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AI's Proactive Personality Tested: Woman Lets Robot In
SocialFeb 15, 2026

AI's Proactive Personality Tested: Woman Lets Robot In

I’ve been thinking about AI being proactive—tricky to get this right….and how it could fine-tune its personality….an interesting case study: To Stay in Her Home, She Let In an A.I. Robot https://t.co/PGqWZjy7sN via @NYTimes

By Ken Goldberg
SEO Demand Spikes as Cleanup Work Multiplies
SocialFeb 15, 2026

SEO Demand Spikes as Cleanup Work Multiplies

There will also be more work for SEOs who help clean up the mess 😅

By Lily Ray
RAG Acts as Truth‑Enforcing Control Layer for LLMs
SocialFeb 15, 2026

RAG Acts as Truth‑Enforcing Control Layer for LLMs

RAG isn’t “search + GPT”. It’s a control layer: • limits hallucinations • enforces evidence • defines what the model is allowed to know LLMs generate text. RAG defines truth. https://t.co/8qOd6YHSJA

By Giuliano Liguori
YouTube Views Vs. Nielsen Ratings: Incomparable Metrics
SocialFeb 15, 2026

YouTube Views Vs. Nielsen Ratings: Incomparable Metrics

Comparing YouTube views to Nielsen ratings is a mistake. YouTube’s views aren’t unique and only needs to be seen good a few seconds to count as a view. Nielsen measures unique concurrent viewers in an average minute. Apples and oranges.

By Dan Runcie
Nathan James Dominates Furniture Search; Rivals Must Step Up
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Nathan James Dominates Furniture Search; Rivals Must Step Up

Nathan James is just dominating furniture search. To the point that it’s annoying. Hat tip to that team. The rest of the furniture industry needs to step (stool) it up.

By Taylor Holiday
DIY BLE Test Achieves 800‑Foot Range with Omni Antenna
SocialFeb 15, 2026

DIY BLE Test Achieves 800‑Foot Range with Omni Antenna

My hack job of testing distance and range of BLE devices. Light enough to get lift with the drone still with an amplifier, high gain antenna, gps - and a mini computer. It’s all I had sitting around the shelves...

By Dave Kennedy
Outsourcing Code: Does It Diminish Your Thinking?
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Outsourcing Code: Does It Diminish Your Thinking?

Question for my technical friends: I'm a big believer that writing is thinking. It's why I'm hesitant to outsource any writing that matters (like an investment memo) to LLMs, slop factor aside. Is coding thinking? And by that I mean, if...

By Ashley Mayer
AI Chatbots Turn Into Digital Real Estate for Ads
SocialFeb 15, 2026

AI Chatbots Turn Into Digital Real Estate for Ads

AI chatbots are becoming the next digital real estate, and ads are moving in. As usage scales and infrastructure costs rise, monetisation models are shifting from subscriptions alone to advertising layers embedded in conversation. The real question is not whether ads will...

By Spiros Margaris
Core Skills for 2026: Leadership, Data, EPR, Governance
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Core Skills for 2026: Leadership, Data, EPR, Governance

The most valuable skills for 2026 are not mysterious. Delivery leadership, data literacy, EPR fluency, governance, and communication keep reappearing. These skills survive restructures, tech shifts and policy cycles. Career Navigator 2026 outlines the full skills picture.

By Dr. Ron (Health Informatics)
Free 6‑hour Dropshipping Masterclass From $40M Expert
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Free 6‑hour Dropshipping Masterclass From $40M Expert

Beginners Complete Dropshipping Tutorial for 2026 (6+ Hour Guide) WATCH HERE 👉 https://t.co/OD9B0yp5lN With 10 years of experience in Ecom and Shopify Dropshipping & almost $40 million in revenue, I've condensed everything you need to know to start today in this...

By Kamil Sattar
Scaling a Startup Is Harder Than Starting One
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Scaling a Startup Is Harder Than Starting One

Why it’s never been easier to start a company, and never been harder to scale one with Brian Halligan Brian is Sequoia in-house CEO coach, long-time CEO and co-founder of HubSpot , and more than anyone I’ve ever met, a...

