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Date : Fri May 23 2025 10:43:25
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OpenAI plans to ship 100 million AI 'companions' that will be capable=
of being fully aware of users' surroundings and lives. The company
aim=
s to create a third core device for people to use on a desk after a
compu=
ter and mobile device. The device will be unobtrusive and be able
to rest=
in one's pocket or desk. It won't be a phone - one of the
design goals i=
s to help wean users from screens.=20
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nly five of the colossal machines have
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its that High NA provides,
how the technology works, the effects that Chi=
na, tariffs, and US
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to a video
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The Tor Alva, the world's tallest 3D-printed =
building, has been
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ators liken to
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30 meters.
It is located in a village that's currently home to just 11 pe=
ople.
The building took around 900 hours of printing to complete using tw=
o
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having less than a minute of API unreliability for the entire year.=
The company is likely in the top 1% in software delivery performance.
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What Sam Altman Told OpenAI=
About the Secret Device He's Making With Jony Ive (5 minute read)
OpenAI plans to ship 100 million AI 'co=
mpanions' that will be capable of being fully aware of users' surroundings =
and lives. The company aims to create a third core device for people to use=
on a desk after a computer and mobile device. The device will be unobtrusi=
ve and be able to rest in one's pocket or desk. It won't be a phone - one o=
f the design goals is to help wean users from screens.
|
Anthropic launches Claude 4=
, its most powerful AI model yet (4 minute read)
Anthropic has launched Claude 4, a new =
group of artificial intelligence models. The company claims that Claude Opu=
s 4 and Claude Sonnet 4 define a new standard when it comes to AI agents. T=
he models can analyze thousands of data sources, execute long-running tasks=
, write human-quality content, and perform complex actions. Both models can=
search the web to complete tasks and alternate between reasoning and tool =
use.
|
|
Science & Futuristic Technology
|
Exclusive look at the creat=
ion of High NA, ASML's new $400 million chipmaking colossus (13 minute read=
)
High NA, which stands for high numerica=
l aperture, is the world's most advanced and expensive chipmaking machine. =
Costing more than $400 million, the machine took ASML nearly a decade to de=
velop. It is made up of four modules that are manufactured around the world=
and assembled in the Netherlands. Only five of the colossal machines have =
ever been shipped. This article takes a look at High NA, how ASML plans to =
deploy the technology, the benefits that High NA provides, how the technolo=
gy works, the effects that China, tariffs, and US growth will have on the t=
echnology, and more. A link to a video showing High NA in action is availab=
le at the end of the article.
|
World's tallest 3D-printed =
building reaches a height of 100 feet (3 minute read)
The Tor Alva, the world's tallest 3D-pr=
inted building, has been completed in Switzerland. The structure, which the=
creators liken to an 'ornate layered cake', sits at an impressive height o=
f 30 meters. It is located in a village that's currently home to just 11 pe=
ople. The building took around 900 hours of printing to complete using two =
construction robots: a 3D printer and a machine used to add steel reinforce=
ment. Pictures of Tor Alva are available in the article.
|
|
Programming, Design & Data Science
|
New capabilities for buildi=
ng agents on the Anthropic API (4 minute read)
Anthropic has announced four new capabi=
lities on its API that enable developers to build more powerful AI agents. =
The code execution tool, MCP connector, Files API, and ability to cache pro=
mpts for up to an hour will enable developers to build agents that execute =
code for advanced data analysis, connect to external systems through MCP se=
rvers, store and access files efficiently across sessions, and maintain con=
text for up to 60 minutes without building custom infrastructure. All of th=
e features are now available in public beta on the Anthropic API.
|
On 1,145 pull requests per =
day (3 minute read)
Stripe did an average of 1,145 pull req=
uests per day in 2024 while having less than a minute of API unreliability =
for the entire year. The company is likely in the top 1% in software delive=
ry performance. It has a very demanding but advanced engineering culture wi=
th a relentless focus on continuously shipping value for users. Shipping sa=
fely at this velocity and scale implies heavy investment in automated tests=
, deployments, rollbacks, observability, code ownership, and other areas.
|
|
Engineers and AI: ramblings=
of a small startup founder (9 minute read)
While everyone seems to want to replace=
software engineers, AI just isn't there yet. Not everyone can just dive in=
to a problem with little context and get started - it takes time to underst=
and the problem and ask relevant questions to determine requirements. There=
is value in being able to say 'I don't know how to do this', but this is l=
ess and less likely to happen now that people are falling back to AI for an=
swers when all else fails. People learn by doing something hard - struggle =
is part of improvement.
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