Kaiser: The Engineer Who Shaped Modern American West
next read, “henry j. kaiser: builder in the modern american west” by mark s. foster https://t.co/7MwSNGPGMo
Writers Fantasize Remote Weapons as Battlefield Game‑Changers
“A favorite imaginative sport of popular magazine writers and readers was to spin out hypothetical military scenarios in which some electrically ingenious device secured a strategic battlefield advantage… anonymous combat with remote-controlled automatic weapons” https://t.co/H6wlMImJDb
Tesla: Visionary or Fraud? Sensationalism Over Science
“[Tesla] was frequently criticized for making science sensate rather than cerebral. He was often extravagant in predicting fabulous inventions that he never delivered. Even the popular press treated him by turns as a visionary and a fraud.” https://t.co/KfwHLRci6j
Tesla's Electrifying Stunts: Hundreds of Thousands of Volts
“stunts in which electricity was made to spark alarmingly were common…Tesla was well known for a visually spectacular trick of passing hundreds of thousands of volts through his body “while flames flashed from his limbs and fingertips” by means of...
Late 19th‑Century Home Dreams Rarely Included Connectivity
“In 1893 Answers asked its readers to describe their ideal homes…Seven mentioned electric appliances, fittings, or communications devices. Only one described a system of electric communication with the outside world.” https://t.co/3lLQrbJlNF
Share Your Health Data Instantly, No More Paper Forms
pumped for @flexpa. flexpa ensures you never have to fill out another clipboard at a doctor's office again. it's your health data, and now you can share it with any application you want in a few clicks or with just...
US Military Embraces AI, Transforming Warfighter Readiness
lots of non-generative AI uses cases being woven into the fabric of the department of war of the united states of america. fair use and training AI is assumed.
Flexpa Seamlessly Connects Health Data to Any App
underpinning this whole stack is health data flows which is where @flexpa fits. flexpa lets you connect your health data (insurance claims and clinical data) into any application you want. that’s it. that simple.
Thomson Reuters Leverages Potentially Pirated Open‑
so thomson reuters is building its own AI model on open source models such as those of “meta or mistral” both of which are trained using pirated libraries, including content from TR's own competitors... https://t.co/h7UFiomggV
Brain‑Computer Interfaces Will Become Our Primary Tech Interface
BCI (brain-computer interface) will be how humans interact with all technologies (software and hardware) in the coming years
Early Gasoline Cars Barely Covered Miles, Topped at 10 Mph
you should have seen how few miles gasoline powered cars could travel when they were first invented. they also had a top speed of 10 mph (16 km/h). https://t.co/Xx1EncFMwn
Fair Use Needed to Keep US Competitive in AI
AI is now a fundamental element of most all technology. high quality AI must be trained on vast amounts of data. other countries are training on vast troves US data with zero restrictions. in order for the US to stay...
Ross Intelligence Secures Strong Fair Use Precedent Pre‑Argument
“ROSS Intelligence could not have asked for a better fair use precedent handed down before its oral argument.” 👀
AI-Driven Targeting Marks the Dawn of Modern Warfare
“AI tools were used to synthesize intelligence, help prioritize targets, and build strike packages. The battle space is changing, but the age of AI warfare is already here.” 👀 - good use cases of non-generative AI & generative AI together https://t.co/ecYK9kN3F3
Transformative Use Shields UpCodes From Market Harm Claim
“Where ROSS could see the best advantage from the UpCodes opinion is on the question of market harm, the fourth factor of the fair-use analysis. Even though UpCodes’ published codes are direct substitutions for ASTM’s copyrighted works, Restrepo wrote that...
Hinton’s 2015 Forecast Proven Absolutely True
so…get this…this forecast from professor hinton in 2015 turned out to be absolutely, unequivocally true. https://t.co/tJnhLVqQPh
Transformers Collapse Without Positional Embeddings, Lose Sequence Understanding
the transformer doesn’t struggle, it craps out. no positional embeddings, no learning sequence info https://t.co/UDe2Mwea2j
AI Enables Affordable, High‑Quality Legal Services for Everyone
the world needs more lawyers, not less. the key is that the lawyers must be affordable AND high quality. AI helps make this a reality. imagine everyone being able to have the same legal services of a large corporation. the...
Robotics and BCI: Breakthroughs Shaping Humanity’s Future
keep an eye on robotics and BCI, both are making breakthroughs which will forever shape the future of humanity
Lack of Comprehensive Legal API Raises Serious Concerns
that the full breadth and depth of citable, current law is not available by API is profoundly concerning
AI Agents as Subscription Services, Like Electricity
you’ll pay subscriptions for agents not software. the agents will be pre-trained for you. some people will have 1000s of agents doing stuff and monitoring many situations for them at once. AI is the new electricity.
China’s AI Training on US Broadcasts Raises Legal Hurdles
“China's training AI on our data, every TV news and channel broadcast for the last 55 years.” - if this is true then why don’t we just sue china for copyright infringement? simple solution, no?
Shareholder Duty: Fight Daily to Exceed Returns
the duty to shareholders is a sacred trust. if you raise, you must fight each day to one day return more than you raised to your investors. that’s the deal. and it’s beautiful.
Innovators Persist Because They Resist Social Pressure
“the innovator keeps going, not out of arrogance, but because they structurally don't bend to social pressure.”
