AI Social Media and Updates

AI Bot Traffic Up 300%; Tarpitting Reclaims 97% Requests
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI Bot Traffic Up 300%; Tarpitting Reclaims 97% Requests

Yep, I wrote a post in October about the insane amount of AI bot crawling and scraping going on -> AI bot traffic surged 300%, hitting publishers hardest: Report Regarding some publishers "tarpitting" to frustrate bots: "Uncontrolled web scraping inflicts heavy technical...

By Glenn Gabe
Fintech Titans Build Proprietary Foundation Models on Transaction Data
SocialApr 8, 2026

Fintech Titans Build Proprietary Foundation Models on Transaction Data

8 financial services giants showed up at NVIDIA GTC 2026. PayPal. Stripe. Capital One. Revolut. BNY Mellon. Shopify. Mastercard. Adyen. The common thread? Every one of them is training its own foundation models on proprietary transaction data. Details 👉 https://t.co/wqf2rFdBjO #AgenticAI #Fintech #NVIDIAGT...

By Efi Pylarinou
5 Essential AI Model Architectures for Engineers
SocialApr 8, 2026

5 Essential AI Model Architectures for Engineers

5 #AI Model Architectures Every AI Engineer Should Know by Arham Islam @Marktechpost Learn more: https://t.co/Wf0AJ4vHHr #LLM #ArtificialIntelligence #GenerativeAI #ML #MachineLearning https://t.co/8CkW8otMQ8

By Ron van Loon
AI Trade Still in Its Early, Second Inning
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI Trade Still in Its Early, Second Inning

"Objectively if you look at what the latest data points... I think that it's still pointing that we're early." 🎙️ @munster_gene of @deepwatermgmt on why we're still in the 'second inning' of the AI trade https://t.co/CelFQ10qmk

By Dan Nathan
Meta Must Deliver on Llama 4, Not Embarrass
SocialApr 8, 2026

Meta Must Deliver on Llama 4, Not Embarrass

I hope this is not Llama 4 level of embarrassment when it will be released. Let's see when it comes out, Meta has the talent & compute - they just need to deliver. Will definitely try it.

By Oleg Ciubotaru
Dell GB10 Cluster Powers
SocialApr 8, 2026

Dell GB10 Cluster Powers

3x Dell GB10s, 128GB unified memory each, 384GB memory for the cluster, mesh connected over 200Gbps QSFP, currently running Trinity-Large-Thinking (398B) Q4_K_M 17-18 t/s. Will review this model in time. Using as coding agent and via Hermes. https://t.co/u2fKP1V0NE

By Harrison Kinsley
Modern Leadership Needs AI Teammate, Ending Middleman
SocialApr 8, 2026

Modern Leadership Needs AI Teammate, Ending Middleman

The End of the Middleman: Why Modern Leadership Requires an AI Teammate by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/40RPirrmDX @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Salesforce #SalesEnablement #Marketing #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence #TechNews https://t.co/SAamQ5MIxd

By Tim Hughes
Muse Spark Launches After Complete AI Stack Rebuild
SocialApr 8, 2026

Muse Spark Launches After Complete AI Stack Rebuild

1/ today we're releasing muse spark, the first model from MSL. nine months ago we rebuilt our ai stack from scratch. new infrastructure, new architecture, new data pipelines. muse spark is the result of that work, and now it powers...

By Alexander Wang
AI Coach Turns Filming Procrastination Into Action
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI Coach Turns Filming Procrastination Into Action

I built a Claude Skill whose entire job is to boss me around when it's time to film a YouTube video. ↓ Filming always feels like a big lift in my head even when the script is done and everything is...

By Ev Chapman
AI Integration Will Define Future City Operations
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI Integration Will Define Future City Operations

AI is set to reshape how cities function day to day. Samson Hu points to a future where infrastructure, services and urban systems are increasingly managed and optimized through AI. Cities are becoming systems of intelligence. How they operate will depend on...

By Spiros Margaris
Introducing Muse Family: Spark Model Now on Meta AI
SocialApr 8, 2026

Introducing Muse Family: Spark Model Now on Meta AI

Today we're sharing our new model family, Muse, and releasing our first model, Spark. You can try them in Meta AI.

