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AI Won’t Cure Cancer; Funding Misplaces Priorities
SocialMay 1, 2026

AI Won’t Cure Cancer; Funding Misplaces Priorities

"AI will cure cancer" is one of the most potent, seductive arguments in the race to superintelligence. I lost my mother to cancer in 2018. When someone tells me a technology might have saved her — might save someone else's...

By Tristan Harris
DKEM Seeks Funding to Scale Gigawatt Copper Paste
SocialMay 1, 2026

DKEM Seeks Funding to Scale Gigawatt Copper Paste

Chinese PV Industry Brief: DKEM seeks cash injection to scale up gigawatt-level production of copper metallization paste #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/nFRo9vUc0J

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
AI Drives Nearly Half of Recent GDP Growth
SocialMay 1, 2026

AI Drives Nearly Half of Recent GDP Growth

Per @sonusvarghese, over the past 5 quarters GDP has averaged 2.0%. 0.90% of that (so 45%) has come from AI hardware/software spending. Wow. https://t.co/aiia8rSNZ2

By Ryan Detrick
Anthropic's Valuation Jumps $30B to $44B, Compute Needed
SocialMay 1, 2026

Anthropic's Valuation Jumps $30B to $44B, Compute Needed

Anthropic is cooking. $30 to $44 Billion in one month. Not bad M/M growth. But they need more compute. 😏 https://t.co/VILXgemvLE

By Daniel Newman
Oracle Cuts 30k Jobs to Fund AI Push
SocialMay 1, 2026

Oracle Cuts 30k Jobs to Fund AI Push

Oracle laid off 30,000 people via a 6 AM email, drawing criticism. However, the move frees up cash for massive AI infrastructure investment. Oracle is aggressively betting on AI. #Oracle #AI #TechNews https://t.co/7gwyor73hf

By Eric Kimberling
Larry Page Vows Bankruptcy over Losing AI Race
SocialMay 1, 2026

Larry Page Vows Bankruptcy over Losing AI Race

"I'm willing to go bankrupt rather than lose this race." Google co-founder Larry Page on the AI spending race. Looks like he wasn't kidding. https://t.co/MfAbbLZ69h

By Ryan Detrick
AI Transforms MIT Lab Tech Into Home Parenting Tool
SocialMay 1, 2026

AI Transforms MIT Lab Tech Into Home Parenting Tool

#AI helped me turn MIT lab #Technology into an at-home product for parents by Kara Baskin @MITSloan Learn more: https://t.co/dJAqnzSdzu #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #MachineLearning #Tech https://t.co/sv54OoGLWA

By Ron van Loon
Remembering BlackBerry, Google Buzz: Guess the Year?
SocialMay 1, 2026

Remembering BlackBerry, Google Buzz: Guess the Year?

Twitter on a BlackBerry mentioning Google Buzz. What a time machine. Can anyone guess the year?

By Lance Ulanoff
Hormuz Closure Threatens Solar Aluminium Supply Chain
SocialMay 1, 2026

Hormuz Closure Threatens Solar Aluminium Supply Chain

How the closure of the Strait of Hormuz affects solar aluminium sourcing #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/NvUU88jGsi

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Stop Redundant Map Lookups to Save CPU
SocialMay 1, 2026

Stop Redundant Map Lookups to Save CPU

You might not notice, but this way you're accessing maps in code is wasting CPU cycles. They add up! Here's quick advice on avoiding redundant lookups ... https://t.co/uOpmIOwM5r

By Richard Seroter
Exploring Waymo’s Growth and AI Philosophy with Sequoia
SocialMay 1, 2026

Exploring Waymo’s Growth and AI Philosophy with Sequoia

Loved joining the founder community at @Sequoia AI Ascent to discuss @Waymo’s growth, AI philosophy, and what comes next. Massive thanks to @Konstantine for the great discussion.

By Dmitri Dolgov
Employers Can Bridge GLP‑1 Coverage Gaps with Integrated Care
SocialMay 1, 2026

Employers Can Bridge GLP‑1 Coverage Gaps with Integrated Care

GLP‑1s are changing lives. Coverage realities have not caught up. GLP‑1 Flex Care at @OmadaHealth gives employers a way to pair cash‑pay GLP‑1 access with clinical evaluation, medical oversight, and behavior change on one platform — so support does not disappear...

