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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
Feed AI Session Insights Back Into Shared Team Artifacts
SocialApr 8, 2026

Feed AI Session Insights Back Into Shared Team Artifacts

NEW POST @techygarg finishes his series on reducing the friction in AI-Assisted Development with a practice that feeds back learnings from AI sessions into the team's shared artifacts, turning individual experience into collective improvement. https://t.co/sQ9bkAGlbQ

By Martin Fowler
One Billion AI Agents Expected by 2029, 3.7T Tokens Daily
SocialApr 8, 2026

One Billion AI Agents Expected by 2029, 3.7T Tokens Daily

IDC: there will be 1 billion active AI agents by 2029 using 3.7T tokens/day https://t.co/teDuxnC8lY

By Vala Afshar
Transparency in AI Use Builds Trust and Choice
SocialApr 8, 2026

Transparency in AI Use Builds Trust and Choice

The biggest problem with AI isn’t the technology itself; it’s when people don’t know it’s being used or how their data is handled. When companies are upfront about AI usage, it builds trust and gives users the choice to opt...

By Satya Mallick
Scale AI by Redesigning Work: Replace or Augment?
SocialApr 8, 2026

Scale AI by Redesigning Work: Replace or Augment?

The AI super-cycle: from growth to scale. Focus on work redesign: redesign workflows, define where AI replaces vs. augments work https://t.co/hJerCizN1R

By Vala Afshar
AI-Powered NotebookLM Gives Investors a Market Edge
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI-Powered NotebookLM Gives Investors a Market Edge

How do you stay ahead of the market? Is traditional research enough? Or is AI the edge we’ve all been waiting for? Find out how NotebookLM transformed my investment process 👇🏻 (no paywall; link below)

By Rene Sellmann
AI Build‑Out to Spark $1T Infrastructure Spend by 2029
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI Build‑Out to Spark $1T Infrastructure Spend by 2029

IDC: AI capacity build out drives $1T in infra spending by 2029 - 15X growth since 2023 https://t.co/YrrNmy8LTe

By Vala Afshar
Limited Mythos Details Fuel Unfounded FUD, Awaiting Evidence
SocialApr 8, 2026

Limited Mythos Details Fuel Unfounded FUD, Awaiting Evidence

It is both annoying and sad to see how this one scorecard release of Anthropic’s Mythos is spreading so much FUD, esp on social media. It’s like the less information released, the more the dramatic assumptions. There’s sparse information - I’ll hold...

By Gergely Orosz
NVIDIA Jetson Powers Real-Time AI on Lunar Spacecraft
SocialApr 8, 2026

NVIDIA Jetson Powers Real-Time AI on Lunar Spacecraft

$FLY 🤝 $NVDA “Integrating the NVIDIA Jetson platform into Firefly’s Elytra spacecraft enables autonomous, on-orbit AI processing that transforms raw lunar imagery into actionable insights in real time.” 🚀🌖 https://t.co/Uk3IGXn8jp https://t.co/nqePqTPMlk

By Michael Sheetz
Seeking Practical Tips to Run 754B Model Locally
SocialApr 8, 2026

Seeking Practical Tips to Run 754B Model Locally

does anyone have advice for how to run a 754b parameter model at home? i am quite serious.

By Will Knight
AI‑Assisted Development: Incremental Boost or Enterprise Transformation?
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI‑Assisted Development: Incremental Boost or Enterprise Transformation?

What is the real impact of AI-assisted development in large enterprises? On personal projects, it feels like a step change. At scale, I am not sure yet. Is it incremental or transformational?

By Sean D. Mack
Claude Opus 4.5 Codes Hour for $0.65 vs $21
SocialApr 8, 2026

Claude Opus 4.5 Codes Hour for $0.65 vs $21

In the METR benchmark: Cost for Claude Opus 4.5 to do 1h coding task: $0.65 Cost to pay humans to do the same: $21 AI is extremely cheap.

By Benjamin Todd
AI Adoption Threatens Tax Base, Prompting Capital Tax Shift
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI Adoption Threatens Tax Base, Prompting Capital Tax Shift

OpenAI is starting to think beyond technology and into economic consequences. The concern is that widespread AI adoption could erode the tax base by reducing labor income, putting pressure on systems like Social Security and healthcare. One idea is to shift...

By Spiros Margaris
Mythos Beats Opus 4.6, Elevates Cybersecurity Coding Power
SocialApr 8, 2026

Mythos Beats Opus 4.6, Elevates Cybersecurity Coding Power

Anthropic Mythos: some of the conversation I had with Mike Krieger yesterday at HumanX. "If you look at the system card it vastly outperforms Opus 4.6 on coding, agentic behaviour. So it's an amazing general purpose model already, but it also...

By Ed Ludlow
AI Set to Revolutionize Hacking—Follow @Adversariel
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI Set to Revolutionize Hacking—Follow @Adversariel

If you want to understand how AI is about to completely change hacking, follow @adversariel.

By Will Knight
Enter Pro Bundles AI Models and Backend in One Subscription
SocialApr 8, 2026

Enter Pro Bundles AI Models and Backend in One Subscription

Was scrolling through product updates today like I always do Saw Enter Pro's new drop and literally stopped mid-scroll. wait, I don't need to pay Supabase anymore? One subscription = all top models + real backend?? let me break this down https://t.co/SOyZTu8KmF

By Hasan Toor
Google Photos Adds Digital Wardrobe for AI Styling
SocialApr 8, 2026

Google Photos Adds Digital Wardrobe for AI Styling

And since you can connect Google Photos as part of Personal Intelligence, your "Wardrobe" could influence AI responses in Gemini and AI Mode -> Google Photos wants to remember what you wore so you don't have to *Google is working on...

By Glenn Gabe