By Mark Zuckerberg
Havelock AI API Free for Researchers to Compare Writing
SocialApr 8, 2026

Havelock AI API Free for Researchers to Compare Writing

If anyone wants to compare the orality of Adam Back's writing with Satoshi's writing, the @havelock_AI API is now free for researchers. (It was always free, but it is now as well) https://t.co/mjfYIFAxES

By Joe Weisenthal
AI Staff Lets Solo Founder Thrive without Hiring
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI Staff Lets Solo Founder Thrive without Hiring

I exited my agency last April. I thought I’d need to hire immediately. I haven’t hired a single person yet. Advisor. Investor. Speaker. Board member. Author. Founder. Mom to two humans and three giant schnauzers. My entire staff? AI agents. The tools aren’t...

By Shama Hyder
Vision‑First AI Reveals What Text‑Centric Models Miss
SocialApr 8, 2026

Vision‑First AI Reveals What Text‑Centric Models Miss

We built AI around text because that was the easiest interface. Chance AI shows what happens when vision becomes the starting point instead.

By Hasan Toor
Coding Agents Enable Cheaper, Faster Software Hardening
SocialApr 8, 2026

Coding Agents Enable Cheaper, Faster Software Hardening

"I think we’re going to see a lot more reimaginings, where people attack old problems with modern tactics. Coding agents lower the costs of taking on stalwarts and raise our ability to rapidly harden our software." https://t.co/rDAftsXXKe < I like...

By Richard Seroter
From Cars to Neural Headbands: College Transformed
SocialApr 8, 2026

From Cars to Neural Headbands: College Transformed

Time Travel to AI University Neural Band journal entry: August 2058: My grandkids are gearing up for their first year of college at AIT (The Algorithmic Institute of Technology) and something just feels...different. I think back 50 years ago when I...

By Carl Hooker
AI Safety Stagnates, Worst for Homework and Support
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI Safety Stagnates, Worst for Homework and Support

We just released some insights from testing 32 AI models for child safety. The 3 most interesting to me are: 1. Models are not getting safer over time (see chart below). 2. The two ways kids use AI most today are also...

By Mathilde Collin
Companies May Fire Employees Who Don't Adopt AI
SocialApr 8, 2026

Companies May Fire Employees Who Don't Adopt AI

Failing to use AI at work could cost you your job A new study finds 60% of companies plan to lay off employees who don’t adopt AI. https://t.co/Q1HITUtYn2 #AI #Work #Technology #jobs #GenAI #Workers

By Catherine Adenle
Combining CNNs and VLMs Unlocks Powerful Visual Reasoning
SocialApr 8, 2026

Combining CNNs and VLMs Unlocks Powerful Visual Reasoning

CNN → "Where is this object?" VLM → "What is happening in this image?" CNNs give machines eyes. Vision Language Models give them the ability to reason about what they see. They're not replacing each other — the most powerful AI systems combine...

By Satya Mallick
Choose Your AI Path Today for Competitive Edge
SocialApr 8, 2026

Choose Your AI Path Today for Competitive Edge

The "Made by Humans" Premium: Why You Need to Pick an AI Lane Now by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/wjmKxBqwE0 @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #Leadership #Marketing #MarketingStrategy #MarketingSuccess #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Contentmarketing #MarketingTips #MarketingEthics

By Tim Hughes
Embodied AI Set to Transform Engineering, Says Paul Newman
SocialApr 8, 2026

Embodied AI Set to Transform Engineering, Says Paul Newman

Very lucky to sit down with Paul Newman at Oxa about the impact embodied AI will have on engineering for @IMechE's Professional Engineering magazine https://t.co/63gHVMjOUk

By Chris Stokel-Walker
AI-Driven Dairy Startup Halter Hits $2B Valuation
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI-Driven Dairy Startup Halter Hits $2B Valuation

Halter now manages nearly 650,000 cows, and is currently raising at a $2B valuation. Half the world's habitable land is farmland. This is AI being applied to one of the oldest industries on earth and I think we're going to see...

By Rowan Cheung
Regulators May Force Anthropic to Go Non‑Profit
SocialApr 8, 2026

Regulators May Force Anthropic to Go Non‑Profit

So the bear case on Anthropic (equity) is the technology is so good that the government will never allow it to stay a for-profit enterprise?

By Conor Sen
AI Cow Collars Turn Farming Into Billion-Dollar Industry
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI Cow Collars Turn Farming Into Billion-Dollar Industry

An AI cow collar just created a billion-dollar company. Farmers draw boundaries on a phone app, and the collars guide cows using sound and vibration. It works by collecting over 6,000 data points per min, feeding ML models that track grazing patterns,...

