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Grok Voice is used by Starlink right now Grok Voice brutally dominates the top of the τ-voice Bench Grok scores 67.3%, while Gemini sits at 43.8% and GPT Realtime at 35.3% This is a massive lead over

This post showcases Golden Week (GW) travel in Toyama Prefecture, featuring fresh spring greenery in the foreground contrasted with snow-capped peaks of the Tateyama Mountain Range visible in the dist

here’s the essay: “Consciousness is not about what a creature says, but how it *feels*. And there is no reason to think that Claude feels anything at all. I am sure Claude can draw on its training dat

I added a new feature to my blog (built entirely on my phone with Claude code for web) that imports my iNaturalist photos and adds them to my site's overall timeline https://simonwillison.net/2026/May

Sam Altman reflects on the trade-off between model performance improvements and practical considerations like cost and speed, suggesting that increased intelligence remains a primary focus despite use

I was quoted a couple times in this Atlantic article, but that isn’t (the only) reason I think it is good. It lays out the reasons why we whipsawed from “AI is a bubble” to “there are not enough data

If only Richard Dawkins had seen this. 1/2 Why AI is unlikely to become conscious – my 2026 @TEDTalks is now online. What do you think about the prospects for 'conscious AI'? https://www.ted.com/talks

'If we are honest — and scientists have to be — we must admit that religion is a jumble of false assertions, with no basis in reality. The very idea of God is a product of the human imagination. It is

If you read Dawkins on AI and consciouness I hope you will take the time to also watch @anilkseth’s lucid TED talk on the same topic (link below). @RichardDawkins Hi @RichardDawkins - the illusion of

This post is a casual expression of enthusiasm about Suno, an AI music generation tool, with the author impressed by its creative capabilities and playfully questioning the unexpected or surreal outpu

Imagine deciding that the best way to judge art and human expression isn’t by the quality of the work, the strength of the vision, or the intent of the artist, but by some arbitrary, made-up rulebook

Indeed, it does seem strange. Far more skepticism seems to have been applied to the first idea than the second. @garydanteleigh @GaryMarcus I just can't wrap my head around the fact that this guy is s

LA woman: “After driving someone to the airport, came back home, 3 homeless people I saw defecating, like not even like privately defecating, pulling down their pants, bu*thole out to the street, defe

Loved the vibes with @latentspacepod, was a lot of fun. 🔬 Training Transformers to solve 95% failure rate of Cancer Trials the AI for Science pod is back with @RonAlfa, CEO of @NOETIK_ai, and Daniel B

Sam Altman expresses relief and satisfaction at returning to X (formerly Twitter), reflecting on how his long-standing familiarity with the platform provides a sense of ease. The post appears to be a

Neural networks were declared scientifically dead in 1987. A French PhD student bet his entire career on them anyway ~ and won. 🤯 >Meet Yann LeCun 🇫🇷 >Paris-born. PhD from Sorbonne in 1987. >Joined Be

Sam Altman expressed his enjoyment of watching Formula 1 through a children's broadcast, stating he couldn't imagine being happier with this viewing experience. The post suggests that the kids' versio

A Mac application has been released on GitHub (whatcable) that likely helps users identify or manage cables, possibly providing information about cable types, connectors, or compatibility. The project

This post appears to be a feature request or commentary from Emad Mostaque regarding OpenAI's Codex product, asking for integration with GPT Pro capabilities or requesting a comparison between GPT Pro

Of course Sam is busier than ever. OpenAI is in deep trouble, and, no, Codex ain’t gonna save his company from collapse. Non sequiturs won’t, either. Sam Altman Says CEO’s Who Talk About AI Taking Eve

often hear people say other vehicles are ruined after driving a Tesla. The data seems to agree. U.S. loyalty rates by make, February 2026 1. Tesla — 61.1% 2. Subaru — 60.5% 3. Toyota — 59.9% 4. Ferrar

Gary Marcus, a prominent AI researcher and skeptic, posted commentary on claims about conscious AI systems. The post likely discusses concerns about overstated assertions regarding machine consciousne

