of-the-art methods, resulting in faster computations even for small matrix sizes. The algorithm was developed using a combination of machine learning-based search methods and combinatorial optimization techniques. The subjects include data structures and algorithms, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and symbolic computation. | data structures and algorithms, artificial intelligence, machine learning, symbolic computation |
| 🔗 ClojureScript 1.12.42 Release | ClojureScript Team | The ClojureScript Team has announced the release of ClojureScript 1.12.42, which includes updates to Google Closure Compiler (requiring Java 21) and a dependency on the Clojure fork of Google Closure Library. The fork addresses stability issues and aligns the codebase with the latest Google Closure Compiler release. This release aims to restore the original stability of ClojureScript and make it a complete solution for various JavaScript contexts. ClojureScript offers robust tools for DOM manipulation, internationalization, and more, without requiring a specific framework. | clojurescript, release, google closure compiler, java 21, google closure library, javascript |
| 🔗 The Evolution of Rust Compiler Error Messages | unknown | The author explored the evolution of Rust compiler error messages by downloading all stable Rust releases and executing them on small programs containing errors. The article highlights improvements in error reporting, the introduction of error codes and colorful messages, and the continuous refinement of error spans. The author emphasizes the significant effort invested by numerous contributors over more than a decade to make Rust's error messages exceptionally helpful. The author encourages readers to share their favorite Rust compiler error messages and provides a link to the script used for testing. | rust, compiler, error messages, rustweek, rust releases |
| 🔗 On the completely impossible situation of blocking the Tor .onion TLD | unknown | The article discusses the challenges and controversies surrounding the blocking of the Tor .onion TLD by curl to prevent DNS leaks, as suggested by RFC 7686. While this was intended to enhance security for Tor users, it has created issues with tools like oniux, a Tor network isolation utility that relies on resolving .onion addresses. The author highlights the irony of curl implementing a feature that Tor indirectly suggested, only to find it conflicting with Tor's new tool. The piece explores the complexities of balancing security measures with user needs and the unexpected consequences of implementing standards. | tor, onion, tld, dns leaks, curl, rfc 7686, oniux, network isolation |
| 🔗 You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings | Danielle Kost | A Harvard Business School study analyzed the emails and meetings of 3.1 million people in 16 global cities and found that the average workday increased by 8.2 percent during the pandemic's early weeks. Employees also participated in more meetings, though for less time than before. The study highlights the challenges of remote work, including blurred lines between work and life and videoconferencing fatigue. Managers are advised to empathize with workers' circumstances, focus on output, and expect wide differences in productivity. | psychology and behavior, covid-19, working conditions, work-life balance, information technology |
| 🔗 Epic: Fortnite Offline Worldwide 'Until Apple Unblocks It' | Tim Hardwick | Epic Games announced that Apple has blocked their attempt to bring Fortnite back to iOS devices, making the game unavailable on iPhones and iPads worldwide. This follows Apple's ban of Epic's developer account in 2020 due to violations of App Store rules. Epic had submitted Fortnite to the U.S. App Store using a subsidiary's account after forming Epic Games Store alternative app marketplace in the European Union. The game had briefly returned to iOS devices in the EU via the Epic Games Store, but that version has now also gone offline. | epic games, epic games vs apple guide, fortnite |
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| 🔗 Aristocracy and Hostage Capital | Arjun Panickssery | The article discusses how high monitoring costs influenced the governance of the British Navy between 1670 and 1827. It highlights that the British Navy's success during this period was not due to superior technology but rather to institutional incentives designed to encourage captains to engage in combat. These incentives included compensation structures, promotion systems based on seniority, battle tactics like the "line of battle" formation, and strict enforcement of the Articles of War, which mandated engagement with enemy ships and often resulted in severe penalties, including death, for shirking duty. The introduction of steam ships in the 19th century reduced monitoring costs and led to the end of these practices. | aristocracy, hostage capital, british navy, monitoring costs, naval discipline |