By Rowan Cheung
Agentic AI Delivers Real CX, Not Just Slideware
SocialApr 8, 2026

Agentic AI Delivers Real CX, Not Just Slideware

Agentic AI for CX: Real Agents vs Slideware | https://t.co/plFKZYrwfL https://t.co/K9g7LNB5Xn @Castdotapp #AI #agenticAI #AIagents #customersuccess #customerexperience https://t.co/LXHFPUC4OQ

By Annette Franz
No‑skill Promises Mask Hidden Migration Costs
SocialApr 8, 2026

No‑skill Promises Mask Hidden Migration Costs

Vibe coding sells the dream of "no technical skills needed" then creates users who can't comprehend why migrating their AI-generated infrastructure costs actual engineer money. You don't see the 100+ migration files. You just see the "simple" UI. And that's the trap.

By Nabil Chiheb
Insurers Must Redesign for Autonomous AI, Not Upgrade Legacy
SocialApr 8, 2026

Insurers Must Redesign for Autonomous AI, Not Upgrade Legacy

Most insurers think they’re getting ready for AI. They’re not. They’re preparing for a version of AI that improves yesterday’s operating model, not one that reshapes tomorrow’s business. That’s the mistake. The real shift in insurance is not about layering AI onto existing workflows....

By Sabine VanderLinden
Plan for AI: Fast Takeoff, Slow Rise, or Plateau
SocialApr 8, 2026

Plan for AI: Fast Takeoff, Slow Rise, or Plateau

3 scenarios for AI: 1) Automated coder in 2028, 1yr intelligence explosion to superintelligence in 2029 2) Automated coder in 2030, slower takeoff to ASI ~2036 3) AI plateaus around 2030. AI agents everywhere but don't reach true AGI for decades. What should you...

By Benjamin Todd
Only Two Years
SocialApr 8, 2026

Only Two Years

You may have two years left to prepare for the intelligence explosion. How are you going to spend them?

By Benjamin Todd
Seven Years Lost: AI Still Fails Temporal Reasoning
SocialApr 8, 2026

Seven Years Lost: AI Still Fails Temporal Reasoning

To anyone who read Rebooting AI back in (checks notes) 2019, this is both hilarious and unsuprising. The field has wasted 7 years on an architecture that can’t solve one of the most basic litmus tests Davis and I discussed then:...

By Gary Marcus
Businesses Need QoS Guarantees; Anthropic’s Outages Unacceptable
SocialApr 8, 2026

Businesses Need QoS Guarantees; Anthropic’s Outages Unacceptable

Shouldn’t service providers have QoS terms like adult SaaS/PaaS providers have or some sort of customer advisory? Anthropic *appears* to be trading outages for sucky service. If you’re a business and you have built apps that require a certain level...

By Patrick Moorhead
AI Can Deliver Full Medical School Curriculum
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI Can Deliver Full Medical School Curriculum

On the future of medical education…. An “AI generated medical school” with “400 lectures for all four years — Over 1200 case studies, 16,000 figures and 20,000 quiz questions… a full curriculum map as well to track your progress…”...

By Daniel Kraft, MD
LLMs Fuel Exaggerated Posts to Game Engagement Algorithms
SocialApr 8, 2026

LLMs Fuel Exaggerated Posts to Game Engagement Algorithms

“Social media algs reward engagement, and LLMs are excellent at writing in different styles, so people use LLMs to translate posts and news stories into [exaggerated, misleading] versions that get more engagement” I see a ton of that here. not good.

By Gary Marcus
Compute Explosion: Today's Defining Tech Story Begins
SocialApr 8, 2026

Compute Explosion: Today's Defining Tech Story Begins

The CEO of Microsoft AI writes that the compute explosion is the technological story of our time. And it is still only just beginning.

By MIT Technology Review Threads
AI Makes the Web the Next Supercomputing Frontier
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI Makes the Web the Next Supercomputing Frontier

The web's brightest days are ahead. 1️⃣ The web is AI's natural medium. LLMs are proficient in web tech. The browser is now everyone's IDE. No 'App Store' bs. 2️⃣ As we approach coding superintelligence, powerful low-level web APIs are maturing: WebGPU,...

By Guillermo Rauch
Claude Opus 4.6 Appears Less Reliable, Missing Obvious Errors
SocialApr 8, 2026

Claude Opus 4.6 Appears Less Reliable, Missing Obvious Errors

Claude Opus 4.6 Extended seems dumber this week. I can’t explain it. More than ever I am asking when things don’t sound right: “Are you sure” “Rerun the numbers” “Do a deep fact check.” It responds: “I missed that one” “I should have thought harder” Anyone else?...

