Authenticity after abundanc=
e (7 minute read)
Creation tools are getting better and b=
etter. This will make creators matter more. Those who have the ability to b=
e real, to connect, and to have a voice that can't be faked will be those w=
ho succeed in this new world. The bar will shift from whether someone can c=
reate to whether someone can create something that only they could create. =
Only the creators who can maintain trust and signal authenticity will stand=
out.
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Rather than fully cracking =
down on scam ads, Meta worked to make them harder to find (1 minute read)
Meta took steps to make scam ads less d=
iscoverable to regulators, investigators, and journalists due to fears that=
Japanese regulators would require advertiser verification, a measure the c=
ompany estimated would cost roughly $2 billion to implement and potentially=
reduce revenue by nearly 5%. The campaign was so successful that Meta adde=
d the tactic to a 'general global playbook' that has since been deployed ag=
ainst regulatory scrutiny in other markets. Meta had previously estimated t=
hat 10% of its 2024 revenue was from ads tied to scams and banned goods.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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Tesla FSD successfully comp=
letes full coast-to-coast drive with zero interventions (2 minute read)
A Tesla owner successfully drove coast-=
to-coast across the US on Full Self-Driving (FSD) Supervised with zero inte=
rventions during the trip. Their Model 3 completed the drive in 2 days and =
20 hours, starting at the Tesla Diner in Los Angeles, CA, and ending in Myr=
tle Beach, SC. It was accomplished with Tesla FSD V14.2 on AI4 hardware. Th=
e milestone trip was widely lauded by members of the Tesla community.
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Neuralink will start high-v=
olume production of brain-computer interface devices in 2026 (1 minute read=
)
Neuralink received FDA breakthrough dev=
ice designation for its speech restoration in 2025. The company also launch=
ed clinical trials in the Middle East and the UK, and completed two surgeri=
es in Canada. It upgraded its surgical robot to be able to insert an electr=
ode thread every 1.5 seconds at insertion depths of over 50mm. The threads =
go through the dura without the need to remove it. Neuralink plans to move =
to an almost completely automated surgical procedure this year.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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How I code with agents, wit=
hout being 'technical' (18 minute read)
Ben Tossell, who works at Factory, a co=
mpany developing a frontier software development agent, has spent 3 billion=
tokens in four months through an agent without writing any code. None of t=
he code was read, but Tossell read the agent output religiously, which led =
to him picking up a ton of knowledge around how code works, how projects wo=
rk, where things fail, and where they succeed. Tossell has shipped several =
projects using his method over the past few months, including a personal si=
te, a 'wrapped' product for Factory, several custom CLIs, and an AI-directe=
d video demo system. This post contains Tossell's guide to learning to prog=
ram.
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Here are the major changes =
I see coming for Cybersecurity in 2026 (10 minute read)
The primary security question for compa=
nies will be how good their attackers' AI is versus their own AI. There wil=
l be increased spending on agentic security platforms and significantly mor=
e in-house building of security tools. Asset management will become possibl=
e for the first time because of agents. Most security platforms will eventu=
ally be replaceable with AI prompts.
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8 Predictions for 2026. Wha=
t comes next in AI? (3 minute read)
2026 will be the year when generative U=
I takes off, the Smart Home finally fulfills its promise, and biometric pro=
of of personhood becomes the new social login. Engineers looking to separat=
e themselves from the crowd need to build and learn, as deep technical intu=
ition is what will distinguish them from others. Agents will continue to be=
the main headline. This year, they will start interacting in our daily liv=
es to anticipate needs.
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Reflections on 2025 (29 min=
ute read)
AI tends to improve at the same pace th=
at AI researchers get access to faster hardware. The hardware scheduled to =
come online in the next few years makes current hardware look like pocket c=
alculators. If previous observations hold true, then we are not approaching=
a plateau, the field is just getting started.
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NERD (3 minute read)
NERD (No Effort Required, Done) is a pr=
ogramming language optimized for large language models.
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