By Lenny Rachitsky
Balance Cost Caps with Creative Diversity for Optimal Spend
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Balance Cost Caps with Creative Diversity for Optimal Spend

Good take but depends on the structure. 100% cost control / bid cap? 900 ads is fine - more creative diversity = more opportunities to spend. 100% in lowest cost? Likely hemorrhaging data and money

By Kody Nordquist
Robotic Microfactory Prints Full-Scale Ship without Dockyard
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Robotic Microfactory Prints Full-Scale Ship without Dockyard

Shipbuilding normally needs shipyards. This boat came out of a microfactory. Printed by robots. A full-scale vessel made inside an AI-driven facility, not a dockyard. Forget molds, heavy tooling, and offshore fabrication: Just a digital file → robotic print →...

By Ilir Aliu
Revamp Agile Now to Harness AI’s 2026 Edge
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Revamp Agile Now to Harness AI’s 2026 Edge

Agile was built for a different era. Here are 7 urgent reasons leaders must revisit agile practices if they want real advantages from AI in 2026. #Agile #AI #DigitalTrailblazers https://t.co/RZY9U0X8ws

By Isaac Sacolick
Taxi Driver Screenwriter Embraces AI in Filmmaking
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Taxi Driver Screenwriter Embraces AI in Filmmaking

Screenwriter of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976) isn't fighting (like most of Hollywood) But is embracing how AI will change film production

By Pieter Levels
AI Forecasts Can Fabricate Data—Always Verify Insights
SocialFeb 15, 2026

AI Forecasts Can Fabricate Data—Always Verify Insights

Noticed this a few months back. Certain AI tools that we were using for projections/forecasting/data it was completely making up and generating false data. It was essentially creating scenarios that it thought we wanted to see. And not what was accurate. Always double-check...

By Kody Nordquist
OneUI 9 Wide Fold Leaks and Android Canary Updates
SocialFeb 15, 2026

OneUI 9 Wide Fold Leaks and Android Canary Updates

🚨 AssembleDebug's Weekly Android/Google Apps Feature Recap [09 - 14 Feb, 2026] This week was focused on some big leaks from OneUI 9 regarding the Samsung "Wide" fold. Google also released Android Canary and its first Android 17 beta 1 update....

By AssembleDebug (Shiv)
Modern Bluetooth Pacemakers Continuously Broadcast When Disconnected
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Modern Bluetooth Pacemakers Continuously Broadcast When Disconnected

Regarding this, there was a couple questions on does the pacemaker continue to advertise - most BLE implantable devices go into a sleep type mode. In this case, we are lucky - it does not. We know based on law enforcement...

By Dave Kennedy
15‑PDGH Inhibition and Ozempic May Restore Cartilage
SocialFeb 15, 2026

15‑PDGH Inhibition and Ozempic May Restore Cartilage

Two things that may help restore cartilage —15-PDGH inhibition https://t.co/chCj9Lj5qk —Semaglutide (Ozempic), independent of weight loss https://t.co/fqbrQQYfRt https://t.co/6CRdY1QtC1

By Eric Topol
Government Claim to Crack RSA 2048 Raises Skepticism
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Government Claim to Crack RSA 2048 Raises Skepticism

If someone tells me on The Post-Quantum World that the government cracked RSA 2048, I will certainly have a followup question.

By Konstantinos Karagiannis
SAC Simplifies Quadruped Gait Tuning over PPO
SocialFeb 15, 2026

SAC Simplifies Quadruped Gait Tuning over PPO

In a world of PPO everything for reinforcement learning, I've been tinkering with SAC for training a quadruped gait. This gait is trained purely on CPU (training on one of the Dell GB10s) on a single environment. Training any particular run...

By Harrison Kinsley
Immune System Drives the Biological Process of Aging
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Immune System Drives the Biological Process of Aging

Our immune system is the driver of the biologic process of aging. A new and comprehensive review @NatRevImmunol https://t.co/0Fm9w7U341 https://t.co/alPoABMozO

By Eric Topol
Founders on Camera Build Trust, Fuel $100M Growth
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Founders on Camera Build Trust, Fuel $100M Growth

If you’re a founder of a brand doing sub $100M and you’re NOT on camera making content for organic, ads etc… You’re putting yourself at an extreme disadvantage People want to buy from genuine people - not from brands. Create a brand...

