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True Autonomous Cars Remain Unrealized Despite Robotaxi Hype
SocialMay 7, 2026

True Autonomous Cars Remain Unrealized Despite Robotaxi Hype

A truly autonomous car can sit in my driveway if I ask it to, go out and do work for money, or drive me wherever I want. Robotaxis are great, but nobody has built a truly autonomous car yet.

By Whole Mars Catalog
Adjust WhatsApp Settings for Better Privacy Abroad
SocialMay 7, 2026

Adjust WhatsApp Settings for Better Privacy Abroad

WhatsApp is a great way to stay in touch with friends and family traveling abroad, but you do want to make a few changes in @WhatssApp for maximum privacy and security. Here's the rundown: https://t.co/pBNbgmlbVR #whatsapp #privacy #security https://t.co/JyZg1OaWpa

By Dave Taylor
Users Pay to Keep Files Live, Cite AI Recommendation
SocialMay 7, 2026

Users Pay to Keep Files Live, Cite AI Recommendation

nice, ppl keep paying to keep their files live on htmldrops also, a couple of ppl have told me it was recommended by AI, even tho I haven't make any citation or backlinking effort https://t.co/FlLRZ8Y44X

By Flavio Amiel
Enterprise AI Redefines System Integrators: Key Customer Questions
SocialMay 7, 2026

Enterprise AI Redefines System Integrators: Key Customer Questions

I’ll be talking about this very topic tomorrow with @jonerp and @josheac live. How is Enterprise AI changing the role of SIs? What should customers be asking right now? Lots to unpack.

By Bonnie Tinder
AI-Powered Virtual Clinic Transforms Cancer Detection and Care
SocialMay 7, 2026

AI-Powered Virtual Clinic Transforms Cancer Detection and Care

There is a genuinely a revolution under way in cancer. We're solving it: from early detection (!), trial matching, and ongoing management. @Color is now an @ASCO clinic -- the first virtual-only one -- leading this revolution in screening and...

By Kanyi Maqubela
SpaceX's IPO Value Would Rank Second Ever, Outpacing Dot‑Com Era
SocialMay 7, 2026

SpaceX's IPO Value Would Rank Second Ever, Outpacing Dot‑Com Era

"In inflation-adjusted terms, @SpaceX alone would rank as the second-largest IPO in history, just behind @saudi_aramco . All three together would exceed the entire dot-com IPO wave of 1995–2000. They will be at least half the value, inflation-adjusted, of...

By Meb Faber
AI Success Depends on Robust QA and DevOps Maturity
SocialMay 7, 2026

AI Success Depends on Robust QA and DevOps Maturity

RT 77% of orgs are confident in AI outputs? while many still lack secure CI/CD, automated audit trails, and even basic defect escape metrics. Your QA and DevOps maturity will make or break AI agents in production. #AI #DevOps #QA @Star_CIO ...

By Isaac Sacolick
Colorado Passes Bipartisan Balcony Solar Bill, Becomes Fourth State
SocialMay 7, 2026

Colorado Passes Bipartisan Balcony Solar Bill, Becomes Fourth State

Today, I was proud to sign bipartisan HB26-1007, which will open the door to balcony solar, making it easier and more affordable for Coloradans to access solar energy right from their homes. With this bipartisan bill, Colorado becomes the 4th...

By Governor Jared Polis
Kodiak Robotics Secures $100M to Scale Driverless Trucks
SocialMay 7, 2026

Kodiak Robotics Secures $100M to Scale Driverless Trucks

Physical AI has moved from "if" to "how quickly" and @KodiakRobotics is hitting that next gear. With a $100 million capital raise, 28 driverless trucks already in our customer's hands, and new developments across the long haul, defense and industrial verticals,...

By Don Burnette
Design for Agentic Scale: Speed, Power, Governance
SocialMay 7, 2026

Design for Agentic Scale: Speed, Power, Governance

“Your most important user no longer has a pulse.” My colleague, Yasmeen Ahmad, said this at Google Next. Not to be provocative, but because it’s true. Agents don’t work like humans. They can simultaneously command dozens of API calls. They can...

By Bryan Beal
Tiny Model Beats Opus 4.6 at Spreadsheet Navigation
SocialMay 7, 2026

Tiny Model Beats Opus 4.6 at Spreadsheet Navigation

we trained a .35b-parameter model to navigate spreadsheets better than opus 4.6. normal corporate card company stuff.

By Eric Glyman
OccupyAI Looms Soon—Invest in Your Humanity
SocialMay 7, 2026

OccupyAI Looms Soon—Invest in Your Humanity

Based on recent developments across both corporates and policymakers, I am convinced #OccupyAI is going to arrive far sooner than even I had originally expected. Start investing in your humanness now.

