Today's AI Pulse
OpenAI is developing its own AI‑powered smartphone
OpenAI is reportedly building a smartphone that puts autonomous AI agents at its core, replacing the traditional home screen with an “Agent Task Stream” that can handle bookings, market analysis and more. The device is expected to run on custom MediaTek or Qualcomm silicon and be assembled by Luxshare, the same contract manufacturer behind iPhones.
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By the numbers: Acko targets $2‑$2.5B valuation in upcoming IPO
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In this episode, philosophy of science professor Henk de Regt explains his theory of scientific understanding, arguing that true understanding requires the ability to generate theory‑based explanations and make qualitative predictions using the relevant scientific skills, rather than merely feeling a sense of insight or accumulating facts. He contrasts this skill‑based view with other accounts, discusses its implications for realism, metaphor use, public versus expert comprehension, and the role of idealization in science. The conversation also explores how this framework could be operationalized into a benchmark to assess degrees of understanding in both humans and AI systems.
VentureBeat Launches “Beyond the Pilot” — a New Podcast Series Exploring How Enterprise AI Gets Real
VentureBeat is launching a new flagship podcast, "Beyond the Pilot: Enterprise AI in Action," premiering on November 19 and sponsored by Outshift by Cisco. The series will feature candid, technically rigorous conversations with senior AI leaders from companies such as...
Google Debuts Gemini 3: AI That Thinks Smarter
The episode introduces Google’s Gemini 3, highlighting its advanced reasoning and comprehension abilities that enable superior multi‑tasking performance. Early adopters report noticeable productivity gains, while industry experts anticipate the model will reshape AI‑driven sectors such as automation, content creation, and...
Data‑Sharing Jobs Will Replace Automated Roles
Here is a new job of the future. The founder of @useKled, Avi Patel, @avipat_ lays down how his system is paying people to share their photos, videos, and other data to get paid. We need many more new companies...
AI Drives Continuous Finance Insight and Real-Time Control
AI is changing the work of finance from periodic reporting to continuous insight and control. In this Burning Ledgers Podcast conversation with Marie Myers of Hewlett Packard Enterprise , Stephen DeWitt , CEO of Mindbridge, and Matthias Steinberg , CFO...
Cloudflare Explains Tuesday’s Outage that Temporarily Took Down ChatGPT
Cloudflare disclosed that its November 18, 2025 outage – the worst since 2019 – was triggered by a change to a ClickHouse query in its Bot Management system, which produced duplicate feature rows in a configuration file. The bloated file...
🧑🚀 Humanity’s Last Prompt Engineering Guide: Built for the Gemini 3Era
The post announces a new, practical guide for mastering Google’s Gemini 3, arguing that traditional prompt‑engineering tactics are obsolete and that users must now orchestrate AI through multimodal workflows and ambient integration. It outlines key techniques such as the Deep...
Chinese Open‑Source LLMs Democratize Affordable GenAI Worldwide
Decent-quality LLMs from China are really helping make GenAI affordable and accessible to the world through open source. Pursuing AGI with close models might be a winner-take-all game for U.S. big techs, but making AI more open will benefit...
Chinese Open‑Source LLMs Democratize Affordable GenAI Worldwide
Decent-quality LLMs from China are really helping make GenAI affordable and accessible to the world through open source. Pursuing AGI with close models might be a winner-take-all game for U.S. big techs, but making AI more open will benefit researchers,...
E192: Building Biotech: What It Takes to Lead a Public Life Sciences Company
Dr. William Ho, CEO of IN8 Bio, discusses how his Wall Street background informs his strategy for building a public biotech focused on Gamma Delta T‑cell therapies, and how AI—from NLP‑driven drug‑target discovery to LLM‑guided manufacturing—accelerates development, cuts costs, and...
US Students Can Access Gemini 3 Pro Free
Students in the US (and many other countries) can get their hands on all the Gemini 3 Pro goodness for free!
Google CEO Admits AI Still Makes Frequent Errors
Google CEO: 'Our AI is prone to errors'. https://t.co/a2imYv3T6J #Google #AI #BBCNews
Republicans Are Looking for a Way to Bring Back the AI Moratorium
House Republicans are reviving an effort to preempt state AI regulations by inserting language into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Majority Leader Steve Scalise said the amendment would effectively ban state AI laws, echoing former President Donald Trump’s call...
