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  1. [BRIEFING]
    42m ago

    AI model pricing cuts intensify as efficiency gains make cheaper inference viable

    DeepSeek’s now-permanent V4-Pro cut and Xiaomi MiMo’s steep V2.5 reductions are being framed as a price war, but the underlying story is engineering progress that lowers serving costs enough to sustain aggressive pricing.

  2. [BRIEFING]
    42m ago

    AGI timelines move forward even as definitions remain unsettled

    Demis Hassabis’ updated 2029 AGI prediction adds to the drumbeat of near-term expectations, while highlighting that leaders still disagree on what capability threshold actually qualifies as AGI.

  3. [BRIEFING]
    42m ago

    Codex usage is spreading through practical workflows, with reliability tweaks still needed

    One tweet highlights Codex as a fast capture-and-execute tool for technical ideation and computer use, while another points users to a Hermes update to fix gateway errors in production-like setups.

  4. [BRIEFING]
    42m ago

    Generative coding tools continue enabling niche technical and creative experiments

    From using Codex to explore electrical engineering concepts to building mathematically grounded Three.js visualizations of minimal-surface morphs, creators are treating AI-assisted coding as a general-purpose prototyping layer.

  5. [PODCAST]
    16h ago
    I let Codex run for 6 hours. Here’s what happened.

    Goals turn AI from turn-taking into self-management.

    How I AI

  6. [PODCAST]
    16h ago
    Reactions: Ferrari’s First EV, The Enhanced Games | Diet TBPN

    Ferrari’s first EV looks like a pricing disaster.

    TBPN

  7. [PODCAST]
    16h ago
    The maturity phases of running evals — Phil Hetzel, Braintrust

    Start with vibes, but document the reasons.

    AI Engineer

  8. [PODCAST]
    16h ago
    Your Board Deck Has a Wrong Formula. Excel Won't Flag It.

    Pretty files can be structurally wrong.

    AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

  9. [PODCAST]
    1d ago
    Book Review Design Principles of Biological Circuits - By johnswentworth

    Biology looks messy until you compare it to random.

    AskwhoCasts AI

  10. [PODCAST]
    1d ago
    Claude, The Pope, and AGI

    Anthropic’s Vatican alliance is bigger than a photo op.

    Wes Roth

  11. [PODCAST]
    1d ago
    Cursor just beat EVERYONE.

    Composer 2.5 is nearly frontier-level coding at a tiny fraction of the cost.

    Matthew Berman

  12. [PODCAST]
    1d ago
    RTMH: Pope Leo's Magnifica Humanitas on AI

    Paragraph 99 is the whole fight.

    AskwhoCasts AI

  13. [PODCAST]
    1d ago
    Claude Code vs Codex vs Cursor (an honest comparison)

    Claude Code is a terminal-native adoption machine.

    Theo - t3.gg

  14. [PODCAST]
    1d ago
    Ep. 216: Google I/O, Musk v. OpenAI Verdict, Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic & Meta Layoffs

    Google is turning search and Gemini into an agent stack.

    The Artificial Intelligence Show Podcast

  15. [PODCAST]
    1d ago
    Frontier AI at Home — Alex Cheema, EXO Labs

    Cheema thinks there’s still a 100x price-to-performance gain left in local AI.

    AI Engineer

  16. [PODCAST]
    1d ago
    Shopify CEO Reveals Their Secret AI Developer

    Shopify’s big AI win is a workflow constraint, not just usage numbers.

    AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

  17. [PODCAST]
    1d ago
    Stop babysitting your agents... — Brandon Walsenuk, Unblocked

    The gap is context, not intelligence.

    AI Engineer

  18. [PODCAST]
    1d ago
    The Lean Startup Author on What Ruins Good Companies

    Quarterly earnings can make companies materially worse.

    TBPN

  19. [PODCAST]
    1d ago
    The only Hermes Agent tutorial you’ll ever need (June 2026 edition)

    Hermes beats OpenClaw on reliability right now.

    Alex Finn

  20. [PODCAST]
    1d ago
    The Right Way To Build AI Agents — With Nvidia's Adel El Hallak and ServiceNow's Joe Davis

    ServiceNow claims a 90% automation rate for its own support desk.

    Alex Kantrowitz