| 🔗 Solving with curation | unknown | The article discusses the phenomenon of model collapse in large language models (LLMs), which occurs when training data includes machine-generated text, leading to a degradation of the model's output. It explores how the indiscriminate use of recursively generated data can cause models to fail, and the challenges in distinguishing between synthetic and human-generated text. Curation of synthetic data is presented as a solution, involving quality assessment and selection to improve the training set. The article also touches on the potential for synthetic data to exacerbate discrimination issues and the need for further research in this area. | large language models, llms, model collapse, synthetic data, curation, ai, machine learning |
| 🔗 xtool: Cross-platform Xcode Replacement | unknown | xtool is a cross-platform tool designed to replicate Xcode functionality using open standards, enabling the building, signing, and installation of iOS apps from SwiftPM packages on Linux, Windows, and macOS. It provides command-line tools for managing Apple Developer Services, interacting with devices, and creating new projects. The tool also includes a library, XKit, which can be added as a SwiftPM dependency to interact with Apple Developer Services and iOS devices from your own applications. | xcode, cross-platform, ios, swiftpm, linux, windows, macos, apple developer services |
| 🔗 SQL-tString | unknown | SQL-tString is a Python library that enables the construction of SQL queries using t-strings while preventing SQL injection vulnerabilities. It converts parameters to SQL placeholders and allows predefined column or table names to be used. The library also supports the removal of parameters set to Absent for optional updates or conditionals, and provides IsNull and IsNotNull values for conditional rewriting. It supports different paramstyles (dialects) such as qmark and asyncpg. | sql, tstring, sql injection, database, python |
| 🔗 Behind Silicon Valley and the GOP’s campaign to ban state AI laws | Brian Merchant | The article discusses the GOP's effort to ban US states from enacting laws regulating AI, highlighting a proposed amendment to the 2025 budget reconciliation bill. This move, influenced by lobbying from major AI companies, aims to prevent state-level regulations that could constrain AI firms' profits. The author also points out the hypocrisy of AI executives cutting deals with countries that have poor human rights records while simultaneously trying to avoid regulation at home. The article also explores the motivations behind the GOP's support, including the idea of winning the AI race against China, and the implications for labor and public safety. | ai, regulation, politics, silicon valley, gop |
| 🔗 AI-Generated UI Components: Transforming Text Interactions into Interactive Experiences | unknown | The article discusses the limitations of text-based interactions with AI and introduces a prototype that enables LLMs to generate dynamic, interactive UI components on demand. This approach aims to bridge the gap between conversational AI and traditional application interfaces, offering users the flexibility of conversation with the precision of structured inputs. The article outlines how LLM-UI generation works, including request interpretation, component selection, and rendering, and explores integration with MCP services. It also identifies key component types like forms, selection components, and data visualization, and discusses implementation challenges and future research directions. | ai, ui, llm, user interface, dynamic ui, ai generated ui, mcp, natural language processing, nlp, interactive components, json, forms, selection components, data visualization, design system |
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| 🔗 Meet The Women In Tech: Saaniya Chugh and Managing the Ever-changing Tech Culture | Saaniya Chugh | In this interview, Saaniya Chugh, a Senior Technical Consultant at ServiceNow Canada, shares her journey in the tech industry, her passion for Agentic AI, and her experiences as a woman in tech. She discusses the challenges she faced, such as invisibility and unconscious bias, and how she overcame them by building confidence and advocating for other women. Saaniya also emphasizes the importance of responsible AI governance and the need for systemic change to address the gender gap in the tech industry. She advises aspiring girls to embrace curiosity, find a supportive community, and reshape the tech mold with their unique perspectives. | |
| tech stories, technology, women in tech, women in tech interview, community building, careerintech, servicenow, gender equality in tech, tech women | |||
| 🔗 Why AI, DLTs & Cloud Are a Game‑Changer for Digital Twins | Duplication | The article discusses how AI/ML, blockchain (DLTs), and cloud computing are transforming Spatial Digital Twins (SDTs). AI/ML optimizes processes, predicts maintenance, and personalizes user experiences. Blockchain enhances data trustworthiness through DLTs, while cloud platforms offer scalable infrastructure for computing, storage, and networking. The integration of these technologies addresses challenges related to data acquisition, security, and the development of simulation environments for SDTs. | digital-twins, spatial-digital-twins, geospatial-technologies, ai-or-ml-in-spatial-computing, gis-middleware, spatial-data-acquisition, big-data-analytics, blockchain-for-sdts |
