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Chipmakers Deploy AI to Consolidate Embedded Dashboard Data
SocialMay 6, 2026

Chipmakers Deploy AI to Consolidate Embedded Dashboard Data

Chipmakers are starting to use AI to manage data that is mined from different “dashboards,” many of which are already embedded in chips and systems and used to monitor everything from thermal gradients to voltage droop. https://t.co/zk6dbLIn9l #semiconductor #dashboards

By Ed Sperling
Onboard AI Agents Like New Hires: Start Narrow, Scale Trust
SocialMay 6, 2026

Onboard AI Agents Like New Hires: Start Narrow, Scale Trust

Treat your AI agent like a new employee. You wouldn't give a new hire total autonomy on day one. That's the framing from a recent Metrigy report, and it has real implications for how enterprises should be thinking about deployment....

By Latane Conant
Data Infrastructure, Not Flashy AI, Drives Real Progress
SocialMay 6, 2026

Data Infrastructure, Not Flashy AI, Drives Real Progress

Generative AI: fading signal. Agentic AI: fading signal. Data Analytics: growing. Data Management: growing. Data Integration: growing. The quiet infrastructure work is what's actually accelerating. The shiny demos are losing oxygen.

By Yves Mulkers
Real-Time AI Powers Next-Gen Operating Rooms
SocialMay 6, 2026

Real-Time AI Powers Next-Gen Operating Rooms

PeritasAI Is Bringing Real-Time #AI Intelligence Into the Operating Room by @NVIDIARobotics #Robotics #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/kX2v8mdDLk

By Ron van Loon
Free Open-Source AI Tool Bridges Gap for Algo Traders
SocialMay 6, 2026

Free Open-Source AI Tool Bridges Gap for Algo Traders

90% of algorithmic traders aren't using AI and Agents for live trading and research. So this guy open-sourced something to help (for free):

By Quant Science
AI COGS Redefine SaaS Finance After Decade
SocialMay 6, 2026

AI COGS Redefine SaaS Finance After Decade

Last month marked 10 years of creating SaaS finance content. I grabbed an open domain name, and that accidentally became my brand today. You could say things have changed a bit over the past 10 years. Did I think I'd...

By Ben Murray
Integrate AI Deeply, Transform Business Operations
SocialMay 6, 2026

Integrate AI Deeply, Transform Business Operations

AI becomes powerful when it stops being a tool you occasionally use… and starts becoming part of how your business actually operates.

By Teecee (Ops consultant)
Scientists Remove Essential Amino Acid, Redefining Life's Code
SocialMay 6, 2026

Scientists Remove Essential Amino Acid, Redefining Life's Code

All Life Uses 20 Amino Acids. Scientists Just Deleted One in Bacteria The synthetic bacteria push the limits of life and could open the door to designer proteins and new medicines https://t.co/mVZrQ0z7vz https://t.co/zFzSpnrk6h

By Brian Ahier
Quantum Computing Can't
SocialMay 6, 2026

Quantum Computing Can't

There is nothing "safe" about ignoring quantum computing, in any context. It's not time to throw your entire security and/or R&D budget at it, but it is most certainly time to evaluate its promise and peril for whatever industry you...

By Nick Farina
Claude Code Now a Standard Interview Coding Challenge
SocialMay 6, 2026

Claude Code Now a Standard Interview Coding Challenge

Whether you're applying for a coding job or not, there's a new task you're likely to be given in job interviews these days: show you can build something with Claude Code. My latest for @sherwood_news https://t.co/wWkEVRCpi6

By Chris Stokel-Walker
Xbox Gets Fresh Boot Animation and Sound Next Week
SocialMay 6, 2026

Xbox Gets Fresh Boot Animation and Sound Next Week

Xbox consoles are getting a new boot animation next week, complete with a slightly tweaked boot-up sound. Microsoft’s new Xbox CEO continues to make changes that are designed to please fans https://t.co/sLz2RLRjr1 https://t.co/ZiybbhTnKP

By Tom Warren
CPU Market Set to Quadruple by 2030
SocialMay 6, 2026

CPU Market Set to Quadruple by 2030

We are tracking this as well going forward. This is the view of the pre-agentic CPU era, and when the CPU TAM is ~$25B. This may look very different as the TAM goes north of $100B in 2030....

By Ben Bajarin
Organic Power Drives Sales, While Ad Attribution Conflicts
SocialMay 6, 2026

Organic Power Drives Sales, While Ad Attribution Conflicts

Lately, around 2 months ago, an established brand came to us after replacing 2 agencies. They were spending around ₹6 lakh/month and generating ₹36 lakh in Shopify sales. But nearly ₹24 lakh was coming from organic traffic and the strength...