By Sean Duffy
AI Founders Must Confront These Critical Self‑assessment Questions
SocialMay 1, 2026

AI Founders Must Confront These Critical Self‑assessment Questions

Elad Gil on the tough questions AI founders need to ask themselves right now. @eladgil https://t.co/6XpxEoKDNy

By Tim Ferriss
CAISO Launches Extended Day-Ahead Market, Transforming Western Grid
SocialMay 1, 2026

CAISO Launches Extended Day-Ahead Market, Transforming Western Grid

Western grid enters new era as CAISO launches Extended Day-Ahead Market #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/z8UQX9x4Ct

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Repetition Turns Fragments Into Trust and Recognition
SocialMay 1, 2026

Repetition Turns Fragments Into Trust and Recognition

You are the only person who sees every single piece of content you create. Your audience? They're catching fragments, glimpses, moments. Repetition isn't just okay, it's necessary. It's how you build trust. It's how you become recognizable. It's how you grow.

By Amber Figlow
LLMs Generate Random Facts, Often Nonsensical or Historical
SocialMay 1, 2026

LLMs Generate Random Facts, Often Nonsensical or Historical

Fun fact: I asked Opus 4.7 to create me a random fact generator. So far I've used it 5 times, and 3 times it's come back with bugs you can squash into pigments or resins, and 2 times it's come back...

By Adam Shilton
Japanese Team Hits 30.2% Efficiency with All-Perovskite Tandem
SocialMay 1, 2026

Japanese Team Hits 30.2% Efficiency with All-Perovskite Tandem

Japanese scientists build all-perovskite tandem solar cell with 30.2% efficiency #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/b2uWJrAfXm https://t.co/g06VirbJTt

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Underwater Drones Echo Old Torpedoes; Surface Drones Differ
SocialMay 1, 2026

Underwater Drones Echo Old Torpedoes; Surface Drones Differ

Torpedoes have been around since the 19th century, so these underwater drones aren't doing anything groundbreaking. Surface maritime drones are a different story. #navalwarfare #drones #geopolitics Note: This video was recorded last year during one of Peter's backpacking...

By Peter Zeihan
Build Custom AI Tools to Leap Beyond Level One
SocialMay 1, 2026

Build Custom AI Tools to Leap Beyond Level One

Anthropic has a SINGLE growth marketer. And he just mapped the 4 levels of AI marketing, most are still on level 1. Level 1 is automating what you already do. Reports, copy, data pulls. Useful, but everyone has it. Level 2 is...

By Eric Siu
Claude Avoids Ads, yet Fuels Ad Platform Growth
SocialMay 1, 2026

Claude Avoids Ads, yet Fuels Ad Platform Growth

Funny enough, while Claude is “not into ads (yet)” they’re the best thing that happened to ad platforms. In a world where anyone can develop their dream app, their dream service - they all need distribution. Only that distribution money...

By Adam Singolda
Aim for the Lowest Profitable ROAS to Scale
SocialMay 1, 2026

Aim for the Lowest Profitable ROAS to Scale

The ideal situation is to have the lowest ROAS possible on Meta while scaling and being “profitable” The higher you need that ROAS to be, the harder scaling becomes. Find the absolute lowest ROAS you can operate at and aim...

By Kody Nordquist
Traffic Dips Often Reflect Data Errors, Not SEO Issues
SocialMay 1, 2026

Traffic Dips Often Reflect Data Errors, Not SEO Issues

When you see a chart like this, do you think: A. Bad SEO B. Google changed its mind C. Third-party traffic charts aren't accurate https://t.co/PeFhtAiN4a

By Cyrus Shepard
Google's AI Headline Rewrite Raises Deception and Authorship Concerns
SocialMay 1, 2026

Google's AI Headline Rewrite Raises Deception and Authorship Concerns

Google is testing a feature to have its AI rewrite news headlines. This stuff is verging on deception. Can Google claim someone wrote something they didn't write? https://t.co/YV7wf8kcRK

By Matt Stoller
AI Model Saturation Triggers Physical‑World Singularity Leap
SocialMay 1, 2026

AI Model Saturation Triggers Physical‑World Singularity Leap

The AI model space for everything in the physical and biological sciences is about to get saturated. What comes next is applying this acceleration to everything in the physical world. Step 2 of the Singularity is arriving.