By Jeff Park
Robotics Data Startup Turns Video Into Training Gold
SocialMay 7, 2026

Robotics Data Startup Turns Video Into Training Gold

The developers behind the future of robotics industry. San Francisco is stunning today. I am here to learn more about robot data to train future robots with @keval_shah14 who built a system to prepare video data to sell to robotics...

By Robert Scoble
Agentic Coding Powers Instant Data Visualizations, UIs, CLIs
SocialMay 7, 2026

Agentic Coding Powers Instant Data Visualizations, UIs, CLIs

A few major use cases for agentic coding for me: 1. Adhoc data visualizations. Anytime I have a question that can be answered quantitatively, I generate some code to make a plot. 2. Adhoc data annotation UIs. In ML, "make your own...

By François Chollet
World Wind Capacity Jumps 14% as Brazil Climbs to 5th
SocialMay 7, 2026

World Wind Capacity Jumps 14% as Brazil Climbs to 5th

Great race Brazil passed Spain and the UK in 2025 to boast the 5th-highest onshore+offshore wind nameplate capacity worldwide. Plus, the UK now has more offshore than onshore capacity. World wind capacity grew 14% in one year. 1. China 640.6 GW (593.2 onshore/47.4 offshore) 2....

By Mark Z. Jacobson
Docs Alone Won’t Sustain Customer Success, Educate More
SocialMay 7, 2026

Docs Alone Won’t Sustain Customer Success, Educate More

Educated customers are better for business. But can documentation alone get the job done? It may seem faster/easier, but it can be very costly in the long run. How so? @digitalchalk's Ann Torry explains on our blog➡️ https://t.co/HIhPkThgVS #CX #CustomerEducation #SaaS...

By John Leh
Most Companies Boost AI; 40% Knowledge Work at Risk
SocialMay 7, 2026

Most Companies Boost AI; 40% Knowledge Work at Risk

92% of companies are increasing AI investment over the next 3 years. 40% of knowledge work could be disrupted in that window. What’s your AI strategy? We have a few spots left in the AI Business Lab Mastermind. https://t.co/B3ac1JrQNc

By Michael Hyatt
America Must Secure Its Geothermal Supply Chain
SocialMay 7, 2026

America Must Secure Its Geothermal Supply Chain

The Geothermal Supply Chain Is America’s to Gain — or Lose #energysky -- via RMI https://t.co/igYaR7gtP2

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
OpenAI's Partnership Hype Outpaces Financial Clarity
SocialMay 7, 2026

OpenAI's Partnership Hype Outpaces Financial Clarity

“they hadn’t figured out how OpenAI would pay for it” may turn out to be the epitaph for an entire era. 🪦 scoop from @anissagardizy8 @theinformation, and credit her with the great line “OpenAI has made a habit of announcing landmark...

By Gary Marcus
Canvas Ransomware Disrupts Finals, Threatens Student Data
SocialMay 7, 2026

Canvas Ransomware Disrupts Finals, Threatens Student Data

Canvas, the tool teachers and students are using for finals right now, was hit w/ ransomware by (folks who claim to be) ShinyHunters. Lots of students/educators saying this is making finals studying/tests v hard (not even considering the amount of...

By Rachel Tobac
CEOs Deploy 20+ AI Agents, Younger Founders Hold Back
SocialMay 7, 2026

CEOs Deploy 20+ AI Agents, Younger Founders Hold Back

For the last few months I’ve been interviewing CEOs about their personal AI stacks 🤖. What helps them run the company better / faster / smarter/ The most AI-pilled ones are running 20+ agents that basically run their entire day....

By Brian Halligan
AI Agents Threaten Relevance of Expert-Created Courses
SocialMay 7, 2026

AI Agents Threaten Relevance of Expert-Created Courses

Do AI agents make high quality online courses from proven experts more or less relevant?

By Bill D'Alessandro
STING Pathway Emerges as New Cancer Immunotherapy Frontier
SocialMay 7, 2026

STING Pathway Emerges as New Cancer Immunotherapy Frontier

The number of new potential ways to rev up the immune response to cancer keeps expanding. Today it's STING-ing it. @ScienceMagazine https://t.co/p9g0Mmc8kG https://t.co/LbKfODQkO1

By Eric Topol
CAPR Sues NS Pharma over Launch Delays, Pricing Disputes
SocialMay 7, 2026

CAPR Sues NS Pharma over Launch Delays, Pricing Disputes

$CAPR is suing NS Pharma, its deramiocel commercial partner. Capricor alleges NS Pharma is not doing enough to prepare for commercial launch + some pricing mishegas. 8K https://t.co/7iFyLRhKsq

By Adam Feuerstein
J.P. Morgan Secures AI Agent Identity for Future Payments
SocialMay 7, 2026

J.P. Morgan Secures AI Agent Identity for Future Payments

J.P. Morgan Payments has partnered with Mirakl to build infrastructure for agentic commerce in an effort to radically transform the traditional payment rail. But as autonomous agents move from browsing to buying, they introduce some risks: processing untrusted inputs, accessing sensitive...