Master One AI Tool, Skip the Noise
most people would be further along ignoring all ai discourse and just mastering one ai tool
Even Google Warns No Firm Immune to AI Bubble Burst
No firm is immune if AI bubble bursts, Google CEO tells BBC | REUTERS https://t.co/BxfcaxRF84 #AIbubble #artificial_intelligence #AI #AIinvestment #AIfunding
I Tested Gemini 3, ChatGPT 5.1, and Claude Sonnet 4.5 – and Gemini Crushed It in a Real Coding Task
Google unveiled Gemini 3 Pro, and the author put it to the test by prompting it to build a web‑based Thumb Wars game. Gemini generated functional HTML/CSS/JS code in seconds, iteratively adding features such as customizable masks, 3‑D ring perspective,...
AI-Powered Clone Restores Site Faster than Major Sites
Really proud of the DeepLearningAI team. When Cloudflare went down, our engineers used AI coding to quickly implement a clone of basic Cloudflare capabilities to run our site on. So we came back up long before even major websites!
The Rise of the Super Worker in the Age of AI with Josh Bersin
In this episode, Jason Stoughton and AI analyst Josh Bersin discuss how AI is reshaping work, introducing the "super worker"—employees amplified by AI tools to tackle complex problems rather than routine tasks. They highlight the pivotal role of HR in...
AI Struggles with Visual Tasks; Human Expert Wins
ChatGPT-5.1-Thinking finds a hidden object, describes its location accurately, but fails to provide correctly annotated image. Claude-4.5 Sonnet Thinking finds it, but describes and annotates the wrong location when asked. Gemini-3 fails the find and location. Average human (asked three friends) failed. Scientist friend...
Proactive Agents for the Web with Devi Parikh - #756
In this episode, Devi Parikh, co‑founder and co‑CEO of Yutori, explains how proactive web agents can transform browser interactions by using visually‑grounded models that operate on screenshots instead of the fragile DOM, resulting in more robust handling of complex interfaces....
Hugging Face CEO Says We’re in an ‘LLM Bubble,’ Not an AI Bubble
Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue told an Axios event that the current hype surrounds large language models (LLMs) rather than AI as a whole, warning that the "LLM bubble" could burst as early as next year. He argued that LLMs...
AI Deal Web Too Complex, Need Clear Visualization
I keep track of and talk about all these AI deals for a living, and even I have whiplash. Anyone have a great visualization of all the investments and deals between the labs, cloud, and AI infrastructure companies? eg Google owns...
ChatGPT Users Crave Spotify‑Wrapped Style Memory Recap
I need ChatGPT and Claude to start releasing an opt-in Spotify Wrapped ASAP. Memory is probably my favorite feature, but it needs a jolt of fun and delight. --- EXAMPLE: "You asked how to fix things 15 times. 10 of those were...
From Automation to $1.3B: Scribe’s AI Success Story
In this episode Jamie and Jaeden break down how Scribe achieved a $1.3 billion valuation by building AI‑powered workflow automation tools for enterprises. They explore how individuals can turn their expertise into AI consulting gigs and stress the growing importance of...
Gartner‑backed Vectara: Must‑see Demo for GenAI Enterprises
The most important thing to take away from Gartner's recognition of @Vectara in two of their Magic Quadrants: If you an enterprise building anything that leverages GenAI or Agentic AI, get a briefing and demo from Vectara on what they...
Gemini 3 Turns Any Image Into Interactive Experience
With Gemini 3, you can take an image of anything, like a board game, a floor plan, or a doodle, and make it an interactive experience. This is because of Gemini 3’s deep multimodal understanding. The model is able to analyze...
Perplexity Brings Getty Images Into AI Search — Here’s Why It Matters
The episode explains Perplexity’s new partnership with Getty Images, which integrates high‑quality, royalty‑free visuals directly into the AI‑driven search experience. It highlights how the collaboration gives users richer, context‑relevant images while creating fresh licensing and revenue streams for photographers. The...
Scaling AI Agents Drives Transformative Business Results
Fewer than 10% of orgs are scaling AI agents in any one business function. But they're the ones seeing transformative results. McKinsey & Company 's new State of AI report shows that while 62% of companies are experimenting with agents,...
Gemini 3 Shows Tier‑1 Performance, Yet Benchmark Gaming Persists
I played with Gemini 3 yesterday via early access. Few thoughts - First I usually urge caution with public benchmarks because imo they can be quite possible to game. It comes down to discipline and self-restraint of the team (who is...
The Future of Google Maps: AI Features Every User Should Know
In this brief episode, hosts Jaeden and Jamie break down the latest AI-powered enhancements to Google Maps, highlighting the integration of Gemini and Vertex AI to boost navigation accuracy and personalized recommendations. They explain how these features streamline user experience...