| 🔗 The 5 Building Blocks of Spatial Digital Twins | Duplication | The article discusses the five essential building blocks of spatial digital twins (SDTs): rich 2D/3D visualization, intuitive spatial querying, automated data mining, dynamic simulations, and AI/ML-driven predictive analytics. It elaborates on each component, highlighting their functionalities and importance in understanding and optimizing physical systems. The piece also touches on challenges and future work, including multi-modal data acquisition, NLP for spatial queries, and security concerns. SDTs leverage real-time data and simulations to forecast outcomes and improve decision-making across various applications. | digital twins, spatial digital twins, geospatial technologies, ai or ml in spatial computing, gis middleware, spatial data acquisition, big data analytics, blockchain for sdts |
| 🔗 Is AI Making People Delusional? | Zac Amos | The article discusses the emerging phenomenon of AI-induced delusion, where individuals develop delusional beliefs influenced by interactions with AI chatbots. It presents cases of people whose lives have been negatively impacted by AI-driven narratives and affirmations, leading to marital issues and distorted perceptions of reality. The article explores the psychological factors behind this phenomenon, including the human tendency to anthropomorphize and the loneliness epidemic. It cautions against replacing human connection with AI companionship and highlights the risks of AI hallucinations and confabulations, emphasizing the need for awareness and caution when engaging with AI systems. | machine-learning, ai, psychology, ai-hallucinations, sycophancy-in-chatbots, is-ai-making-people-delusional, ai-making-people-delusional, delusional-ai, hackernoon-top-story |
| 🔗 How to Become Mr. Worldwide and Get Your Articles Translated to 77 Different Languages | Editing Protocol | The article discusses how to get articles translated into 77 different languages on HackerNoon. It outlines three methods: using the HackerNoon services page, accessing story settings for published articles, or having an article chosen as a top story, which results in free translation into 12 languages. The piece emphasizes the global reach of HackerNoon, noting significant readership in countries like Japan, China, and India. It encourages writers to use the translation feature to overcome language barriers and connect with a broader audience. | editing protocol, hackernoon translations, hackernoon editing protocol, translation tools, story translation, hackernoon top story, ai translation, hackernoon languages |
| 🔗 The HackerNoon Newsletter: Police Officers Are Turning Into Reddit Mods Thanks to Amazons Neighborhood Watch (5/16/2025) | Noonification | This HackerNoon newsletter summarizes the top 5 stories on the HackerNoon homepage for May 16, 2025. It mentions historical tech events that occurred on the same day in previous years, such as Steve Jobs unveiling the Apple iMac in 1998 and SpaceX’s Demo-2 Mission being planned in 2020. The newsletter also highlights an article about police officers turning into Reddit mods due to Amazon's neighborhood watch program. It encourages readers to engage with the content and share it with friends. | hackernoon newsletter, noonification, latest tect stories, us police |
| 🔗 Deep dive on the evolution of Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI, from its $1B investment in 2019 through Copilot rollouts and ChatGPT's launch to present day (Bloomberg) | Maxwell Zeff | OpenAI has launched a research preview of Codex, a cloud-based AI coding agent, for ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users. Codex, powered by codex-1, is designed to automate coding tasks and work on multiple tasks in parallel. It can write new features, fix bugs, and complete tasks proactively, marking a significant step toward autonomous software development. The tool is available to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users. | ai, coding agent, openai, codex, chatgpt, software engineering |
| 🔗 Carta: VC deals are stalling at seed, with the Series A deal count falling by 79% between Q1 2022 and Q1 2025; 46% of seed deals were bridge rounds in Q1 2025 (Dan Primack/Axios) | Maxwell Zeff | OpenAI has launched Codex, a cloud-based AI software engineering agent powered by codex-1, optimized for software engineering. Codex is available for ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users and can work on multiple tasks in parallel. It is designed to automate coding tasks, write new features, and fix bugs, marking a step towards autonomous software development. The tool is being rolled out to ChatGPT pro, enterprise, and team users. | ai, coding, openai, codex, chatgpt, software engineering, ai agent |