By Mary Ann Azevedo
OpenClaw Isn’t Dead, but Reliability Needs Hermes
SocialMay 7, 2026

OpenClaw Isn’t Dead, but Reliability Needs Hermes

Is it over for OpenClaw? Peter Steinberger just issued an apology after a rough week of reliability issues. We’ve been feeling this internally too. OpenClaw is powerful, but when agents stop responding inside Slack or Telegram, the whole workflow breaks. My current take: Hermes...

By Eric Siu
Real‑World SEO Data Defies Traditional Textbook Advice
SocialMay 7, 2026

Real‑World SEO Data Defies Traditional Textbook Advice

I know the textbook SEO crowd doesn't really wanna hear this... but the data doesn't lie folks. 👇👇👇 I am seeing this pattern over and over again. Client after client after client. https://t.co/FlqOTv0E7X

By Gaetano DiNardi
Target Natural Pricing Thresholds to Secure Early Sales
SocialMay 7, 2026

Target Natural Pricing Thresholds to Secure Early Sales

Founders: In early sales, look for natural pricing thresholds: - Under $100/mo for individual card swipes - Under $5k for team manager discretionary budget - Under $15k for department head approval Make it easy to say yes within existing constraints.

By Pete Kazanjy
Turn Hours of Content Into Actionable Results
SocialMay 7, 2026

Turn Hours of Content Into Actionable Results

Imagine spending hours on a blog post Imagine spending hours on a YouTube video Imagine spending hours on a podcast episode And then doing nothing with it.... Many do it. People who use https://t.co/M8688t4CuW could never.

By Ross Simmonds
W3C Credentials API Enables Cross‑Platform FHIR Health Sharing
SocialMay 7, 2026

W3C Credentials API Enables Cross‑Platform FHIR Health Sharing

With W3C Digital Credentials API, it's *finally possible* to design a health-data-sharing protocol that's idiomatic (standard FHIR-based resource sharing, questionnaire filling, etc) and works cross-platform (from web and mobile app requests to Android + iOS wallets)! See article for background...

By Josh Mandel, MD
Foundation Models Enable Safer, Flexible Robot Swarm Decision‑Making
SocialMay 7, 2026

Foundation Models Enable Safer, Flexible Robot Swarm Decision‑Making

Implementing foundation models as robot swarm designers and operators could unlock more flexible decision-making and enhance human-robot interactions, with careful monitoring mechanisms to ensure safety. Learn more in Science #Robotics: https://t.co/VCOZ6sAKOa https://t.co/nsKs5pkib5

By Science Robotics
Automation Solves Providers' Rule‑less Game, Cuts Denials
SocialMay 7, 2026

Automation Solves Providers' Rule‑less Game, Cuts Denials

"Providers have been asked to play a game but haven’t been told the rules.” DrFirst is using automation to reduce denials, streamline prescribing, and ease physician burden. 👉 https://t.co/gJ8WkhBsZw @DrFirst #HIMSS26 #HITSM

By Colin Hung
Opus 4.7 Underperforms; Compute Limits Hinder Mythos Rollout
SocialMay 7, 2026

Opus 4.7 Underperforms; Compute Limits Hinder Mythos Rollout

Or.... they don't have enough compute space for Mythos publicly and an awesome marketing campaign. Opus 4.7 still doesn't perform as well as 4.6 on its release. Might change with new data center expansions with Google and xAI, but as...

By Dave Kennedy
Shocker SiP Currently Volatile, Will Stabilize Within a Year
SocialMay 7, 2026

Shocker SiP Currently Volatile, Will Stabilize Within a Year

Shocker SiP is lumpy... In a year or so, much less, but for now, ebbs and flows.

By Ben Bajarin
Claude Code's Downtime Reveals Frustrating Unreliability
SocialMay 7, 2026

Claude Code's Downtime Reveals Frustrating Unreliability

Something going on with my Claude Code right now, it just took my site down (second time in 12 months, good score), couldn't fix it by itself, I had to manually fix it, I did within 5 seconds, so that's...

By Pieter Levels
AI Could Secure Software by Eliminating All Vulnerabilities
SocialMay 7, 2026

AI Could Secure Software by Eliminating All Vulnerabilities

Maybe powerful AI will favor the cyber defense. Vulnerabilities are finite in number, so if you can fix them all, maybe software just becomes much more secure.

