April 2026 newsletter
I just sent out the April edition of my sponsors-only monthly newsletter. If you are a sponsor (or if you start a sponsorship now) you can access it here. In this month's newsletter: Opus 4.7 and GPT-
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I just sent out the April edition of my sponsors-only monthly newsletter. If you are a sponsor (or if you start a sponsorship now) you can access it here. In this month's newsletter: Opus 4.7 and GPT-
The case against OpenAI is getting markedly stronger now that Musk is off the stand. Why? Musk’s lawyer is interrogating OpenAI founder Greg Brockman, making clear that OpenAI sold its mission as a no
Why do these influencers always say “just published” for papers published last year? This paper is great, and I have written extensively about it in my newsletter. But c’mon. Apple didn’t “just publis
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
arXiv:2604.26965v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The proliferation of AI-generated and AI-assisted text on the internet is feared to contribute to a degradation in semantic and stylistic diversity, f
arXiv:2604.27231v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Freelance workers must continually acquire new skills to remain competitive in online labor markets, yet they lack the organizational training, mentor
who's ready to dance? 😆🕺🎶 uploaded 11 new favorite @suno songs to @spotify [search: 'captain yohei'] 💿 Captain Yohei Vol 1. 💿 ♫ Don't Go in the Office [hard rock] ♫ Nine-Nine-Six [hip-hop/rap] ♫ Fog F
Will Knight / Wired: A look at Eka, which trains its robotic claw on a “vision-force-action model” incorporating realistic joints, motors, and physics principles into its simulation — From sorting chi
arXiv:2604.25934v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The deployment of large language models (LLMs) as interactive agents has exposed a category of behavioral failure that prevailing terminology, princip
I just released LLM 0.32a0, an alpha release of my LLM Python library and CLI tool for accessing LLMs, with some consequential changes that I've been working towards for quite a while. Previous versio
Seven families of victims injured or killed in the Tumbler Ridge school shooting in Canada have filed lawsuits against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, accusing the company and its leadership of negligence
At Google Cloud Next ‘26, we announced that more than 50 Google-managed Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers are generally available or in preview, with more on the way. Why it matters: To move beyond
arXiv:2512.21110v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Current Large Language Models (LLMs) safety approaches focus on explicitly harmful content while overlooking a critical vulnerability: the inability
did a whole section on claude design because i'm loving it (like this deck) under the hood, it's claude code with an opinionated ontology on both input (typography, logos, etc.) and output (slides, de
I used to think the best way to come up with ways to use AI was to think about a painpoint or a problem and see if AI can make it better. I no longer think that. Why? Because that put every person int
The cracks inside OpenAI are deepening, and the numbers don’t lie. When your own CFO is sounding the alarm, something is seriously wrong. Check this out: 1: OpenAI missed its target of 1 billion weekl
AI has had one safest technology roll-outs in history. Read that again, because it's a fact. It's used by billions with a tiny fraction of a percent of actual problems. And yet it's seen as dangerous
arXiv:2604.22089v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) systems that can automatically generate content in the form of source code or other contents (e.g., images) h
This appears to be the second part of a post series showcasing example outputs from ComfyUI, likely demonstrating generated images or workflow results on the ComfyUI Twitter account. Without access to
🚨 OpenAI just REMOVED the AGI clause that was a structural protection of OpenAI's charitable mission, while jury selection was happening today The 2019 capped-profit structure had three protections fo
Paresh Dave / Wired: San Francisco public records: in 2024, Salesforce and Airbnb were among the top tech spenders in the city's 10B program, which lets them hire police officers — A recent attack on
Scam Altman didn’t tell the OpenAI board that he OWNED the OpenAI Startup Fund. Altman lied in congressional testimony that he didn’t have financial gain from OpenAI. Ex-board member of OpenAI calls S
we have updated our partnership with microsoft. microsoft will remain our primary cloud partner, but we are now able to make our products and services available across all clouds. will continue to pro
Continued weak spots of AI, from the point of view of a business professional and not a PhD biochemist: 1) SVGs. The ability to 'illustrate' and have that thing be infinitely scalable. See below image
Next up: Hermes Agents on Tuesday in Lisbon 🇵🇹 as we work to make our office the go-to space for AI builders in Portugal, then we have another major one this week. we will this time be joined by the t
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Russell Contreras / Axios: How the Vatican is moving faster than most legacy institutions to shape AI rules and guardrails, with an AI framework, banning use of AI to write homilies, more — The Vatica
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arXiv:2604.21061v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The application of artificial intelligence (AI) in IVF has shown promise in improving consistency and standardization of decisions, but often relies on