One Hermes install later, things just click. 👇 This broke me... finally. I installed Hermes 3 times before, but never fully committed so far (including a full migration, setting up all creds etc). I h

People are really enjoying our full workshops showing end to end walkthroughs of real production workflows! This is a rare double header with @braintrust's Giran Moodley and @OussamaHaff walking thoug

This post discusses how combining Qwen 3.6 with sub-agents and parallel tool calling capabilities in frameworks like LangChain and DeepAgents demonstrates significant performance benefits for AI agent

Replit, turned 10 🎂 To celebrate we’re making it totally free for 24 hours starting at 5am PT. But our work—to make coding accessible for all—goes back to 2011. Watch the highlights from the journey:

request for chrome extension that augments all image input boxes on the web: - lets me generate a simple word text thing (no ai) OR - draw something with @tldraw (no ai) OR - use either words or drawi

This article by cognitive scientist Gary Marcus likely critiques Richard Dawkins' views or statements regarding Claude (an AI system), examining whether Dawkins may be mistaken or overly optimistic ab

see also this essay: “Consciousness is not about what a creature says, but how it *feels*. And there is no reason to think that Claude feels anything at all. I am sure Claude can draw on its training

OpenAI announced a community contest inviting users to create custom Codex pets using a /hatch command, with 10 winning entries receiving 30 days of ChatGPT Pro as prizes. The promotion encouraged use

small milestone: uninstalled the chatgpt app. codex is strict superset now! found something cool - among frontier models, @xai @grok 4.30 is the most intelligence per dollar you can get, beating even

(Sorry, after seeing so many of these, could not resist): 🚨 BREAKING: Google just dropped a NEW paper that completely deletes RNNs from existence. No recurrence. No convolutions. Nothing. Just one mec

Stanford's latest seminar is a deep dive into the evolution of world modeling in AI. Focuses on the shift in the world model from traditional reconstruction methods toward latent space prediction. Cov

Elon Musk announced that Starlink satellite internet service has expanded to Papua New Guinea, marking the company's entry into that market. This expansion aims to provide high-speed internet connecti

suno can spit bars 😵‍💫 https://open.spotify.com/track/2ZqWAGhGt13WAt4krXv8bV?si=c953d55900a8455f ♫ Bias Alignment I’m deriving the variance, bias alignment is delicate Scaling parameters, balancing gr

switching model providers is easy switching harnesses is less so model providers want to lock you in via harness we need open harnesses! TBH I don't agree with your take. I don't think Athropic's desi

The Harness is a Context Manager on Behalf of the Model What happens when the context window fills up and who decides? This decision is external to the model - The Harness designer must have some opin

Harrison Chase, the creator of LangChain, commented on significant improvements made to the LangChain documentation, indicating that the docs have substantially improved compared to a previous version

The left is what Wikipedia sees the world through. You can get a sense of what it what it would look like to change that lens if you go to @Grokipedia. If you take the same article on Wikipedia and Gr

Gary Marcus discusses concerns about the massive financial investment being directed toward generative AI development and deployment, likely examining whether the trillion-dollar spending is justified

The Tesla office feels like a modern-day computer museum as you walk past generations of vehicles, which are technically computers with wheels. Guests often ask what I am working on. “Technically, whe

The trend keeps going ITALY IS DYING — AND THE NUMBERS ARE BRUTAL Italy just recorded its lowest number of births since 1861. Only 355,000 babies were born in 2025, while deaths reached 652,000 — a ne

The year of the harness 🤝 Harnesses are our most direct layer to turn a model into a great product experience for users by shaping model behavior towards a goal This matters today because models have

Elon Musk posted a tweet praising campaign advertisements for Spencer Pratt's mayoral campaign in Los Angeles, calling them 'game changers' and 'inspiring.' The post appears to be commentary on Pratt'

This is actually a version of an alignment problem. Humans have background beliefs (don’t waste large sums of money without telling me) and Claude doesn’t respect those. Caveat emptor. THIS GUY ACCIDE

This is insane Three Trump judicial nominees refused, over and over, to say Joe Biden won the 2020 election. They either believe Trump’s lie that the election was stolen, or they’re too afraid of him