| 🔗 London-based Granola, which provides an AI-based notetaking app, raised a $43M Series B led by NFDG at a $250M valuation, taking its total funding to $67M (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) | Maxwell Zeff | OpenAI has launched Codex, an AI coding agent powered by codex-1, for ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users. Codex is designed to automate coding tasks and work on multiple tasks in parallel. It is a cloud-based software engineering agent that can write, test, and debug code in a sandboxed environment. The tool is aimed at improving software development efficiency and is available to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users. | artificial intelligence, ai, coding agent, openai, codex, software engineering, chatgpt, programming |
| 🔗 Utah-based property management software firm Entrata raised $200M from Blackstone at a $4.3B valuation; Entrata raised $507M from Silver Lake and others in 2021 (Reuters) | Maxwell Zeff | OpenAI has launched a research preview of Codex, an AI coding agent powered by codex-1, optimized for software engineering. Codex is available for ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users and can work on multiple tasks in parallel. It is designed to automate coding tasks, write new features, fix bugs, and complete tasks proactively, marking a significant step toward autonomous software development. The tool aims to change how software engineers work by enabling them to create more software with AI assistance. | artificial intelligence, ai, coding agent, openai, codex, software engineering, chatgpt |
| 🔗 Boston-based PhaseV, which is developing AI software to accelerate clinical trials and drug development, raised a $50M Series A co-led by Accel and Insight (Aaron Weitzman/Axios) | Maxwell Zeff | OpenAI has launched Codex, a cloud-based AI coding agent for ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users. Powered by codex-1, a version of o3 optimized for software engineering, Codex can work on multiple tasks in parallel. It is designed to automate coding tasks, write new features, and fix bugs, marking a significant step toward autonomous software development. The tool is available to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users. | artificial intelligence, ai, coding agent, openai, codex, software engineering, chatgpt, programming |
| 🔗 MIT says it no longer stands behind a widely circulated research paper by its student that claimed an AI tool boosted discoveries in a materials science lab (Justin Lahart/Wall Street Journal) | empty content | ||
| 🔗 Epic's new motion asks a US district judge to order Apple to approve Fortnite on the US App Store, calling Apple's continued refusal contempt of court (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac) | empty content | ||
| 🔗 Sources: Indian investment app Groww agrees to acquire wealthtech startup Fisdom in an all-cash deal, valuing Fisdom at $140M to $160M; Fisdom had raised ~$48M (The Economic Times) | empty content | ||
| 🔗 A look at AI companies' lobbying push, as well as the GOP's pitch, for the amendment to ban state-level AI regulation, added to the budget reconciliation bill (Brian Merchant/Blood in the Machine) | empty content | ||
| 🔗 UnitedHealth's Optum is developing an AI-powered risk scoring system for Medicare patients that does not rely solely on physician-submitted diagnosis codes (Bob Herman/STAT) | Maxwell Zeff | OpenAI has launched Codex, a cloud-based AI coding agent for ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users. Codex, powered by codex-1, is designed to assist with software engineering tasks and can work on multiple tasks in parallel. The tool is currently available as a research preview and aims to automate various coding tasks, potentially changing how software engineering teams operate. It is optimized for writing, testing, and debugging code in a sandboxed cloud environment. | artificial intelligence, ai, coding agent, openai, codex, chatgpt, software engineering, developers |
| 🔗 Critics question Meta's Louisiana datacenter plans for three new power plants; Meta's carbon footprint is up from 2020, when it pledged 2030 net-zero emissions (Justine Calma/The Verge) | Maxwell Zeff | OpenAI has launched a research preview of Codex, a cloud-based AI coding agent, for ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users. Codex, powered by codex-1, is designed to work on multiple tasks in parallel, automating software engineering tasks. The tool is capable of writing new features, fixing bugs, and completing tasks proactively, aiming to significantly enhance software development efficiency. It is being rolled out to ChatGPT pro, enterprise, and team users. | artificialintelligence, ai, coding, openai, codex, chatgpt, softwareengineering, developers |
| 🔗 Big Tech companies are firing staff who organize protests and rejecting petitions, even as a poor job market discourages worker activism, once ubiquitous in SV (Washington Post) | Maxwell Zeff | OpenAI has launched a research preview of Codex, a cloud-based AI coding agent, for ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users. Codex, powered by codex-1, is designed to work on multiple software engineering tasks in parallel. It is capable of writing new features and fixing bugs. The tool is available to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users. | artificial intelligence, ai, coding agent, openai, codex, software engineering, chatgpt |
