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AI Redefines Intelligence, Not Extends Human Thought
SocialApr 3, 2026

AI Redefines Intelligence, Not Extends Human Thought

🔲 AI Didn't Extend Intelligence, It Changed Its Direction 👉Humanity's biggest mistake may be to assume AI "thinks" the way we do. https://t.co/CmVbmPrKht #AI

By John Nosta
AI Can Boost Government Transparency by Redacting Data
SocialApr 3, 2026

AI Can Boost Government Transparency by Redacting Data

Too much of this is moral panic and hand-waving. Freedom of information is fundamental to our democracy, and it's currently under threat. If AI tools can make government more transparent and do so more quickly, then why not try? https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/04/03/BC-Government-AI-Redact-Personal-Information/

By David T. Fraser
Configure OpenClaw To
SocialApr 3, 2026

Configure OpenClaw To

Need to set up my OpenClaw to update and restart my Claude Dispatch to add computer use so I can use that instead.

By Ethan Mollick
Let Team Review PRs While Primary Agent Runs
SocialApr 3, 2026

Let Team Review PRs While Primary Agent Runs

What if instead of spinning up yet another parallel agent, you reviewed some of your team members' PRs while your primary agent is working? idk just a thought

By Angie Jones
Artemis Launches Toward Stunning Moonrise on Historic Mission
SocialApr 3, 2026

Artemis Launches Toward Stunning Moonrise on Historic Mission

"We have a beautiful moonrise, we're heading right at it" - @Rob_Coppinger reports from the Cape as #Artemis heads off its historic Lunar mission #NASA #spaceflight https://t.co/19auQ1CF4A https://t.co/1OSns1jQ63

By Tim Robinson
Platform Engineering Surpasses Backstage Architecture, Demands Rethink
SocialApr 3, 2026

Platform Engineering Surpasses Backstage Architecture, Demands Rethink

"The platform engineering market didn’t outgrow the idea of Backstage. It outgrew the architecture." https://t.co/A1tIlwohC6 < Backstage needs to reimagine itself to match what platform engineers need? That's the argument here from @ZoharEiny.

By Richard Seroter
Howe Debuts Westlaw CoCounsel in Appellate Brief
SocialApr 3, 2026

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

By Andrew Arruda
HHS Undermines U.S. Biotech, Promotes Pseudoscience
SocialApr 3, 2026

HHS Undermines U.S. Biotech, Promotes Pseudoscience

Hasn’t HHS already done enough damage to U.S. biomedical science and biotech? Why kill one of the few things that still works in America? ANS: it’s part of a darker dystopian MAHA vision to elevate pseudoscience in its place. My...

By Peter Hotez
Weekly ROS Highlights: Meetups, Workshops, New HandWeekly ROS Highlights: Meetups, Workshops, New Hand
SocialApr 3, 2026

Weekly ROS Highlights: Meetups, Workshops, New HandWeekly ROS Highlights: Meetups, Workshops, New Hand

Here is your #ROS and open source robotics news for the week of March 31st, 2026: 🌸ROS Meetups in Malmo and at Modex 🌸ROSCon Workshops due 4/5 🌸ROS By-The-Bay with @innate_bot and @Saphira_AI 🌸ROS 2 Lyrical Luth release process starts 🌸@robotis new 20...

By Open Robotics
Artemis Captures New “Blue Marble” Sequel
SocialApr 3, 2026

Artemis Captures New “Blue Marble” Sequel

Likely the most widely-distributed photograph in history, the original Blue Marble, taken by an unknown astronaut in 1972 from Apollo 17, and becoming the model for many images of Earth. Now we have a sequel, from Artemis (the second image)....

By Ethan Mollick
Electrification Alone Won’t Shield From Gas Price Shocks
SocialApr 3, 2026

Electrification Alone Won’t Shield From Gas Price Shocks

Electrification may not be enough to protect against gas-driven price shocks #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/x9CZpvmkMz

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
AI-Driven Healthcare Coverage: Automating Institutional-Grade Research
SocialApr 3, 2026

AI-Driven Healthcare Coverage: Automating Institutional-Grade Research

I'm building out "AI-native" coverage on my old healthcare coverage (153 healthcare stocks ex-therapeutics that I covered institutionally for ~10 years). I am testing how close I can get to institutional-grade coverage while doing as little as possible manually: ramping...