Ted Nelson’s “And You Do” Note Becomes Cherished Keepsake
ted nelson is one of the 🐐s for sure. his “and you do” note to me on my first edition of computer lib is one of my treasured possessions https://t.co/DcOOI3a0Dd
AI Set to Overhaul Legal Practice Within Three Years
“Holy shit this is going to change the business and practice of law as we have known it for decades in less than 3 years.” 👀 https://t.co/Qe988vxjSs
CMS Partners with Innovators to Empower Patients and Streamline Care
“CMS is teaming up with innovators to give patients control of their data, reduce burdensome paperwork, and harness AI to deliver faster, smarter, more compassionate care.” ‼️
ManiacVC Built as Fully AI‑Native Investment Firm
this is why i chose to build @maniacvc to be AI native from the ground up. all of maniac is AI native from outbound sourcing, analyst work, inbound handling, investment memos, and everything in between.
Drone Autonomously Matches Live Imagery to Terrain Maps
“At the final stage of the attack, the drone turns off communication and becomes fully autonomous. It compares images from its cameras with a pre-loaded map of heights and terrain in real time.” - this is non-generative AI btw
Non‑invasive BCI: Thought‑controlled Software and Hardware
now imagine this, but a non-invasive BCI, and you can control software and hardware with just your thoughts. non-invasive BCI is the next breakthrough.
From RAG to Zero‑Trust: Verifying Hostile LLM Memory
“i came in thinking I’d build a RAG system. i left with a zero-trust verification pipeline that treats the LLM’s parametric memory as hostile.” 👀 🔗 https://t.co/nFZBhpfUKq https://t.co/HYoRr2wYhf
Westlaw's AI Hallucinations Undermine Legal Citation Credibility
“Really bad look for Westlaw, the top brand in the legal space, to be hallucinating legal citations within an accurately cited case.”
Users Demand Westlaw’s Data Be Factual, Not Fabricated
“Users have every right to expect that a Westlaw product isn’t spewing made up garbage.” 👀
Legal AI Firms Overstate RAG's Hallucination‑free Promise
“Recently, certain legal research providers have touted methods such as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) as “eliminating” (Casetext, 2023) or “avoid[ing]” hallucinations (Thomson Reuters, 2023), or guaranteeing “hallucination-free” legal citations” 👀 https://t.co/kn1551aRr5
Westlaw AI Delivers Gibberish on Tough Queries Despite Paid Service
“when I fed it intermediate to hard to very difficult questions in the past, Westlaw AI shrugged, gave me unhelpful gibberish…And people are paying for this (loads).” 👀
Howe Debuts Westlaw CoCounsel in Appellate Brief
“Howe claims that this appeal was his first time utilizing Westlaw CoCounsel “in this way for a Court of Appeals brief.”” 👀 https://t.co/FBc20Es4dL
Deep Learning Once Needed Heavy Promotion Due to Obscurity
in the olden times you had to promote deep learning hard because most people had never heard of it
AI Is Reshaping Legal Research, Resistance Inevitable
“Al is already changing how legal information is accessed and applied at scale. The only real question was whether that shift would be resisted or structured” 👀 https://t.co/iu12fpk15G
US AI Training Risks Illegality, Undermining Global Dominance
if training AI isn’t fair use ↓ all US base models are now infringing & unlawful ...
NYT Sues OpenAI yet Embeds AI in Its Own Review
“the New York Times — which has sued OpenAI for copyright infringement — itself has published a book review of Jean-Baptiste Andrea’s book “Watching Over Her,” apparently with AI generated parts that mimic an earlier book review.” via @edleeprof https://t.co/Wd7W8kuwN3 https://t.co/XPRgs1Yc21
AI Threatens Legal Databases, Reducing Them to Free Case Data
“i think AI is a disaster for them [westlaw and lexis]…AI will compress their value to the value of their database of court cases” 👀 - court cases are free though, the law is free
Case Law Databases: The Real Competitive Edge in Legal Tech
“the main moat for these tools are (1) the case law database” 👀 - reconcile this with the fact that the law is supposed to be free https://t.co/oETBD2q80h
AI Emerges as Healthcare Cornerstone, Validating Flexpa’s Vision
AI is firmly becoming a cornerstone of the healthcare system. when we founded @flexpa this was core to our bet. great to see.
Thomson Reuters Ruling Set to Shape All AI Lawsuits
"the pending appeals in thomson reuters and ongoing litigation in other cases may significantly shape the legal landscape.” 👀 - what gets decided in thomson reuters v. ross will apply to all other AI cases (all 90+ of them right now)
Notebook LM Outperforms CoCounsel when You Supply Sources
“Been using Notebook LM more than CoCounsel. I think it's better at finding the "needle in the haystack." If you load your own sources, it's more accurate…The tradeoff is that you have to give it the sources yourself.” 👀 - this...
Early Bets on Founders Still Paying Off
this is why i invested in as many gundo founders i could a few years back. and most are still just getting started
Shared Foundation Models Drive Universal AI Improvements
“the underlying AI is tied to the same foundation models everyone else uses, and those models keep improving across the board.” 👀 - so that means…precisely what i’ve been saying for a long, long time y’all https://t.co/cNzG1UuFtE
Iran's Threat Highlights AI as U.S. Security Issue
if iran has threatened to attack US AI companies and data centers does that mean AI is a matter of US national security or no? asking for a friend
Law Paywalls Fuel Ongoing Legal Hallucinations
the hallucinations will continue for as long as the law remains behind paywalls and held ransom by gatekeepers
Deep Learning Originated in Our CS Dept, Spawning ROSSIntel
that’s because deep learning was pioneered in our computer science department, which @ROSSIntel spun out of directly