OpenAI's long-rumored intro=
duction of ads to ChatGPT just became a whole lot more concrete (2 minute r=
ead)
OpenAI plans to start testing ads in th=
e US for Free and Go tier users in the coming weeks. Plus, Pro, Business, a=
nd Enterprise users will not see ads. The Go tier is a new $8 per month sub=
scription with access to GPT-5.2 Thinking. Ads will not influence the answe=
rs that ChatGPT provides and will always be separated and clearly labeled. =
Conversations will be kept private from advertisers. A screenshot of what t=
he ads will look like is available in the article.
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Musk Seeks Up to $134 Billi=
on Damages From OpenAI, Microsoft (3 minute read)
Elon Musk wants OpenAI and Microsoft to=
pay him damages in the range of $79 billion to $134 billion as he claims O=
penAI defrauded him by abandoning its nonprofit roots and partnering with M=
icrosoft. The court filing says Musk is entitled to a chunk of OpenAI's cur=
rent $500 billion valuation as he donated $38 million in seed money when he=
helped found the startup in 2015. Musk also plans to seek punitive damages=
and possibly an injunction. OpenAI claims the lawsuit is baseless and is a=
imed at harassment.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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Going Founder Mode On Cance=
r (52 minute read)
Sid Sijbrandij, founder of GitLab, got =
the news that he had cancer on November 18, 2022. He underwent a brutal car=
e regimen that involved surgical removal of his tumorous vertebrae and roun=
ds of radiation and chemotherapy so intense that he required four blood tra=
nsfusions to stay alive. After his cancer resurfaced in 2024, he decided to=
go 'founder mode' on his cancer, assembling a team to navigate his care jo=
urney. This article details the story of how he took charge of his health.
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How Human Should Your Human=
oid Be? (11 minute read)
While the humanoid form factor is likel=
y to stay due to its clear advantages, that doesn't mean that robots will s=
till stay human. Boston Dynamics' Atlas is an interesting look at a very di=
fferent vision of what a humanoid robot can and should be. Robots don't hav=
e to be limited to what evolution resulted in. They can be engineered to ha=
ve capabilities that far exceed humans.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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A Social Filesystem (42 min=
ute read)
Files represent personal creations, so =
they should live somewhere users control. File systems allow data to outliv=
e the software used to create it. Other apps are able to open the same file=
s to read or write data, and it's up to the users' choice on what app to us=
e. This is analogous to how the AT protocol (the protocol behind Bluesky an=
d other social apps) works.
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Don't waste your back press=
ure (4 minute read)
Agents have improved over the last year=
due to structures that provide them with automated feedback and allow them=
to work on longer-horizon tasks. This back pressure allows agents to ident=
ify mistakes, and the feedback helps them align on tasks for much longer. D=
evelopers should think about how to build back pressure into their workflow=
s. Afterwards, they can loop agents until they have stamped out all of the =
inconsistencies and issues.
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America is slow-walking int=
o a Polymarket disaster (6 minute read)
Prediction markets let people wager on =
basically anything. These sites have recently boomed in popularity and are =
creeping into the mainstream. They are transforming news into a form of gam=
bling. It is unclear whether these sites are meaningful predictors of anyth=
ing, but the markets are manipulable.
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