By Kody Nordquist
CFOs Embrace Agentic AI for Strategy, Shy From Treasury Risks
SocialFeb 15, 2026

CFOs Embrace Agentic AI for Strategy, Shy From Treasury Risks

How Agentic AI Went From Zero to CFO Test Runs in 90 Days survey by @pymnts https://t.co/6MXgAdb3Fx Enterprise CFOs in the US are interested in using agentic AI for strategic planning, but cautious about using it for treasury, risk and compliance. https://t.co/2NioUOuMrE

By Efi Pylarinou
Squidiff Predicts Cell Development and Perturbation Responses
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Squidiff Predicts Cell Development and Perturbation Responses

Nature Methods: Squidiff: predicting cellular development and responses to perturbations using a diffusion model from single cell data https://t.co/MqJxhiRJDD https://t.co/cV0IwwFABZ

By Ming Tang
AI Analyzes My Behavior, Turns Results Into Minimalist Infographic
SocialFeb 15, 2026

AI Analyzes My Behavior, Turns Results Into Minimalist Infographic

i tried the chatgpt interview question on myself and turned it into an infographic ask chatgpt, "based on my past conversations, can you analyze my behavioral tendencies" take it to gemini, "create a minimalistic infographic about > that summarizes the information below....

By Yohei Nakajima
Consolidate AI Projects for High‑Value, Measurable Impact
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Consolidate AI Projects for High‑Value, Measurable Impact

If you're serious about AI in 2026, start killing or consolidating scattered experiments and back a smaller set of high-value use cases with clear ownership, metrics, and governance. Less chaos, more compounding value. #CIO #AI https://t.co/VtuS5rQ0ZG

By Isaac Sacolick
Roskosmos Preps Progress MS-33 for Site 31 Return
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Roskosmos Preps Progress MS-33 for Site 31 Return

Roskosmos resumes processing of the Progress MS-33 cargo ship in Baikonur in anticipation of the return to flight from the restored Site 31 after the service platform collapse last year: https://t.co/mN4Hi2mIUG https://t.co/dpnK9COwOB

By Anatoly Zak
Ed Lee Forecasted AI Class-Action Lawsuits in 2023
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Ed Lee Forecasted AI Class-Action Lawsuits in 2023

shout-out to @edleeprof for totally calling the class-action angle for AI lawsuits ahead of the curve in 2023! https://t.co/MwA9eSRAua

By Andrew Arruda
AI Overload Overwhelms Marketers: Find Calm Amid Chaos
SocialFeb 15, 2026

AI Overload Overwhelms Marketers: Find Calm Amid Chaos

We've never been given more tools than ever before to do our jobs in marketing. With the proliferation of AI everything should become easier, faster. And yet, I feel more overwhelmed than ever before in my entire adult working life which...

By David Herrmann
Saudi‑US Biotech Tie Is Just a Pay‑for‑promotion Scheme
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Saudi‑US Biotech Tie Is Just a Pay‑for‑promotion Scheme

This is not a Saudi-USA Biotech Alliance, it’s a Saudi @DrPatrick $IBRX “you pay we pay” marketing campaign. Anktiva is stalled in the US because he can’t generate the clinical data to move the drug forward, so he goes to...

By Adam Feuerstein
Three Red Flags of Non‑Idempotent Data Pipelines
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Three Red Flags of Non‑Idempotent Data Pipelines

From Zach Wilson, three signs your pipeline isn't idempotent: 1. It uses INSERT INTO instead of INSERT OVERWRITE or MERGE 2. Date filters have "date > start" but no "date < end" - this causes exponential backfill costs 3. Source tables are always...

By SSP Data
Shift AI Focus From Pilots to Measurable ROI
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Shift AI Focus From Pilots to Measurable ROI

RT Boards are asking, “Where is the ROI?” not “How many pilots do you have?” This session is about moving from experimentation theater to outcome‑driven AI portfolios. #CIO #AI @Star_CIO https://t.co/xfrVmpSIJN

By Isaac Sacolick
Visibility Alone Won’t Drive Sales Without Brand Trust
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Visibility Alone Won’t Drive Sales Without Brand Trust

Showing up in an AI overview is a form of distribution and not necessarily consideration. It’s highly potentially valuable, in the same way that getting on the shelf at Walmart creates big opportunity potential, but for many product that alone...

By Liam Moroney
Pick a Bioinformatics Tool and Just Start
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Pick a Bioinformatics Tool and Just Start

🧵 Stop searching for the "perfect" bioinformatics tool. You're wasting time. Here's why picking something and moving forward beats endless comparison. https://t.co/cffR3dJaoQ

By Ming Tang
AI Boosts Efficiency While Keeping People Central
SocialFeb 15, 2026

AI Boosts Efficiency While Keeping People Central

Artificial intelligence is increasingly used to improve operational efficiency, helping organizations refine processes, reduce friction, and take informed decisions while keeping systems coherent and people central. Microblog @antgrasso #AI #OperationalEfficiency https://t.co/oIHE3UloUH

