AI Replicates Decades of Neuroscience, Maps Brain Regions Solo
Researchers then replicated decades of classic neuroscience experiments entirely inside the software. No scanner, no human subjects. The model correctly identified the brain's face recognition center, language network, and emotional processing regions on its own.
AirPods Max 2: Incremental Upgrades, Familiar Flaws Remain
Apple's AirPods Max 2 headphones are better than the company's original pair, but are far too familiar considering how long it's been. Better noise cancellation. Slightly improved sound. Same old downsides. Here's my Bloomberg review (free-to-read gift link): https://tinyurl.com/2mkm3ehp
Meta AI Predicts Brain Activity More Accurately than Scans
Meta's new AI can predict your brain better than a brain scan. TRIBE v2 is a foundation model trained on 1,000+ hours of brain imaging data from 720 people. You feed it a video, sound clip, or text, and it predicts: > Which...
Discord Introduces Full‑Screen Hero Ads and Instant Play Quests
Discord is working on two new ad formats. 🖥️ Hero Ads: A full-screen takeover format. 🎮 Instant Play Quests: Stream/Play within Discord.
B‑cell Reboot Shows Promise Across Multiple Autoimmune Diseases
More success for rebooting B cells towards cure of different autoimmune diseases beyond lupus, MS and others https://t.co/sFGMiFeiEF https://t.co/Dbvca9eox8
10x AI Visibility Drives 50% SaaS Sign‑Ups
I helped a SaaS increase its sign-ups by 50%. How? By increasing their visibility in the AI results by 10x, and their Google search results by 354% I'm thinking about helping 2 founders do the same. Are you in? https://t.co/717oQGOuTd
AI May Replace Jobs, Shorten Workweek Simultaneously
Imagine I told you that AI was going to create a 40% unemployment rate. Sounds catastrophic. Now imagine I told you that AI was going to create a 3-day working week. Sounds wonderful. Yet to a first approximation these are the...
Five New Android XR Features Unveiled, Pretty Cool
5 new features for Android XR https://t.co/KGVRpPmTZs < pretty darn cool stuff showing up here.
AI Slashes Amgen's Drug Development Timelines up to 70%
Morgan Stanley met with Amgen (biotech) management on how AI is benefiting their workflows. Key findings: - 8%: Approximate industry drug-development success rate Amgen cited as the baseline AI could help improve. - 10–14 years: Typical drug-development cycle time Amgen cited...
South Australia Launches First‑ever Renewable Tender Under New Law
South Australia opens tender for large-scale renewables under Australian-first legislation #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/zUfY2iuDw8
Creative AI Stalls when Workflow Doesn’t Match Needs
Most creative AI fails for a reason people do not talk about enough. The problem is not image generation. The problem is workflow mismatch. If a tool gives me something I still have to heavily fix, rewrite, or redesign, it is not accelerating...
Universal Commerce Protocol Upgrade Launches on Shopify
New version of Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP 2026-04-08) just got finalized. Carts (!), Catalog discovery features, Order status,, Signals support, ... Big step step function upgrade for agentic commerce. https://t.co/Q9hGXUUmLr Coming soon to every Shopify storefront.
Brazil Hikes Ethanol Blend; Argentina Lifts Corn Forecast
In case you missed it, some pertinent news came out of South America Wednesday afternoon. 🇧🇷Brazil wants to raise ethanol's mix in gasoline to 32% from 30% by the end of June 🇦🇷Argentina's Rosario exchange raised the 25/26 corn crop to 67...
Meta AI Surges to #6, 7‑Eleven App Also Spikes
Meta AI is up to #6 in the App Store overnight, and still growing :) Also who knew the 7-Eleven app was so popular https://t.co/55JduZWsds
Is AI Saving Time or Just Adding More Work?
Happy Thursday friends ☀️ I’m curious… for those using AI, are you actually saving time or just doing more work? And if you are saving time how are you reinvesting it?
Rising Memory Costs Threaten AI ROI and Market Confidence
While we talk about memory prices 📈, and while that is true (great for memory names), I am worried about what this does to capex costs and in return on AI $$. If the cost to serve AI goes...
Leaders Grapple with Mixed AI Optimism and Pessimism
It's one of the hardest times I can remember for business leaders to find the right message to communicate - in this case, around AI. On one end is optimism: * "More jobs will be created that we can't think of" * "Society...