By Patrick Moorhead
Looping LLMs Highlights Tech‑Civil Society Perception Gap
SocialApr 8, 2026

Looping LLMs Highlights Tech‑Civil Society Perception Gap

“And if you think that’s impressive, wait until someone puts it in a for loop.” a persistent source of why technologists and civil society have different POVs of the impact of various LLM capabilities improvements.

By Patrick McKenzie
AI Powers Virtual Teaching Assistant for Live Workshops
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI Powers Virtual Teaching Assistant for Live Workshops

Solving real problems with AI! @Christina_wm needed a virtual teaching assistant for her amazing and eccentric in-person AI training workshops. Here's the story of what she built ... https://t.co/DrQoThHbjL

By Richard Seroter
JPMorgan CEO Says AI Winners Remain Unpredictable
SocialApr 8, 2026

JPMorgan CEO Says AI Winners Remain Unpredictable

🔺 JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon: We can't predict AI winners and losers yet https://t.co/MB1h3gIH1m https://t.co/iY9bYkSfk9

By Efi Pylarinou
Multiplayer AI Agents Multiply Team Productivity Beyond Imagination
SocialApr 8, 2026

Multiplayer AI Agents Multiply Team Productivity Beyond Imagination

Single player agents are cool, but the fun really unlocks when you have multiplayer agents that interact with your team. Instead of 5x productivity, you’re looking at 50x+ productivity. Having a single brain that everyone can plug into is a cheat code.

By Eric Siu
Researchers Probe AI's Mind Like Human Psychology
SocialApr 8, 2026

Researchers Probe AI's Mind Like Human Psychology

It’s worth letting this work sink in - researchers are probing the psychological state and stability of an AI system. They can’t infer behavior from how the model is designed - they have to probe, just as you do with...

By Andrew Maynard
DeeperDive Hits 7M Monthly Users, Expands Globally
SocialApr 8, 2026

DeeperDive Hits 7M Monthly Users, Expands Globally

7 million people are using DeeperDive every month. We launched it in September 2025. DeeperDive is emerging as one of the most used 'answer engines' in the world. Our new video is a fun look at why it’s grown so...

By Adam Singolda
Current Trends Point to AI Explosion by 2030
SocialApr 8, 2026

Current Trends Point to AI Explosion by 2030

Everything's unfolding exactly as you'd expect if there will be an intelligence explosion around 2028-2030.

By Benjamin Todd
AI Agents Now Authorized to Spend via Card Payments
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI Agents Now Authorized to Spend via Card Payments

Thrilled to see this launch from @Nevermined_ai connecting @Visa @coinbase and @getVGS > Persistent delegation of payment cards to AI agents > Agent-specific card authorization designed for machine-native usage > The ability to delegate spending to third-party agents > ...

By Lex Sokolin
Prepare Now: Inventory, Automate Patching, Build Playbooks, Review Insurance
SocialApr 8, 2026

Prepare Now: Inventory, Automate Patching, Build Playbooks, Review Insurance

What to do NOW to get ready for the influx of #AI security risks 1. Document your entire inventory/topology 2. Build automation for patching and updates 3. Create incident playbooks - engage legal, train leadership and customer facing teams 4. Review insurance...

By Meg Bear
From Data to Decisions: Autonomous AI Drives Value
SocialApr 8, 2026

From Data to Decisions: Autonomous AI Drives Value

DECISION INTELLIGENCE • system of record (traditional AI) • system of insights (generative AI) • system of decisions (agentic AI) Delivering customer value at the speed of need with require system of decision to be powered by AI agents. The future is AUTONOMOUS....

By Vala Afshar
Usability Beats Benchmarks: Build Products That Actually Work
SocialApr 8, 2026

Usability Beats Benchmarks: Build Products That Actually Work

make a product super usable and ppl will pay you for it we’re way past models maxing benchmarks - if they’re not doing actual work for you, you’re asleep at the wheel

By Nathan Benaich
AI Agents Hired Amid a Broken Job Market
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI Agents Hired Amid a Broken Job Market

Adding on to this trash job market, wtf is this even? Hiring AI AGENTS?! Not US, but still.

By WorkLife (Jo)
Three AI Reviewers Auto‑audit Code in Parallel
SocialApr 8, 2026

Three AI Reviewers Auto‑audit Code in Parallel

After Claude Code writes my code, I make it review its own work. /simplify spawns 3 AI reviewers in parallel: one hunts dead code, one checks naming and structure, one profiles for performance. All running at the same time.

By Ming Tang