Why Decade-Old Residual Connections Still Power All of AI (And Why That’s a Problem)

Why Decade-Old Residual Connections Still Power All of AI (And Why That’s a Problem)

1. Over the past decade, deep learning as a field has grown quite significantly, whether it be the compute capacity of hardware or the ingenuity behind architectures that utilize that hardware. But if you think about it for more than a second, the underlying architecture has remained consistent in a few key areas. We’ve seen […]

Predictably, Sam Bankman-Fried’s Fraud Conviction Appeal Has Been Denied

Predictably, Sam Bankman-Fried’s Fraud Conviction Appeal Has Been Denied

There’s still the possibility of that Trump pardon. A federal appeals court has upheld the fraud conviction of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, according to Reuters. Bankman-Fried was convicted of running one of the largest financial frauds in history, involving his crypto-exchange FTX. He was also convicted of money laundering and is currently in prison.  Judge […]

SpaceX Stock Rises 11% in Largest I.P.O. Ever

SpaceX Stock Rises 11% in Largest I.P.O. Ever

SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket and artificial intelligence company, rose 11 percent as it began trading on Friday, cementing the power of the world’s richest man and setting the stage for fast-growing A.I. companies to reach the stock market in a once-in-a-lifetime bonanza. SpaceX shares opened trading at $150, up from their initial public offering price […]

Elon Musk Becomes World’s First Trillionaire as SpaceX Stock Begins Trading

Elon Musk Becomes World’s First Trillionaire as SpaceX Stock Begins Trading

Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire on Friday when shares of his rocket company SpaceX began trading on the stock market, signaling a new era of ultra-affluence and widening wealth inequality. Mr. Musk reached the milestone when trading of SpaceX shares opened at $150, up 11 percent from their initial public offering price of […]

Coinbase for Agents: Automating portfolio trading with AI

Coinbase for Agents: Automating portfolio trading with AI

Coinbase for Agents connects AI to financial execution channels to automate trading and payments directly from user portfolios. Large language models process vast quantities of data but lack direct integration with active financial portfolios. Individuals frequently employ these models to evaluate market developments or research investment opportunities. These software tools possess the capacity for complex […]

ChatGPT ads spotted

ChatGPT ads spotted

Spotted ChatGPT local ads using the browser in incognito mode. ChatGPT itself (paid version) doesn’t know anything about it. Geo-targeting in ads is completely off – I am in CA, and it showed me Oregon ads. Not sure if it’s a system fault or an advertiser error. Has anyone tried these ads already? Source link

A Harness for Every Task: Putting a Team of Claudes on One Job

A Harness for Every Task: Putting a Team of Claudes on One Job

1. For most of 2024 and 2025, the default answer was simple: give the task to one agent, use the biggest context window available, and wait. Sometimes it worked. Often, the model quietly lost the thread partway through. Anthropic described the problem directly: long-horizon tasks require agents to stay coherent across many steps, often beyond […]

Facebook And Instagram Appear To Down

Facebook And Instagram Appear To Down

WhatsApp and Instagram also seem to have limited functionality for some users. Yalcin Sonat/Shutterstock Meta’s apps seem to be experiencing issues. Andy Stone, the company’s Vice President of Communications wrote on X, “we’re aware people are currently having trouble accessing our services. We’re working on it.” Reports began spiking onDownDetector a little after 9am ET for Facebook, […]

Facebook Is Down | Lifehacker

Facebook Is Down | Lifehacker

If you tried signing into Facebook this morning—or perhaps Instagram or Messenger—and weren’t able to, you aren’t alone. A lot of users are finding it difficult to access some of Meta’s key apps Friday morning. At this time, it appears as if Meta is running into service issues, meaning Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger may be […]

All the New Features Coming to Messages in iOS 27

All the New Features Coming to Messages in iOS 27

While iOS 27 might be focused on Siri AI, there are plenty of other upgrades under the surface. Case in point: The new update brings a number of new features to Messages. The app is getting an AI feature that’s actually useful, better notifications, and performance updates that bring faster loading and syncing across devices. […]