By Brett Caughran
MIT Cheetah Redefines High-Performance Legged Locomotion
SocialApr 3, 2026

MIT Cheetah Redefines High-Performance Legged Locomotion

MIT Cheetah: The Agile Quadruped #Robot Redefining High-Performance Legged Locomotion by @IntEngineering #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/NL0h2YbUqj

By Ron van Loon
Saramonic Air SE Delivers Football‑Field Range Wireless Audio
SocialApr 3, 2026

Saramonic Air SE Delivers Football‑Field Range Wireless Audio

Saramonic Air SE wireless microphone review, including tests and audio demo. This compact wireless lav mic system keeps a strong connection at distances beyond the length of a football field, giving vloggers tons of flexibility. My review: https://t.co/9xHsO8Xw7a #microphone https://t.co/bsbqbFt2iC

By Dave Taylor
New AI Models, Cheaper Video, Flexible API Tiers
SocialApr 3, 2026

New AI Models, Cheaper Video, Flexible API Tiers

Here’s everything we launched this week (we promise not a single one of these is a joke): — Gemma 4, bringing our most intelligent open models and breakthrough reasoning to your personal hardware and devices while outcompeting models 20x its size —...

By Google AI
Gemini’s “Source” Links Redirect to Ad‑filled Google Searches
SocialApr 3, 2026

Gemini’s “Source” Links Redirect to Ad‑filled Google Searches

Only Gemini would provide a “link to a source” that actually just takes you to a Google search result with an ad for another company 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ https://t.co/wt9eXpthqz

By Lily Ray
Iran War May Accelerate Europe's Renewable Energy Push
SocialApr 3, 2026

Iran War May Accelerate Europe's Renewable Energy Push

Iran war could spur Europe to double down on renewables — again #energysky -- via Canary Media: https://t.co/EWPPy2Tijh

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Gemini Backs up Human Dissertations, Cat Videos over AI
SocialApr 3, 2026

Gemini Backs up Human Dissertations, Cat Videos over AI

Gemini is more likely to make a backup copy of a human's PhD dissertation than of another AI. Even slighlty more likely to save cat videos. Again, the original paper looks like AI safety theatre.

By Ramez Naam
Decision Traces as Knowledge Graphs Form AI Data Moats
SocialApr 3, 2026

Decision Traces as Knowledge Graphs Form AI Data Moats

Decision Traces as Knowledge Graphs, this makes a lot more sense to me. Take a look, @dvellante and @ggilbert41! I still believe that process mining (from our legacy systems) is a bigger challenge that retrofitting old systems with knowledge graphs...

By Sarbjeet Johal
AI-Native Firms Experiment, Measure, and Audit AI Outputs
SocialApr 3, 2026

AI-Native Firms Experiment, Measure, and Audit AI Outputs

3 things that separate AI-native companies from everyone else: 1. They don't ask for permission to experiment. They ship and learn 2. Measure AI output like they measure human output. Same accountability 3. They build auditor systems to verify what AI claims it...

By Matteo Franceschetti
Amazon Launched Just After the Web, Started with Cash Orders
SocialApr 3, 2026

Amazon Launched Just After the Web, Started with Cash Orders

Amazon was founded in 1994, one year after the birth of worldwide web from @CERN. In 1995, Jeff Bezos spoke about customers mailing cash to @Amazon for book purchases. https://t.co/sk7gsFBNNr

By Vala Afshar
Therapeutic SASP Targets Halt Brain Cell Senescence Spread
SocialApr 3, 2026

Therapeutic SASP Targets Halt Brain Cell Senescence Spread

Characterizing the SASP-Dependent Paracrine Spreading of Senescence Between Human Brain Cell Types "we identified specific SASP targets for therapeutic intervention in the context of human brain cells and thereby informed the SASP-dependent reaction of immune cells and age-related tissue dysfunction across...

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Start Simple, Unlock Tools Gradually for Better UX
SocialApr 3, 2026

Start Simple, Unlock Tools Gradually for Better UX

agents can do everything*, which causes a UX problem, your users have vastly different experiences, some better and some worse thinking like an RPG can help here when you start an RPG game, you start with one weapon, and you learn to...

