OpenClaw, OpenAI, and the f=
uture (3 minute read)
OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger is j=
oining OpenAI to work on bringing agents to everyone. OpenClaw will move to=
a foundation and stay open and independent. While Steinberger sees the pot=
ential in OpenClaw becoming a huge company, he doesn't find the prospect ap=
pealing and would rather change the world with OpenAI.
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TikTok's Chinese Parent Has=
an App to Replace Hollywood (7 minute read)
CapCut users will soon have access to S=
eedance 2.0, ByteDance's latest AI video generation model. The model is alr=
eady available to users on the Chinese version of CapCut, Jianying. It can =
generate coherent story lines, create realistic voice-overs and background =
sounds, and generate complex character actions. Seedance 2.0 can currently =
only generate videos of up to 15 seconds. It generated some controversy on =
launch, with critics raising privacy and copyright concerns.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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Tiny, 45 base long RNA can =
make copies of itself (8 minute read)
One of the key steps in the origin of l=
ife is the emergence of an RNA molecule that could replicate itself. RNA ca=
n carry genetic information and also fold into three-dimensional structures=
that act as catalysts. This suggests that early life was protein-free, wit=
h RNA handling heredity and catalyzing a simple metabolism. A team of scien=
tists has discovered a 45-base-long piece of RNA that can make copies of it=
self, adding to our knowledge of the conditions in which life emerged.
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Fusion startup Helion hits =
blistering temps as it races toward 2028 deadline (6 minute read)
Fusion energy startup Helion has hit a =
key milestone: plasma inside its Polaris prototype reactor has reached 150 =
million degrees Celsius. The company's ultimate goal is to produce plasmas =
that hit 200 degrees Celsius. Its reactor design is different from its comp=
etitors, requiring plasmas about twice as hot to function as intended. Heli=
on plans to extract energy using the fusion reaction's magnetic field rathe=
r than from heat. The company is contracted to sell electricity to Microsof=
t starting in 2028, but this will be through a larger commercial reactor ca=
lled Orion, which is currently being built.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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On cognitive debt (6 minute=
read)
Cognitive debt is the idea that AI-gene=
rated codebases are at risk of falling into a state where nobody knows how =
they work, leaving them inextensible, unobservable, and hard to debug. This=
is already happening in AI-driven codebases. However, when controlling for=
the size and scope of a project, cognitive debt tends to be at least as ba=
d, if not worse, in pre-AI code bases than in AI code bases. This fact is o=
bscured because a lot of traditional engineering work is either managing cr=
ippling cognitive debt or avoiding it at enormous cost. The best AI users a=
re already pretty good at avoiding cognitive debt, and they're only going t=
o get better at it.
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Bias Toward Action (17 minu=
te read)
Bias toward action is defaulting to the=
smallest responsible step that produces real feedback while pre-committing=
to guardrails. It helps companies learn faster while making sure that bein=
g wrong doesn't kill them. It's about optimizing for learning speed while i=
nvesting in foundations that make you faster. Fast teams use a lot of infor=
mation, but they don't wait for perfect information. Their tight feedback l=
oops allow them to learn quickly.
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Meta Plans to Add Facial Re=
cognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses (9 minute read)
Meta plans to add facial recognition to=
its Ray-Ban smart glasses later this year. Its 'Name Tag' feature will let=
wearers identify people and get information about them via the company's A=
I assistant. The company considered adding facial recognition to the first =
version of the glasses in 2021, but pulled back over technical challenges a=
nd ethical concerns. Meta plans to first release Name Tag to attendees at a=
conference for the blind before making it available to the general public.
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No Coding Before 10am (6 mi=
nute read)
Companies that don't rebuild how they w=
ork from first principles will get outshipped by teams half their size six =
months from now. Engineering teams need to throw out the playbook and write=
a new one for the age of AI. This post discusses one startup's new playboo=
k, which puts agents first as the primary users who do the work. The engine=
er's role in the framework is to make sure the agents can do the work well.
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klaw (GitHub Repo)
klaw is a tool for enterprise AI agent =
orchestration that allows users to manage, monitor, and scale their AI work=
force to hundreds of agents.
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