By Antonio Grasso
AI Must Pass “Galileo Test” To Discern Truth
SocialFeb 15, 2026

AI Must Pass “Galileo Test” To Discern Truth

AI must pass, in general, the “Galileo” test: even if almost all the training data repeats falsehoods, it must nonetheless see the truth

By Elon Musk
Post‑Purchase Friction Is the Real Brand Killer
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Post‑Purchase Friction Is the Real Brand Killer

Misunderstood Marketing - : The Delonghi-Bosch Pivot: Why Post-Purchase Friction is the Real Brand Killer https://t.co/9vxehhnI4s

By Shashi Bellamkonda
Fluency, Not AI Smarts, Undermines Human Judgment
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Fluency, Not AI Smarts, Undermines Human Judgment

Human judgment is under threat not because AI is smart, but because we confuse fluency with understanding https://t.co/sLuxpkk0uz

By Satya Mallick
Synthetic Data Ceiling Threatens Future AI Progress
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Synthetic Data Ceiling Threatens Future AI Progress

Stack Overflow raised this generation of AI. ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini… they all grew up on human-written code, answers, debates, and mistakes. That human data was the fuel. Now the weird part: More and more content online is generated by models. Future models will increasingly train...

By Louis Bouchard
AI Readiness Demands Systems Thinking, Not Just Tools
SocialFeb 15, 2026

AI Readiness Demands Systems Thinking, Not Just Tools

AI-ready ≠ tool-ready. This cheatsheet shows the real shift: Models → Systems Prompts → Planning Outputs → Outcomes Agentic AI rewards systems thinkers — not tool collectors. https://t.co/znKBGW7izi

By Giuliano Liguori
Growth Requires Custom Strategies, Not One‑Size Solutions
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Growth Requires Custom Strategies, Not One‑Size Solutions

We currently oversee $17M+ in monthly ad-spend and one thing that is consistent is that most brands take a different strategy / creative framework to work. No-one is the same... There's similarities etc... but overall the brand core fundamentals are...

By Kody Nordquist
Empower Employees, Not Just Automate, to Meet Expectations
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Empower Employees, Not Just Automate, to Meet Expectations

Automation alone is not the answer. Institutions that replace people instead of empowering them will struggle to meet rising customer expectations. https://t.co/3KhyMMpnPe

By Jim Marous
Credit Pushes Guests Toward
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Credit Pushes Guests Toward

Credit almost always leads to people spending more. From Airbnb's Q4 earnings: "Reserve Now, Pay Later saw significant adoption among eligible guests in Q4. It's also led to longer booking lead times and a mix shift towards larger entire homes, especially those...

By Thomas Chua (Steady Compounding)
Companies Shift From AI Experiments to Delegating Tasks
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Companies Shift From AI Experiments to Delegating Tasks

A growing share of organizations are no longer just experimenting with artificial intelligence, they’re beginning to delegate work to it. “How to navigate the age of agentic AI” 👉 https://t.co/Eh8T7HY4Ps via @MITSloan #AI #DigitalTransformation #GenAI #IoT #5G #MWC26 #FutureOfWork #GLMC

By Harold Sinnott
AI Native Leverages Agents to Fill Data Gaps
SocialFeb 15, 2026

AI Native Leverages Agents to Fill Data Gaps

AI Naive: use agents to try to solve the problem. AI Native: use agents to fix the missing data and scattered context that make the problem hard.

By Sarah Guo
Repeat Purchases Matter More than High Margins
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Repeat Purchases Matter More than High Margins

I lost $13k on a tech gadget with 'insane margins.' Nobody bought it. I tested a consumable with thin margins. Scaled to $70k/month on repeat orders. The market doesn't care about your margin goals. It cares about repeat purchases. Test...

By Kamil Sattar
US Controls Slow China, Ignite Homegrown Chip Drive
SocialFeb 15, 2026

US Controls Slow China, Ignite Homegrown Chip Drive

NYT: "While Washington’s export controls have slowed China’s chip development, they have added fuel to Beijing’s decade-long push to make strategic technologies like semiconductors and A.I. entirely at home." https://t.co/OcHRXob06N

By Michael Pettis
From Quick Bug Fixes to Massive Merge Conflicts
SocialFeb 15, 2026

From Quick Bug Fixes to Massive Merge Conflicts

Codex web is really like: I found these 3 bugs, do you want me to start 3 tasks? *3 hours later* Here are 3 PR's with 100 merge conflicts. 👍

By Aaron Ng