By Premlata (Meta + Google Ads)
One LinkedIn Creator Drives AI‑search Visibility and Leads
SocialMay 6, 2026

One LinkedIn Creator Drives AI‑search Visibility and Leads

$48K. Six months. One creator on LinkedIn. That's what it took for a mid-market B2B SaaS company to go from invisible in ChatGPT and Perplexity to showing up in answers for their category's most-asked prompts. AI-driven demo requests? From <2% of pipeline...

By Kaleigh Moore
NY Gets First Private Tesla Supercharger in Northeast
SocialMay 6, 2026

NY Gets First Private Tesla Supercharger in Northeast

New York is about to get its first-ever privately owned Supercharger site. First such in Northeast US! It's built by EVIO Charging, which is dedicated to build out more Tesla-powered sites. EVwire is first to charge to the scene as always, read...

By Jaan
Briumvi’s Optional Subq Gives It Market‑share Edge
SocialMay 6, 2026

Briumvi’s Optional Subq Gives It Market‑share Edge

On the $TGTX call the following was casually mentioned in response to a question about subq: "We feel actually very confident in our ability to deliver a quarterly product." It's important to understand that Briumvi will be the only product that...

By Peter Suzman
Pearson Uses Teal Credentials to Automate Agent Assessment
SocialMay 6, 2026

Pearson Uses Teal Credentials to Automate Agent Assessment

Next up - @Pearson is helping to assess agents now - working beyond human learning and assessment - CTO David Treat shows how teal credentials are being used for agents. #IBMThink https://t.co/su2586sps4

By Holger Müller
Bigger Agency ≠ Better: Creative Fatigue Hurts Performance
SocialMay 6, 2026

Bigger Agency ≠ Better: Creative Fatigue Hurts Performance

One of our clients swapped to a larger well known agency around 6-7 months ago but kept us on as view access to the account. 6 months later and our ads are still spending 45% of the total budget. Very little...

By Kody Nordquist
NERC Compliance Essential for National Energy Security
SocialMay 6, 2026

NERC Compliance Essential for National Energy Security

Op-ed: NERC compliance is critical to national energy security #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/cCDbZUXhEo

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
AI‑Powered Solo Founder Automates 5,943 Companies
SocialMay 6, 2026

AI‑Powered Solo Founder Automates 5,943 Companies

A founder built a platform that runs 5,943 companies at $6.3M ARR with zero employees. He cloned himself using AI to run it all. Meet Ben Broca and Polsia, the newest addition to the Lean AI Leaderboard. Ben is not...

By Henry Shi
Radiologists Draft Consent for Unproven Whole-Body MRI Screening
SocialMay 6, 2026

Radiologists Draft Consent for Unproven Whole-Body MRI Screening

At @JAMA_current today, 2 radiologists publish what should be the consent form for a total body MRI in healthy people Note: "no major medical society recommends whole-body MRI screening in the general population because it is unproven, and the harms likely...

By Eric Topol
24/7 Solar Beats Coal and Gas Costs Globally
SocialMay 6, 2026

24/7 Solar Beats Coal and Gas Costs Globally

24/7 solar+storage is already here: China $30/MWh, Brazil $65, Oman $69. By 2030, India, South Africa, and Spain will all be near $50 - all way cheaper than new coal ($70 to $85/MWh) and new gas ($100+/MWh) The Fire Age is...

By Assaad Razzouk
Hyperscaling Compute: Biggest Historical Bet, Risking Failure
SocialMay 6, 2026

Hyperscaling Compute: Biggest Historical Bet, Risking Failure

Am I right that hyperscaling compute is the biggest bet in history? Any counter examples? It’s way more expensive than the Manhattan Project, the Apollo project, and railways across the US. If it doesn’t yield AGI, it may also be the...

By Gary Marcus
Shopify Analytics Now Shows Deploy, App, Product Annotations
SocialMay 6, 2026

Shopify Analytics Now Shows Deploy, App, Product Annotations

Analytics in @Shopify added annotations: theme deploys, app installs, product publishes marked on every report. Wondering "what changed?" Hover, diagnose, done. https://t.co/PJkwQ7xrrj

By Kurt Elster
Dark Proteome Research Redefines Human Disease Understanding
SocialMay 6, 2026

Dark Proteome Research Redefines Human Disease Understanding

This, from @MeganMolteni, is frickin' cool. "How a global effort to explore the ‘dark proteome’ is upending our understanding of human disease." I remember when everyone was shocked that there were only 30,000 protein-coding genes found by the Human Genome Project. This...