@themidasproj: The Wire by Acutus, an AI-generated site with articles attacking AI industry critics, appears to be funded by the OpenAI-backed super PAC Leading The Future — The reporters at this news
arXiv:2604.19785v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Sensitive information, such as knowledge about an individual's personality, can be can be misused to influence behavior (e.g., via personalized messag
arXiv:2604.20241v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Battery research is a rapidly growing and highly interdisciplinary field, making it increasingly difficult to track relevant expertise and identify pote
GPT-5.5 in Codex is a delight to work with: - Super sharp with responses - It understands intent better than any model - Great 'personality' - Gets lots of stuff done without pausing unnecessarily It
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: GPT-5.5 is priced at 5/1M input tokens and 30/1M output tokens, double GPT-5.4's pricing; GPT-5.5 Pro costs 30/1M input tokens and 180/1M output tokens — After months of ru
GPT-5.5 may not be in the official OpenAI API... but it's available via the apparently approved-of Codex API backdoor So I used that to make these pelicans (default and xhigh)! https://simonwillison.n
HOLLLLY SHIIIIIT 😳 GPT 5.5 xhigh in codex made this paper physics website with wind effect one shot check the physics , ui and interaction @sama you guys cooked and this is my first time i can suggest
Introducing GPT-5.5 A new class of intelligence for real work and powering agents, built to understand complex goals, use tools, check its work, and carry more tasks through to completion. It marks a
I've been previewing this in Codex for a few weeks - it's very good! Had some great results from it having it run security reviews against code written using other models Introducing GPT-5.5 A new cla
looks like new Pareto frontiers across everything: - Context: 400K context in Codex and a 1M in API - API Pricing: 5/m input and 30/m output tokens. - Codex improved its own inference speed 20% lol -
🚨 OpenAI just launched GPT-5.5. The OpenAI team was nice enough to give me early access over the last several weeks, and I just want to flag: there is a certain class of models (one that we’re hitting
Sam Altman expresses OpenAI's commitment to empowering users by providing them with advanced tools and computational resources to achieve their goals. The statement reflects OpenAI's philosophy of ena
You can now use OpenAI OAuth to generate images with Hermes Agent! Update Hermes and use the ‘hermes tools’ command to configure the image generation tool to use OpenAI! Reminder: we have a $26,000 on
All of the AI models have preferred names. If you asked Claude 4.5 for a software developer, you are going to get Marcus Chen. Wizards are mostly named Aldric. Space pilots are Kira from Claude, Mara
Anthropic really did just hand this one to OpenAI on a plate I don't know what they are doing over there, but Codex will continue to be available both in the FREE and PLUS ($20) plans. We have the com
Bloomberg: Sources: SoftBank seeks a 10B two-year margin loan secured by its OpenAI shares, with an option for a year extension, as SoftBank aims to become an AI linchpin — SoftBank Group Corp. is see
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We want you to have a lot of AI! I don't know what they are doing over there, but Codex will continue to be available both in the FREE and PLUS ($20) plans. We have the compute and efficient models to
arXiv:2508.17458v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Verbal multiword expressions (VMWEs) remain difficult for machine translation because their meanings are often not recoverable from their component
arXiv:2411.06812v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: This paper introduces the concept of ``generative midtended cognition'', exploring the integration of generative AI with human cognition. The
Many folks seem to be confused, and think the collapse of the CS major graduation numbers at Berkeley could be linked to the 'AI is taking SWE jobs' hysteria narrative. Here's the easiest way to see t
arXiv:2601.02933v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Human evaluation is the gold standard for multilingual NLP, but is often skipped in practice and substituted with automatic metrics because it is no
Please don’t trust your chatbot for medical advice. 🙏 Remember how I used to say that large language models are “frequently wrong, never in doubt”, and how I warned three years ago on 60 Minutes that
arXiv:2510.06708v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Conducting systematic reviews is laborious. In the screening or study selection phase, the number of papers can be overwhelming. Recent resear
arXiv:2604.15460v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The rapid evolution of Large Language Models (LLMs) has made them powerful tools for enhancing student writing. This study explores the extent and lim
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The continuing gap between the capabilities of Gemini Pro 3.1 (very good model) and the capabilities of the Gemini app/website is odd. The model can do what Claude/GPT can do, but there is a minimal h
arXiv:2604.14179v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Rare diseases affect over 300 million people worldwide and are characterized by complex care pathways, limited clinical expertise, and substantial unmet
arXiv:2603.23682v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The rapid adoption of large language models (LLMs) in education raises profound challenges for assessment design. To adapt assessments to the
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Grok 4.3, an AI assistant from xAI, has been released with expanded file creation capabilities beyond text, now supporting generation of presentations (Slides), spreadsheets (Sheets), PDFs, documents