By Ryan Bethencourt
SoCalGas Customers Avoid $266M Hydrogen Pipeline Bill
SocialMay 1, 2026

SoCalGas Customers Avoid $266M Hydrogen Pipeline Bill

SoCalGas customers spared paying $266M for hydrogen pipeline project #energysky -- via Canary Media: https://t.co/4ska6Neq1X

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Coding Feels Bare without AI Assistants Like Codex
SocialMay 1, 2026

Coding Feels Bare without AI Assistants Like Codex

I feel naked if I'm working on a computer that doesn't have Codex or Claude Code installed.

By Peter Yang
OracleHealth Backs Standardized Prior Authorizations to Cut Costs
SocialMay 1, 2026

OracleHealth Backs Standardized Prior Authorizations to Cut Costs

The @OracleHealth team proudly supports efforts to establish a more consistent, standardized approach to prior authorization. With this initiative, we can help reduce complexity, lower administrative costs, and better meet patient needs. https://t.co/XI1SKbNmQU

By Seema Verma
RL Boosts Familiar Tasks, but Triggers Hallucinations on Novel Ones
SocialMay 1, 2026

RL Boosts Familiar Tasks, but Triggers Hallucinations on Novel Ones

RL is a bit of a double edged sword: in known territory performance increases, but in unknown territory the model tends to hallucinate that it is performing a completely different task it was trained on

By François Chollet
Starship Funding Nears Apollo-Level Investment, Space Routine
SocialMay 1, 2026

Starship Funding Nears Apollo-Level Investment, Space Routine

.@elonmusk disclosed $15 billion spent in developing Starship (in IPO filing). The entire Apollo program cost ~$25 billion (1973 dollars). One private company is approaching Moon-program levels of investment to make space routine. Thank you. Humanity is grateful.

By Peter H. Diamandis
Build an OS with Claude Code: Free Masterclass
SocialMay 1, 2026

Build an OS with Claude Code: Free Masterclass

This guy literally built an ENTIRE operating system with Claude Code 🤯 now he is showing you exactly how. he dropped a 2+ hour masterclass *AND* a guide on the frameworks and included a free GitHub repo to get you coding right...

By Data Chaz
LLM Deployment Without Alignment Is a Dangerous Gamble
SocialMay 1, 2026

LLM Deployment Without Alignment Is a Dangerous Gamble

If you think you are going to get alignment out of LLMs you are sadly mistaken. If you live in a society in which people are rolling out LLMs at massive scale, without a robust solution to alignment (or even managing...

By Gary Marcus
Agents Disrupt Database Contracts; Build Defensive Data Layers
SocialMay 1, 2026

Agents Disrupt Database Contracts; Build Defensive Data Layers

Have agents broken the unspoken contract we had with our databases? You know, human-authored apps running deterministic code and predictable queries? @arpit_bhayani wrote a terrific post for how to create a defensively designed data layer ... https://t.co/8OOXrmkD6g

By Richard Seroter
AI's Backbone: Must‑Own Data‑Center Stocks
SocialMay 1, 2026

AI's Backbone: Must‑Own Data‑Center Stocks

Key stocks in the data centre value chain. Ai can’t run without them $AMD — CPU compute for AI training and inference $VRT — Cooling and power delivery for dense GPU clusters. $MU — HBM memory; feeds data to GPUs at speed. $SNDK...

By BD Investing
AI Agents Surge, Driving Demand for System‑of‑record Tools
SocialMay 1, 2026

AI Agents Surge, Driving Demand for System‑of‑record Tools

Atlassian’s results surprised Wall Street, but it shouldn’t be a surprise. The simple heuristic for the future of software is that when there are 100X more agents than people, which parts of software will grow because agents are doing more...

By Aaron Levie
Observability Crucial as AI Code Becomes Unreadable
SocialMay 1, 2026

Observability Crucial as AI Code Becomes Unreadable

At some point soon, we're going to have to admit that we no longer truly understand the systems we're building. Companies are openly bragging that their developers don't bother looking at the code their agents produce; and it's so much of...

By Angie Jones
Fortnite Leader Launches Stealth EdTech to Empower Millions
SocialMay 1, 2026

Fortnite Leader Launches Stealth EdTech to Empower Millions

“You can’t leisure yourself to meaning.” — LucasArts & Epic Games President Paul Meegan, reflecting on six months of attempted retirement before reenlisting the core Fortnite team...