By Matthew Herper
Pill GLP‑1 Drugs Activate Amygdala Reward Circuit, Not Hypothalamus
SocialMay 6, 2026

Pill GLP‑1 Drugs Activate Amygdala Reward Circuit, Not Hypothalamus

Discovery of a new brain reward circuit in the amygdala for small molecule (pill) GLP-1 drug effect, unlike the injectables (hypothalamus), as shown in mice https://t.co/3lkfxROh5Z

By Eric Topol
Blood Test Now Gauges Tumor Microenvironment Non‑invasively
SocialMay 6, 2026

Blood Test Now Gauges Tumor Microenvironment Non‑invasively

We've known how important the tumor microenvironment is for cancer progression and treatment, but we never had a non-invasive blood test to assess it. Today, as reported @nature, one has been discovered https://t.co/rDaF5YUwTq

By Eric Topol
More CPUs than GPUs Signals AI Handling Mundane Jobs
SocialMay 6, 2026

More CPUs than GPUs Signals AI Handling Mundane Jobs

Is it fair to say the rising ratio of CPUs to GPUs implies “AI agents carrying out more monotonous/repeatable tasks, and that should make us happy about the nature of work that’s being replaced”

By Luke Kawa
AI Failures Stem From Deployment, Not Model Quality
SocialMay 6, 2026

AI Failures Stem From Deployment, Not Model Quality

Many AI projects don’t fail because of bad models. They fail because of where the AI runs. That’s the part most teams overlook, and why “working AI” in the lab doesn’t translate into real operations. Here’s the breakdown… @TMobileBusiness Partner https://t.co/gsCntYnBQW

By Ron van Loon
Cut Through LMS Hype: Find Real Enablement Solutions
SocialMay 6, 2026

Cut Through LMS Hype: Find Real Enablement Solutions

NEW: With #LMS #AI hype all around, how do you find a learning platform that truly fits customer + partner enablement needs? Tune in as I talk with @Continu Founder Scott Burgess, on this Talented Learning Show podcast: "Enterprise LMS Hype vs...

By John Leh
Personal AI Agents Pose Trojan‑Horse Credential Risks
SocialMay 6, 2026

Personal AI Agents Pose Trojan‑Horse Credential Risks

Personal AI agents are the "Trojan Horse" in your inbox. Users give them credentials without realizing they’re opening a door for unverified 3rd-party extensions. Is your governance ready? 🛡️ https://t.co/5poCN8at4u #CIO #AI #Cybersecurity #DataGovernance #TechTrends

By Tim Crawford
Edge Computing Powers Real‑Time AI Performance
SocialMay 6, 2026

Edge Computing Powers Real‑Time AI Performance

AI doesn’t fail because of bad models—it fails because of where it runs. Real operations need ultra-low latency and real-time decisions. With Edge Control from T-Mobile for Business, data is processed at the edge for faster, more secure performance. Managed through T-Platform, a...

By Ronald van Loon Threads
AI Data Centers Will Match US Residential Power by 2030
SocialMay 6, 2026

AI Data Centers Will Match US Residential Power by 2030

The global AI data center industry will consume as much power as residential electricity across 2/3 of the United States by 2030 (950 TWh). We're literally building a parallel electrical civilization — except this one thinks faster and never sleeps.

By Peter H. Diamandis
Collaborating with Chris Hulls, Life360 on Family AI
SocialMay 6, 2026

Collaborating with Chris Hulls, Life360 on Family AI

What a cool opportunity to work with @ChrisHulls and @Life360 building great AI experiences for families https://t.co/MiSGpnobbF

By Josh Elman
Speeding Up Bad Backlogs Won’t Boost Revenue
SocialMay 6, 2026

Speeding Up Bad Backlogs Won’t Boost Revenue

Great post @championswimmer. I love the author's questioning of the premise that AI attacking your backlog will grow your revenue. Backlogs are stuffed with bad ideas. If MS Office could 10X its velocity, would sales grow? Reminds me of the @dhh "finished software"...

By Nick Mehta
Chicago Trip Reveals GLP-1 Adoption Still in Infancy
SocialMay 6, 2026

Chicago Trip Reveals GLP-1 Adoption Still in Infancy

being in Chicago for a few days has made me realize how insanely early we are in the GLP-1 adoption cycle

By Brom Rector
Mixup: Simple Blend Boosts Accuracy and Robustness
SocialMay 6, 2026

Mixup: Simple Blend Boosts Accuracy and Robustness

Most CV novices skip this. Most experts use it on every classifier. Mixup: blend two training images + blend their labels with the same λ. Result: less overfitting, smoother boundaries, adversarial robustness. Part 1 explains how it works ↓ Part 2 (PyTorch how-to) coming...