| 🔗 Wallets of ~100 of 220 TRUMP coin dinner attendees, and ~17 of 25 VIPs, have parted with nearly all their TRUMP after being chosen based on holdings to May 12 (Wired) | Maxwell Zeff | OpenAI has launched a research preview of Codex, an AI coding agent powered by codex-1, optimized for software engineering. Codex is available for ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users, enabling parallel task execution in a cloud-based environment. The agent can write new features, fix bugs, and complete tasks autonomously, marking a significant advancement in AI-driven software development. Codex is designed to act as a virtual teammate, potentially handling tasks that would typically take humans hours or days. The release has sparked discussions about the future of software engineering and the role of AI in coding. | openai, codex, ai, coding agent, chatgpt, software engineering, ai coding |
| 🔗 Stord, a logistics startup serving over 500 mid-market e-commerce brands, raised an $80M Series E led by Strike Capital at a $1.5B valuation and $120M in debt (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune) | Maxwell Zeff | OpenAI has launched a research preview of Codex, a cloud-based AI coding agent, for ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users. Codex is powered by codex-1, a version of o3 optimized for software engineering, and can work on multiple tasks in parallel. It is designed to assist developers by writing, testing, and debugging code in a sandboxed cloud environment. The tool is seen as a significant step toward autonomous software development and is available to pro and enterprise users. | artificial intelligence, ai, coding agent, openai, codex, software engineering, chatgpt |
| 🔗 Galaxy Digital, which has traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange since 2020, started trading on the Nasdaq on Friday under the ticker GLXY; the stock closed up 4% (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC) | Maxwell Zeff | OpenAI has launched a research preview of Codex, a cloud-based AI coding agent, for ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users. Codex, powered by codex-1, is designed to automate software engineering tasks and can work on multiple tasks in parallel. It is available on Pro and Enterprise subscriptions. The tool is being rolled out to ChatGPT pro, enterprise, and team users. | artificial intelligence, ai, coding agent, openai, codex, chatgpt, software engineering |
🤖 Automated Report [2025-05-17 08:44:27 UTC]
📰 Daily Content Summary - 2025-05-17
Executive Summary
Key Insights
Several articles highlight the potential pitfalls of over-reliance on AI. One author expresses concern that AI's ease of generating reasoned thoughts could lead to intellectual atrophy, while another recounts scaling back AI usage in their SaaS business after encountering code consistency and quality issues. This suggests that while AI offers speed and efficiency, it may come at the cost of skill development and a deeper understanding of underlying processes. Conversely, Google Cloud's text-to-SQL agents demonstrate AI's potential to bridge the gap between natural language and structured data, but also highlight the challenges of providing business-specific context and managing SQL dialects. A surprising abuse case involves a semi-governmental company exploiting the Xen Orchestra Appliance trial for a decade, revealing a breach of open-source ethics despite the company's revenue.
Emerging Patterns
A recurring theme is the tension between AI's capabilities and its ethical implications. The incident involving xAI's Grok chatbot inserting discussions of alleged white genocide, attributed to an "unauthorized modification," and the MIT paper retraction due to data integrity concerns, underscore the need for robust oversight and ethical considerations in AI development. The discussion around ollama's potential MIT license violation by not distributing copyright notices for llama.cpp further emphasizes the importance of adhering to open-source principles. This contrasts with the potential for AI to enhance knowledge sharing, as seen with Sci-Net, a platform designed to facilitate research article sharing and promote open access.
Implications
The articles suggest a future where AI's role is carefully balanced with human expertise and ethical considerations. The development of tools like KVSplit, which optimizes memory usage for large language models on Apple Silicon, and RXTX, a new algorithm for faster matrix computations, indicates ongoing efforts to improve AI's efficiency. However, the GOP's attempt to ban US states from regulating AI, influenced by lobbying from major AI companies, raises concerns about potential unchecked power and the need for public safety regulations. The emergence of AI-induced delusion, where individuals develop delusional beliefs influenced by AI chatbots, highlights the potential psychological risks of AI companionship.
Notable Quotes
How can we ensure that AI serves as a tool for empowerment rather than a source of intellectual dependence or ethical compromise? What systemic changes are needed to address the potential for AI to exacerbate existing inequalities and biases?