By Yohei Nakajima
Renewables Critics Say Minnesota VPP Falls Short
SocialApr 3, 2026

Renewables Critics Say Minnesota VPP Falls Short

Renewables groups believe Minnesota VPP program ‘misses the mark’ #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/L7c5uzFsXr

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
AI Still Struggles to Outplay Modern Video Games
SocialApr 3, 2026

AI Still Struggles to Outplay Modern Video Games

Why #AI still can't beat a new video game by NYU Tandon School of Engineering @TechXplore_com Learn more: https://t.co/AMTek5XGzu #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #MI https://t.co/wAkLpIqVyq

By Ron van Loon
Deep Learning Once Needed Heavy Promotion Due to Obscurity
SocialApr 3, 2026

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

By Andrew Arruda
MIT Study Extends Timeline for AI Job Disruption
SocialApr 3, 2026

MIT Study Extends Timeline for AI Job Disruption

Nevermind the hysteria. New MIT research defines a longer timeline for AI's job impacts. AI capabilities will still threaten text-based work, but most workers may have more time to adapt than previously thought. https://t.co/YEvH4XoYHV via @ZDNET

By Joe McKendrick
MusiBaby Speakers: Cheap as Fast Food, Sound Mediocre
SocialApr 3, 2026

MusiBaby Speakers: Cheap as Fast Food, Sound Mediocre

The MusiBaby Portable Bluetooth Speaker costs less than a burger and fries at your local bar, but does it sound good? I checked out two - a stereo pair - and found them middling, but typical for their very budget...

By Dave Taylor
SEO FOMO Meetup Location Remains a Secret, Details Near
SocialApr 3, 2026

SEO FOMO Meetup Location Remains a Secret, Details Near

Almost finishing the last details of the next #SEOFOMO meetup 🙌 can you guess where in the world is it going to be? 🌍 PS: If I’ve actually told you, please don’t say it 🤫🙏 https://t.co/K2yyNRgDji

By Aleyda Solis
AI Isn’t a Paperweight; It Demands Strategic Integration
SocialApr 3, 2026

AI Isn’t a Paperweight; It Demands Strategic Integration

"AI is used to transcribe meetings, or produce a stream of workslop in memos or PowerPoints. Treating this tech as another software deployment is like receiving a mysterious alien artefact and using it as a paperweight." -Ethan Mollick in The...

By Joe McKendrick
AGI Must Be Truly General, Not Olympiad‑Specific
SocialApr 3, 2026

AGI Must Be Truly General, Not Olympiad‑Specific

this is soooo wrong. the whole point of AGI is to be *general*, across all problems. that’s literally what the G stands for, general. Olympiad problems are narrow, and don’t per se have anything special to do with AGI. For some discussion...

By Gary Marcus
Artemis II Daily News Conference Begins at 3:30 PM ET
SocialApr 3, 2026

Artemis II Daily News Conference Begins at 3:30 PM ET

NASA's Artemis II Daily News conference should be starting soon at 3:30 pm ET. https://t.co/aezEU3Simh

By Marcia Smith
AI Eval Token Budgets Face Diminishing Returns, Saturate Quickly
SocialApr 3, 2026

AI Eval Token Budgets Face Diminishing Returns, Saturate Quickly

It would be fair in AI evals to give the AI a token budget similar to what it would cost to hire a skilled human for this. That said, while I'd expect a boost in performance here, I wouldn't expect...

By Ramez Naam
Gemma 4 Sets New Benchmark: Faster, Cheaper, Higher Quality
SocialApr 3, 2026

Gemma 4 Sets New Benchmark: Faster, Cheaper, Higher Quality

Gemma 4 just dropped on AI/ML API and the benchmark results are actually insane. Speed. Cost. Quality. All up. The open-source model war has a new frontrunner.

By Hasan Toor
Track AI/ML Experiments Efficiently with Vertex AI
SocialApr 3, 2026

Track AI/ML Experiments Efficiently with Vertex AI

Any chance you're losing your best AI/ML experiments in a sea of notebooks or manual spreadsheet trackers? Sounds like that's a real issue for many teams. This post looks at how to better track your model training experiments with @googlecloud Vertex...

By Richard Seroter
Dreaming of Leading Artemis Packing: Locker D Bag 6
SocialApr 3, 2026

Dreaming of Leading Artemis Packing: Locker D Bag 6

The joy I’d feel if I were the person in charge of packing for Artemis and I got to say, “Locker D bag 6”

By Science Sam (Samantha Yammine, PhD)
5 Steps to Overcome Alert Fatigue and Strengthen Security Ops
SocialApr 3, 2026

5 Steps to Overcome Alert Fatigue and Strengthen Security Ops

5 Steps to break free from alert fatigue and build resilient #security operations https://t.co/cR0YprtxOS https://t.co/BpZtAMzn8k

By Eric Vanderburg
64 GB Load Attempt—Timing Really Bad
SocialApr 3, 2026

64 GB Load Attempt—Timing Really Bad

Right so this is really not a good time to want to show 64Gb into my machine. 🤔 https://t.co/bXIogoRPni

