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Do you agree with Palantir CEO Alex Karp that the enterprise "tokenmaxxing" business model has "gone completely wrong" with minimal ROI? Will open-weight models inevitably win?
Palantir CEO Alex Karp recently went on CNBC’s Squawk Box and delivered a brutal takedown of the API token pricing model pushed by commercial frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic. His core argument is that American enterprises are quietly "livid" because they are burning massive cash on skyrocketed token costs without seeing a clear return on investment. He noted that the industry’s incentive structure has completely devolved into meaningless "tokenmaxxing" —essentially fo
Anthropic vs Opensourced model
Anthropic vs Open weight Chinese AI [ https://youtube.com/shorts/XZCWFNNiKgY?si=DViuG1xVptLTYDdQ\](https://youtube.com/shorts/XZCWFNNiKgY?si=DViuG1xVptLTYDdQ) When Alex Karp goes off on one of his rants, you usually have to filter through a lot of Palantir theater, but his recent take on AI safety was actually incredibly precise. He basically spelled out what real AI safety looks like for actual businesses, and it has nothing to do with vague alignment research or government certification boards
AI didn’t replace the work for me. It moved the stress to a different place.
I don’t feel like AI has made work “effortless.” It has mostly changed which part of the work feels hard. Before, the hard part was usually getting a first version done. Writing the first draft, building the first page, outlining the first plan, or turning a rough idea into something real enough to look at. Now that part is much faster. But I notice the stress moved somewhere else. Now I spend more energy asking: is this actually correct? did it miss the weird edge case? does this sound plausibl
AI cancel culture
My reddit feed has been getting filled with a ton of AI generated content. A notable one is r/ModMuse . Its a girl posing for selfies in different outfits. It came up again today. Tons of posts from guys. One said "You're really pretty." I responded: "Don't get too excited. I'm pretty sure she's AI generated..." I then got a response that read..."Removed: Please don't post unverified fake/ AI-generated accusations. I am a bot. This action was performe
Qi fan fan
Despite my initial skepticism, I'm now sold on wireless Qi chargers that add integrated fans to keep your phone cool while charging. I figured they'd be too loud, or too weak, or too gimmicky, but I'm a convert after spending a week with the new $59.99 Kuxiu D5 Qi2.2 charging dock. Its active cooling system […]
Velo x McLaren Mastercard Formula 1® Team Relaunches Live Your Fandom to Bring Fans Closer to the Sport They Love
LONDON, July 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- New research* commissioned by Velo highlights the lengths fans go to stay connected to the sports and teams they love, reinforcing the brand's belief that fandom is an important form of self-expression. Building on this insight, Velo x McLaren...
Velo x McLaren Mastercard Formula 1® Team relanza Live Your Fandom
-Velo x McLaren Mastercard Formula 1® Team relanza Live Your Fandom para acercar a los aficionados al deporte que aman LONDRES, 4 de julio de 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Una nueva investigación* encargada por Velo destaca hasta dónde llegan los aficionados para mantenerse conectados con los...
U.S. Citizens and Chinese Nationals Arrested for Exporting Artificial Intelligence Technology to China - Department of Justice (.gov)
U.S. Citizens and Chinese Nationals Arrested for Exporting Artificial Intelligence Technology to China Department of Justice (.gov)
2026 Unslop AI-Written Fiction Contest Results
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The bottleneck might be the air in the room
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says US AI restrictions underscore risks of dependence - AP News
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says US AI restrictions underscore risks of dependence AP News
These young people see meme coins as their best shot at the American Dream - The Washington Post
These young people see meme coins as their best shot at the American Dream The Washington Post
David Beazley – Programming Courses
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Bloomberg Terminal Is Ugly and Clunky–Everyone Still Uses It
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Sam Altman Doesn’t Need an OpenAI IPO for Your Money. He Wants the Valuation Instead. - Barchart.com
Sam Altman Doesn’t Need an OpenAI IPO for Your Money. He Wants the Valuation Instead. Barchart.com
Anthropic says it has taken its latest AI models offline to comply with new export controls - AP News
Anthropic says it has taken its latest AI models offline to comply with new export controls AP News
A profile of Google DeepMind philosopher Iason Gabriel, whose work has tracked, and in many cases predicted, the ethical challenges posed by the success of LLMs (Robert P Baird/The Guardian)
Robert P Baird / The Guardian: A profile of Google DeepMind philosopher Iason Gabriel, whose work has tracked, and in many cases predicted, the ethical challenges posed by the success of LLMs — Since 2017, Iason Gabriel has worked at the tech giant, trying to anticipate - and think through - the impact of AI.
Reverse-engineering Codemasters' BIGF archive format in Ruby
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Mir Books – Books from the Soviet Era
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What to know about Anthropic's new Claude 'Sonnet 5' AI model - Yahoo Finance
What to know about Anthropic's new Claude 'Sonnet 5' AI model Yahoo Finance
Prague-based EquiLibre, which offers AI for quant hedge funds and is founded by three ex-Google DeepMind researchers, raised a Series A at a $500M valuation (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)
Anna Heim / TechCrunch: Prague-based EquiLibre, which offers AI for quant hedge funds and is founded by three ex-Google DeepMind researchers, raised a Series A at a $500M valuation — Three former DeepMind researchers who created an AI that beat humans at poker have now applied the same technology to trading stocks — and the bet appears to be paying off.
Singapore-based dConstruct Robotics, which develops spatial tech to let autonomous robots operate in complex, GPS-denied environments, raised a $125M Series A (Duc Dao/TNGlobal)
Duc Dao / TNGlobal: Singapore-based dConstruct Robotics, which develops spatial tech to let autonomous robots operate in complex, GPS-denied environments, raised a $125M Series A — Singapore-based dConstruct Technologies has closed a $125 million Series A funding round, marking the standout achievement …
Micron breaks ground on its ~$9.3B Hiroshima factory expansion, part of its global ramp-up to meet AI demand, and plans to start HBM shipments from summer 2028 (Mari Kiyohara/Bloomberg)
Mari Kiyohara / Bloomberg: Micron breaks ground on its ~$9.3B Hiroshima factory expansion, part of its global ramp-up to meet AI demand, and plans to start HBM shipments from summer 2028 — Micron Technology Inc. on Saturday broke ground on the expansion of its factory in western Japan, a ¥1.5 trillion ($9.3 billion) …
Macron and Modi turn on personal charm offensives as France and India race to secure AI investment
Macron and Modi are courting tech CEOs as France and India seek AI data center investment and cloud infrastructure.