Enterprise AI Shifts to Proven, ROI‑Driven Use Cases
The real story of AI in enterprises is more grounded than the hype suggests. While many pilots fail, adoption is happening where ROI is clear, in areas tied to measurable impact rather than experimentation alone. The gap is not whether AI...
AI Curates Latest CVPR Papers on X
It's CVPR paper time (big computer vision conference). My AI found a ton this morning here on X (every link goes to the original post on X): https://t.co/kiuZ7QXLzb
AI Automates Event Banner Creation, Saving Minutes
Successfully taught Antigravity (aka Gravy) to create an event banner in my community. I say to it, "Hey pls make a banner for our next event" and it opens up a browser, clicks around and makes the banner. First attempt it forgot...
Langsdom AirWave Max: Good Features, Notable Flaws
There's lots to like about the Langsdom AirWave Max Open Ear Sports Headphones, but there were some significant issues I experienced too, rather disappointingly. Here's the scoop: https://t.co/233vmudphH #headphones #openear #sports https://t.co/SH0gj2EBZO
AI Fuels New Rivalry Among Enterprise Cloud Providers
How AI Is Redefining Enterprise Cloud Competition AI is reshaping the cloud landscape — driving new competition between providers as businesses demand smarter, faster and more integrated solutions. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eEiKb6yt #AI #CloudComputing #TechTrends #BernardMarr
SpaceX Poised to Own Every Layer of Tech Stack
SpaceX, across Musk’s constellation of assets, has a plausible path to owning every single layer. Chips. Models. Data. Internet delivery. And the rockets to put it all wherever physics allows. No other company has that opportunity. https://t.co/W4WPXCFNsz
Axios Profits From Meta Ads While Criticizing Platform
Solid example of difference between a news org and a social media platform. - Axios has been running endless Meta ad $$$ campaigns while its independent newsroom reports on Meta’s court losses for harming children - Axios reports Meta is removing...
Dreamina Seedance 2.0 Gives Real Creative Control
Dreamina Seedance 2.0 isn't just multimodal #DreaminaSeedance2 it's the first time I've felt actual control over what I'm making. Text, image, and video inputs. Consistent results across scenes. Expressive and precise. Go try it yourself on Dreamina AI. @dreamina_ai
Keep Early Talent to Sustain AI-Driven Leadership Pipeline
A firm that pauses hiring for a few years rarely feels the impact right away. The consequences show up later, when the organization looks for people who were never developed. In professional services, that gap tends to appear in the...
South Korea Deploys 24‑Hour High‑Altitude Strategic Drone
Busan, April 8, 2026. South Korea rolls out its first production strategist drone... the MUAV/KUS-FS. 13m fuselage, massive 25–26m wingspan, powered by a 1,200 hp turboprop. Developed domestically with 90% local parts by Korean Air, Hanwha, and LIG Nex1. It can...
Pixel's At‑a‑Glance to Show Nearby Restaurant Tips
🥘 'Restaurant Insights' feature could bring location-aware menu tips to the Pixel’s At a Glance widget Google could also allow you to access passes quickly from at a glance with 'Passes nearby' ✅ Details - https://t.co/z8mtBzvKTk https://t.co/djh4mDvnF9
Learn LLMs From Classics, Not Bite‑Size Social Posts
I've seen a lot of explanatory content floating around on X related to LLMs, transformers and attention, techniques like quantization, etc. Much of it seems obviously LLM-generated, and often I spot errors that are disqualifying. I'm not an ML expert by...
Robotic Hull Cleaner Tackles Biofouling in Oceans
CLIIN #Robotics’ Hull-Cleaning #Robot Fights Biofouling at Sea via @WevolverApp #Innovation #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #Technology https://t.co/hnlmI6Nn2w
Tesla FSD Anticipates Pedestrian, Prevents Near Miss
I got thanked for nothing. Tesla's FSD did a good job anticipating this pedestrian's movements and desire to cross the street. I might not have seen them in time and the pedestrian even hesitates slightly to make sure it was...
AI Dresses Me, Showcasing Stitch Fix’s Comeback
In this week's @ReadTheAisle newsletter, I cover OpenAI drama, outraged Amazon sellers...and me getting dressed by an AI. Stitch Fix's Vision tool generated this image of me using real inventory, and calibrated to my style profile (which, yes, I need to...
Thin Catalogues Need Browse, Not AI Search
I had a conversation recently that reminded me how badly empty search results can damage an early-stage ecommerce site. The team was excited about adding AI-powered search, and the logic was hard to argue with on the surface. Modern feature,...