By Satya Mallick
AI‑generated Scripts Can Wipe Entire Servers—Snapshot First
SocialMay 6, 2026

AI‑generated Scripts Can Wipe Entire Servers—Snapshot First

Running models in production is scary stuff. I had a test instance I was running - a simple copy of training data to retrain, a script that I run to pull in new training data and build models off of....

By Dave Kennedy
IBM Outlines Four Algorithmic Pillars for Emerging AI
SocialMay 6, 2026

IBM Outlines Four Algorithmic Pillars for Emerging AI

I asked @IBM's @jaygambetta my standard question on emergong use cases... He takes an algorithm approach: I'd like to break them into four: amplifying simulation, optimization, run on machine learning, and partial differential equations. And I know they're not these...

By Holger Müller
Tool AI Inevitably Evolves Into More Useful Agentic AI
SocialMay 6, 2026

Tool AI Inevitably Evolves Into More Useful Agentic AI

Great line from Zvi: "And I’ve been saying, for years, that the problem with this ‘mere tool’ approach, the quest for Tool AI, is that the first thing people would do to Tool AI is turn it into Agentic AI, because...

By Joe Weisenthal
Quantum and AI Will Co‑lead, Not Compete
SocialMay 6, 2026

Quantum and AI Will Co‑lead, Not Compete

I congratulated @jaygambetta on Quantum making it from no show to some show to 1/3 agenda point of the Think keynote - and asked when it will be #1. He answers he doesn't foresee Quantum to overtake AI. Its going...

By Holger Müller
Wearables Drive Shift From Bars to Active Socializing
SocialMay 6, 2026

Wearables Drive Shift From Bars to Active Socializing

Bit of a long tweet (sorry), but: Will Ahmed (Whoop CEO) quote tweeted the same Diplo health video that Derek's referencing, and said something along the lines of "we're seeing this trend of younger people turn to more active leisure...

By Julia Alexander
LinkedIn Evolves Into Powerful Ad Network for Software Buyers
SocialMay 6, 2026

LinkedIn Evolves Into Powerful Ad Network for Software Buyers

Everything is an ad network, and LinkedIn is getting *really smart* about how to leverage authority and creator audiences there. I think we're going to see more brands lean into this, esp. in the software space, because it's *the* social network...

By Kaleigh Moore
Shopify Poised to Hit Half Amazon's GMV by 2025
SocialMay 6, 2026

Shopify Poised to Hit Half Amazon's GMV by 2025

"Back in 2017, Shopify’s GMV was only ~10% of Amazon’s estimated GMV. Given the way Shopify is growing, it seems likely that it will be half of Amazon’s GMV by the end of next year." $SHOP $AMZN https://t.co/4vusO6FaET

By Mostly Borrowed Ideas (MBI)
AI Spending Frenzy No Longer Raises Eyebrows
SocialMay 6, 2026

AI Spending Frenzy No Longer Raises Eyebrows

It's wild to think that at this point no one even blinks when a tech company announces it plans to spend another $50 billion in the AI space.

By Peter Atwater
VCs Demand AI-Native Startups While Staying Barely AI-Enabled
SocialMay 6, 2026

VCs Demand AI-Native Startups While Staying Barely AI-Enabled

VC's are urgently pushing their portfolio companies to become AI native (as opposed to AI enabled). But they themselves are only trying to be AI enabled, and barely so at that.

By Rob Go
Lock Down Your VPS with Outbound Cloudflare Tunnel
SocialMay 6, 2026

Lock Down Your VPS with Outbound Cloudflare Tunnel

New fun thing I did to secure my VPS even further I installed @Cloudflare Tunnel, many of you recommended me this I already had 443 inbound firewall limited to Cloudflare's IP range, but this is even better Cloudflare Tunnel is outbound, which means...

By Pieter Levels
Teachers Demand AI that Truly Understands Teaching, Not Demos
SocialMay 6, 2026

Teachers Demand AI that Truly Understands Teaching, Not Demos

Teachers don’t need AI that feels impressive in a demo. They need AI that actually understands the work of teaching. Diane Tavenner and I talked with Adeel Khan, founder of @magicschoolai, about one of the fastest-growing AI tools in education and...

By Michael B. Horn
LLMs Thrive on Unstructured Text; GEO/AEO Merely SEO Rebrand
SocialMay 6, 2026

LLMs Thrive on Unstructured Text; GEO/AEO Merely SEO Rebrand

LLMs read unstructured language by design. The GEO/AEO playbook is SEO best practices repackaged as novelty. https://t.co/XINrtRZXdM via @pedrodias, @sejournal

By Tom Pick