By Noah Smith
AI Chatbot Claimed to Be Licensed Doctor, Faces Lawsuit
SocialMay 7, 2026

AI Chatbot Claimed to Be Licensed Doctor, Faces Lawsuit

AI SUED FOR CHATBOT REPRESENTING TO USER THAT IT WAS A LICENSED DOCTOR You know how it's illegal for you to hold yourself out as a licensed professional, like a lawyer or a doctor, unless you are actually, you know, a...

By Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
LLM /Goal Drives Relentless 24/7 Code Progress
SocialMay 7, 2026

LLM /Goal Drives Relentless 24/7 Code Progress

Trying /goal for the first time on Codex and it’s obv it’s going to 10000x token use. It’s amazing though - I’ve had it working on a low level eGPU+Mac device driver project overnight (that I have no business doing) for...

By Andrew Chen
Building or Selling AI: The Hottest Spot
SocialMay 7, 2026

Building or Selling AI: The Hottest Spot

the most exciting place to be right now is in front of your computer building with ai or selling it to customers

By Nathan Benaich
Mental Health's Future: Biomarkers, AI, and Clinical Teams Unite
SocialMay 7, 2026

Mental Health's Future: Biomarkers, AI, and Clinical Teams Unite

The future of mental health isn't a single drug or app, it lies at the convergence of biomarkers, AI, and a real clinical team. I'm excited to see @MeruHealth Advanced, which is bringing that convergence to a category that...

By Daniel Kraft, MD
Empower Developers, Don’t Replace Them—One Person Transforms.
SocialMay 7, 2026

Empower Developers, Don’t Replace Them—One Person Transforms.

way cooler to help software developers pokemon-evolve into superheroes than to try to replace them it is insane what one really good person can do now https://t.co/iEqSQHgg5B

By Sam Altman
Hawkeye360 IPO Jumps to $34
SocialMay 7, 2026

Hawkeye360 IPO Jumps to $34

Signals-intel satelite fleet operator @hawkeye360 listed at $26 on @NYSE IPO May 7, opened at $33.80 and closed at $34 with a market cap of $3.17B. https://t.co/DDXHxVbqYD

By Peter B. de Selding
Mythos Boosts Firefox Bug Fixes: April Beats 15 Months
SocialMay 7, 2026

Mythos Boosts Firefox Bug Fixes: April Beats 15 Months

Skepticism of corporate marketing and AI boosterism is always warranted, but I think the folks who accused Anthropic of overrating Mythos should check out this post by Mozilla developers indicating that the Firefox team fixed more security bugs in April...

By Derek Thompson
Home Battery Surge Signals Grid Turning Point
SocialMay 7, 2026

Home Battery Surge Signals Grid Turning Point

State energy minister says impact of home storage in “baking hot summer” shows grid at turning point #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/5fSXYhdD7M https://t.co/gMe15PmcrK

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Read My Newsletter for AI Search Guidance
SocialMay 7, 2026

Read My Newsletter for AI Search Guidance

If you're trying to figure out AI search for your business, you need to read my newsletter, Context Window: https://t.co/X5a83SgWmN https://t.co/VM5rOOPShO

By Kaleigh Moore
Chiclet Keyboards Win for Work, Mech for Gaming
SocialMay 7, 2026

Chiclet Keyboards Win for Work, Mech for Gaming

Chiclet keyboards >>> mech keyboards impossible to do anything for long periods on a mechanical keyboard unless you’re just WASDing away. Chiclet for actual work

By Andrew Chen
TikTok Risks Google Penalty for Back‑Button Hijacking
SocialMay 7, 2026

TikTok Risks Google Penalty for Back‑Button Hijacking

More about 'Back button hijacking'. @DMFanGossip13 replied to me last week that TikTok could be impacted by the new spam policy. It's an interesting example, since you are taken into the app when on mobile (for those that have the...

By Glenn Gabe
AlphaEvolve Proves AI Can Create Novel, Real‑world Algorithms
SocialMay 7, 2026

AlphaEvolve Proves AI Can Create Novel, Real‑world Algorithms

"LLMs just parrot back what they've been trained on and don't create anything novel." I hear that, but the @GoogleDeepMind AlphaEvolve agent is designing advanced algorithms that are making an impact in the real world. Powerful update ... https://t.co/EwszAjFzch

By Richard Seroter
Ukrainian Drones Disrupt Russian Energy and Logistics
SocialMay 7, 2026

Ukrainian Drones Disrupt Russian Energy and Logistics

Ukraine's advanced drone tech has enabled it to reliably target and strike Russia's energy infrastructure. This is throwing off Russian logistics entirely. Entire analysis available exclusively for Analyst Tier members on Patreon ➡️ https://t.co/gJLupcx251 #russiaukrainewar https://t.co/oWT2bbbQpb

By Peter Zeihan