By Steve Jurvetson
Enerflo Links Solar OS to Solargraf Design Platform
SocialMay 1, 2026

Enerflo Links Solar OS to Solargraf Design Platform

Enerflo integrates residential solar operating system with Solargraf design tool #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/UzSoyfOAcM

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
AI Threatens Thinking, Not Just Employment, Emphasizes Mastery
SocialMay 1, 2026

AI Threatens Thinking, Not Just Employment, Emphasizes Mastery

I loved the article, "AI Isn't Coming for Your Job. It's Coming for Your Mind" by Tom Slater at Baillie Gifford. h/t Ian McKinnon, chairman of the board of trustees @sfiscience. Points about mastery and cognitive diversity are particularly relevant....

By Michael Mauboussin
Questioning High Drug Prices and Transparency of New Tech
SocialMay 1, 2026

Questioning High Drug Prices and Transparency of New Tech

Oh okay. Just like TrumpRx, which charges patients more for many common drugs. Let’s see some data on how well this technology works and how transparent it really is.

By Angela Rasmussen
Plaud NotePin: Smart Wearable AI Boosts Meeting Notes
SocialMay 1, 2026

Plaud NotePin: Smart Wearable AI Boosts Meeting Notes

I review the Plaud NotePin Wearable AI Note Taker device and find that there's a lot to like with this smart little gizmo. It's particularly helpful for meetings and lectures, as I demonstrate in this detailed video: https://t.co/Q45YtD8M9E #ai #aiWearable...

By Dave Taylor
Build a Solid Data Foundation Before AI Layer
SocialMay 1, 2026

Build a Solid Data Foundation Before AI Layer

CFOs, boring stuff first; sexy stuff second. We've been talking about data and data structure since the release of on-premise software. This is how I'm thinking of the progression of our data structure for SaaS FP&A and SaaS metrics. I've...

By Ben Murray
Artemis II Crew Weigh Elon Musk’s Role in Space Revival
SocialMay 1, 2026

Artemis II Crew Weigh Elon Musk’s Role in Space Revival

I asked the crew of Artemis II how much credit @elonmusk deserves for bringing back America’s space program https://t.co/HxoL0FzEtC

By Sara Eisen
Uber's Robotaxi Gap Risks Falling Behind Waymo
SocialMay 1, 2026

Uber's Robotaxi Gap Risks Falling Behind Waymo

Let's talk about $UBER because it's been on my mind alot recently... I'm assuming others are also debating these questions in their spare time 😏 Last weekend I took a Waymo and it was a wonderful experience so it's fair to...

By Jonah Lupton
Join CMU Vision-Language Navigation Challenge at IROS2026
SocialMay 1, 2026

Join CMU Vision-Language Navigation Challenge at IROS2026

Register for the next CMU Vision-Language-Navigation challenge, which will conclude with a workshop at #IROS2026! Teams will develop systems that allow robots to interpret natural-language instructions and navigate unfamiliar environments. Learn more ⬇️ https://t.co/xXo9RSX12j

By Carnegie Mellon RI
Popular Account Turns AI‑generated, Followers Mute It
SocialMay 1, 2026

Popular Account Turns AI‑generated, Followers Mute It

It's now the 3rd large account on this site, just this week who used to write interesting things and about a year ago I still followed them. Now all their tweets (+threads) are very obviously AI-written, cringe to read (all the...

By Gergely Orosz
M1 Robot Dog Conquers Land and Water
SocialMay 1, 2026

M1 Robot Dog Conquers Land and Water

Meet M1: The #Robot Dog Built for Land, Water, and Everything in Between by @spaceandtech_ #Robotics #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/dZIwdvHmKS

By Ron van Loon
AI's Work Future: From Doom to Optimism, Arguments Explored
SocialMay 1, 2026

AI's Work Future: From Doom to Optimism, Arguments Explored

Excelllent thread on various views of how AI will affect work, from catastrophic to highly optimistic, and the best arguments for each.

By Ramez Naam
AI-Generated Podcasts Now Number Thousands Each Week
SocialMay 1, 2026

AI-Generated Podcasts Now Number Thousands Each Week

A growing share of podcasts are generated by AI. Thousands every week. Read @ashleyrcarman on the rise of podslop https://t.co/Jp6BNH7CB6

By Lucas Shaw
Evaluate AI with Human Collaboration, Not Solo Performance
SocialMay 1, 2026

Evaluate AI with Human Collaboration, Not Solo Performance

This is a laudable goal, but it may mean designing, testing, and deploying AI systems differently. For example, why not measure the ability of GPT-5.5 to solve problems *with* a person rather than on its own? (see Stanford's centaur evaluationshttps://digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/project/ai-centaur-benchmarks/)....

By Will Knight