Low Offers Signal Market Risk, Not Lowballing
One of the most frequent complaints we get is that our offer is too low. Usually it’s because we’re seeing something in the data the seller isn’t. Recently, someone complained on X that they only got 70% of their home’s value...
Beyond T(11;14): Expanding Venetoclax Use in Myeloma
Venetoclax in myeloma: t(11;14) and what else? {Commentary} [Apr 2, 2026] Catherine Pellat-Deceunynck @BloodPortfolio https://t.co/Zar26htoUT #mmsm #PrecisionMedicine https://t.co/zm0Fv6GY2l
Enterprise DevOps Must Mirror SaaS's Data‑Driven Obsession
SaaS teams succeed by measuring everything: deploys, failures, recovery, and adoption. Enterprise DevOps needs the same obsession with telemetry and outcomes. #DevOps #SRE https://t.co/e4TERhpY2r
Eight‑hour Pumped Hydro Moves Forward to Replace Aging Coal Plant
Fresh progress for eight-hour pumped hydro project proposed to help replace ageing coal plant #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/QCSyyGtDkm https://t.co/FMGxaGZUP7
Self‑Source Your Pipeline: Adopt an SDR Mindset
At Gong, 60-75% of my revenue each year is self-sourced. I've been a user of Outreach. Used Groove prior. Before, only an Outlook account. Now I use Gong. The platform doesn't matter. Sales engagement solutions help you stay organized but...
AI Hype Outpaces Reality; Media Oversimplifies Models
Sam is excellent but this is silly - not quite as silly as 99% of the media and therefore the general populace thinking AI is still autocomplete, mind, but also ignores the commercial incentives to hype up models. I'm eager...
SpaceX IPO Signals Rising Investor Focus on Space Economy
What SpaceX’s IPO Means For The Space Economy | @Forbes “While that prospect poses significant technical hurdles, it’s an idea that may appear more urgent to investors this week after Iran claimed to have hit an Oracle data center in Dubai...
Linux Command Line: Your Tech Superpower Toolkit
Linux isn’t just a skill — it’s a superpower for anyone in tech. From file management and networking to system diagnostics and automation, mastering the command line gives you real control over your systems. This carousel breaks down essential Linux commands every...
Ultralytics Platform Unifies and Accelerates Computer Vision Pipelines
Ultralytics Platform: Simplifying End-to-End Computer Vision Development In this episode of Artificial Intelligence: Papers and Concepts, we explore the Ultralytics Platform, a unified ecosystem designed to make building, training, and deploying computer vision models faster and more accessible. Known for powering...
Design a Website with One AI
Website Design w/ Claude is so much fun. NO SKILLS NEEDED. Sonnet 4.6 made a quick sketch to refresh our website. Not bad for the single prompt 👏 Screenshot: Product section. Terminal animated.
Critical Open‑Source Projects Need Funding and Stronger Oversight
Feels like one of the cybersecurity risks over the coming months will be widely used open-source projects that are simply too lightly maintained for how critical they’ve become. A few ways to help: - fund open source more, and reward maintainers better -...
Default Shift to Medium Reduces Anthropic Model Performance
Wonder if this has anything to do with performance degradation of anthropic models. But are you now paying more for same effort you were getting previously if you change this? •Default Shift: In March 2026, users on Reddit and developer forums...
Protecting Human Agency Amid Rising Agentic AI
The Delegation Paradox: Safeguarding Intellectual Agency In The Era Of #AgenticAI by @mllorcag @Forbes Learn more: https://t.co/SstXJaCYHm #GenerativeAI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #MI https://t.co/burMyx6Djy
Claude Code Now Runs as Recurring Cron Loop
Claude Code just became a cron job. /loop 5m check if the deployment finished. It runs any prompt on a recurring interval while you keep coding in the same session.
AI Writing Is a Tool, Not a Talentless Shortcut
Using AI to write isn’t always wrong and other heresies If you use AI to help with your writing, are you a talentless hack? Perhaps. But I don't think the connection is as direct as some would like to make it....
Audit First, Build Later: Counterintuitive Path to 8‑Figure ARR
Would you pay auditors to audit you 10 times before building your product? This founder did. His startup hit 8-figure ARR. @grease_ is the co-founder of @sprintoHQ, a compliance automation platform that's now at 8-figure ARR with 3,000+ customers....
New Jersey Lifts Nuclear Moratorium, Second State This Year
New Jersey becomes second state this year to lift its nuclear moratorium #energysky -- via Canary Media: https://t.co/eABgxl3NFI