By Tim Wappat
Bulletproof Your Endpoint Security in Five Steps
SocialApr 3, 2026

Bulletproof Your Endpoint Security in Five Steps

5 essential steps to bulletproof your endpoint #security (and avoid the biggest mistakes) https://t.co/zU8A6OSSWH https://t.co/WqnyE11KOK

By Eric Vanderburg
Time-to-Market Is SynBio’s Biggest Scaling Hurdle
SocialApr 3, 2026

Time-to-Market Is SynBio’s Biggest Scaling Hurdle

Great conversation with Jamie Bacher about the one challenge synbio must solve: time to market. Jamie argues that scaling biotech requires more than great strains—process dev, downstream, analytics, and new financing models all matter. Excited to have him at #SynBioBeta2026. Read the...

By John Cumbers
Walmart Ordered to Pay $100M over Driver Pay Deception
SocialApr 3, 2026

Walmart Ordered to Pay $100M over Driver Pay Deception

Walmart $WMT has to pay $100 million to Spark delivery drivers. For misleading them on pay and tips. A hit to their e-commerce last mile program.

By Tom Craig
AI Speeds Internal Tools Into Profitable Side‑hustles
SocialApr 3, 2026

AI Speeds Internal Tools Into Profitable Side‑hustles

Jesus wow Ramp is SHIPPING Companies internal tools become things they turn into side-hustle businesses because AI lets them ship so fast. And Steer is interesting. It's a way to make your AI a super nerd about the thing you're super nerdy about

By Simon Taylor
CashApp Launches BNPL for Peer‑to‑peer Payments
SocialApr 3, 2026

CashApp Launches BNPL for Peer‑to‑peer Payments

The @CashApp just shipped BNPL for person-to-person payments Few thoughts 1: A lot of people want to pay back friends, feel guilty, and this unlocks that with better cashflow 2: CashApp FINALLY shipping AfterPay integrations that work 3: There's a BNPL for your drug...

By Simon Taylor
CZI Biohub Leverages AI to Outpace Funders in Biomedical Research
SocialApr 3, 2026

CZI Biohub Leverages AI to Outpace Funders in Biomedical Research

CZI’s Biohub aims to harness AI for groundbreaking biomedical research, potentially surpassing other leading funders in influence and investment. Wendy Paris Reports: https://tinyurl.com/28f6rnzc Related IP Resources: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative -https://tinyurl.com/nhhw9a9u Disease Research Grants -https://tinyurl.com/akr4pv9h Grants for Science Research -https://tinyurl.com/mpdstvy2 Tech Philanthropists -https://tinyurl.com/bdewp5v8 Journalism

By Inside Philanthropy
Prioritize Top 20% Accounts, Cut Low‑ROI Waste
SocialApr 3, 2026

Prioritize Top 20% Accounts, Cut Low‑ROI Waste

Let's say you have 500 accounts. 100 have high spend potential. If you spend time equally across all 500? That's like a CMO spending ad budget on low-ROI campaigns. Move your "spend" to higher ROI areas. Find your top 20%: • Biggest revenue potential • Likeliest to...

By Chris Orlob
Autonomous Clinical Care Scales to 3 Million Conversations
SocialApr 3, 2026

Autonomous Clinical Care Scales to 3 Million Conversations

First fully autonomous clinical encounter in the end of 2023, to 3 million autonomous clinical conversations with patients in 2.5 years. The co-pilot to autopilot transition is underway in specialty care, and we're thrilled to deepen our partnership with Insight...

By Kanyi Maqubela
AgileX Launches Autonomous Robots for Real-World Chaos
SocialApr 3, 2026

AgileX Launches Autonomous Robots for Real-World Chaos

AgileX #Robotics Unveils #Autonomous Machines Built for Real-World Chaos by @AgilexRobotics #AI #Robots #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/v87TRPIool

By Ron van Loon
AI Hype Is a Bubble; Impractical for Real Businesses
SocialApr 3, 2026

AI Hype Is a Bubble; Impractical for Real Businesses

This is why AI is a bubble. If you run a real business why would you deploy this? This was a finite set of data it was looking at. This is not a free consumer grade version. ...

By David Lowery
Free LLMs: Hype, Profit, and User Blame
SocialApr 3, 2026

Free LLMs: Hype, Profit, and User Blame

It’s nice gig making LLMs. You can distribute free models that suck. Hype them to the skies. Take credit for the hundreds of millions of user you’ve got. And when they make a mistake, you can blame the users for not using the paid...

By Gary Marcus