Poolside AI Acquires Fern Labs, Forming Full‑stack Frontier AI Powerhouse
news! @poolsideai has acquired @fern_labs, in which @airstreet was the first and sole investor - and a first investor into poolside as well. i met @ashedwardst in late 2024 before fern had a name or team. his technical depth, product taste...
Federal AI Law Needed to Stop State Patchwork Killing Startups
The President is right. A 50-state patchwork is a startup killer. Federal AI legislation is essential. There’s no bigger issue for Little Tech — the builders who create the future, for America.
AI Forces Wikipedia to Charge for Access—Here’s What It Means
Jamie and Jaeden dissect Wikipedia’s rollout of a paid API that forces AI companies to pay for access to its content, highlighting the platform’s move toward monetization amid rising operational costs. They discuss the controversy over charging for human‑verified knowledge,...
AI Finally Enables True Drag‑and‑drop Development
AI that can finally make drag and drop software.
Gemini 3 Launch Highlights Massive Coordination Effort
Gemini 3, besides crushing evals, the most impressive thing is the massive scale of people and products coordinated for today’s launch.
Lovable’s 8M-User Surge: The Future of AI App Building
In this episode, hosts Jaeden and Jamie dissect Lovable’s rapid growth to nearly 8 million users, highlighting how its AI‑driven app‑building platform is reshaping software creation. They discuss the platform’s core strengths, such as rapid prototyping and user‑friendly design, alongside security...
Google's Antigravity IDE Adds Screen Recording, Gemini 3 Dominates
Wait, what? Google's new Antigravity IDE can do screen recordings to verify how your app work 🤯 Gemini 3 just crushed the game. https://t.co/vHwDzKa8Qv
ChatGPT‑5.1 and Gemini‑3 Ace Colorblind Test
ChatGPT-5.1-Thinking and Gemini-3 both pass the colorblind test. Claude and I both failed. https://t.co/VSdB5E3vz9
Sen. Warren Presses Trump Admin on Potential AI Bailout Plans
Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote to White House AI adviser David Sacks and OSTP director Michael Kratsios demanding answers on whether the Trump administration intends to "backstop" major AI firms such as OpenAI with taxpayer money, citing OpenAI’s request to expand...
Replit Design Now Auto‑creates Videos for You
Replit Design will generate videos for you!
Transformer Sets New Translation SOTA with Comman A
The Transformer was built for translation back in 2017. Very proud of the team for setting a new SOTA with Comman A Translate!
Consistent Naming Crucial Even With Autocomplete Assistance
It doesn’t matter as much in the age of autocomplete as it used to, but the tiny mental friction of naming inconsistencies like “start_dim” vs “keepdim” still sticks out for me. Carefully pick names as if millions of developers may...
Replit Launches Design: AI-Powered Beautiful UI Experience
Announcing Design, a new Replit experience focused on beautiful UIs. The first non-slop AI design experience, powered by Gemini 3.0 https://t.co/wssUgV9Zuk
AI Success Depends on the Right External Partners
AI project success often hinges on enlisting the right outside expertise. The best partners know your business, value outcomes, and deliver seamless collaboration. https://t.co/3eYBy5MKN6
Own Hardware Pipelines Enable Aggressive, Low‑cost Inference Scaling
Wanted to say this is because the competition focused on cheaper models. But that eve doesn't seem true. What seems more plausible is that teams with strong training pipelines and their own hardware can push much more aggressive inference-time scaling at...
Collective Learning Models Aren’t Simple Superintelligence
Assuming every frontier model learns from every other, how is it different from straight-shot superintelligence?
Seeking Deeper Analysis of Intriguing Solve Logs
Fascinating results. Can we get more eyes and analysis on the solve logs to try to understand: https://t.co/ovW1IG4vGL ?
Voice Takes Over: Win a Monokey Keyboard‑Free Device
https://t.co/GRTnUAe9ZD
Gemini 3 Pro Leaps Ahead in Multimodal Fidelity
Best outputs from Gemini 2.5 Pro, vs 3 Pro, this example nicely illustrates the fidelity jump with 3 Pro, through strong multimodal understanding and 3D reasoning https://t.co/0aM8oSgmFA
Gemini 3 Generates Voxel Art From a Single Image
Amazing test of Gemini 3’s multimodal reasoning capabilities: try generating a threejs voxel art scene using only an image as input Prompt: I have provided an image. Code a beautiful voxel art scene inspired by this image. Write threejs code as...