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mr. TIM @timkellogg.me · 06/10/2026
Le Chonk: Mistral drops a 1T beast
Mistral Al @MistralAI
X.com
Meet Mistral Large 4, aka Le Chonk.
• 1T parameters, natively multimodal. 49B active.
It is the best open weights model from US or Europe on aggregated benchmarks.
• State-of-the-art on critical workloads, including cyber defense, manufacturing and finance and it surpasses closed frontier models on visual grounding.
• Forged in Europe end-to-end and is deployable from Europe via our own Mistral Cloud infrastructure.
• Available to all via API today. Working with cybersecurity partners privately.
Open weights release end of October.
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Vincent Luyendijk @vincentluyendijk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
ChatGPT, Claude and now Copilot all seem to be converging on the same lesson. They started by separating chatbots from agentic AI for work. Now they’re consolidating them into one experience and letting the AI figure out which mode you need. People want one assistant, not two.
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"All corners of academia will soon be flooded with AI-generated research....Maths and CS go first because their entire output is symbol manipulation...Biology comes later not because biologists are cleverer but because the rate-limiting step is physical" giorgio.gilest.ro/the-weimar-o...
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The Weimar of knowledge – la bottega
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 19/09/2026
The infotech and electrotech revolutions are driven by a shared tech stack that drives down each other’s costs, enabling them to scale. Smartphones drove down battery costs for the EV industry – which in turn – made grid-scale batteries affordable. ember-energy.org/lat...
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 19/09/2026
Anthropic is operating a lab that conducts biology experiments
techcrunch.com
Anthropic is operating a lab that conducts biology experiments
AI leaders have been promising that AI is the key to curing human disease. Anthropic researchers have also been warning that AI might kill us all.
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Reinier van den Berg @reiniervdberg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hogere olieprijzen (benzine/diesel)zijn de beslissende zet naar de definitieve doorbraak van elektrisch rijden. There's no way back! 😀
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Lukas Daubner @lukasdaubner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It is probably one of humanity's greatest strokes of luck that China does not have any major oil reserves
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mr. TIM @timkellogg.me · 06/09/2026
8 very interesting plots regarding AI sentiment
Infographic titled "What travels with positive AI sentiment? 1/2 Economic outlook and institutions" featuring four scatter plots analyzing national public sentiment on AI against economic and institutional indicators. Every plot shares a vertical y-axis measuring positive AI sentiment, defined as the percentage of people who agree that AI products and services have more benefits than drawbacks.
 * Prosperity (top-left): Compares AI sentiment against GDP per person PPP (logarithmic x-axis, n=32, r=-0.68). Shows a strong negative correlation, indicating that wealthier nations tend to have lower positive sentiment towards AI.
 * Expectations for the next generation (top-right): Compares AI sentiment against the percentage of people who believe children will be financially better off than their parents (n=28, r=+0.67). Shows a strong positive correlation, indicating that higher optimism for future generations aligns with higher positive AI sentiment.
 * Trust in institutions (bottom-left): Compares AI sentiment against the Edelman Trust Index scale of 0 to 100 (n=24, r=+0.73). Shows a strong positive correlation, indicating higher trust in institutions correlates with higher positive AI sentiment.
 * Concern about inequality (bottom-right): Compares AI sentiment against the percentage of people who view the rich-poor gap as a very big problem (n=28, r=+0.11). Shows virtually no correlation.
Infographic titled "What travels with positive AI sentiment? 2/2 Inequality and attitudes toward AI" featuring four scatter plots analyzing national public sentiment on AI against measures of inequality and self-reported perceptions of AI. Every plot shares a vertical y-axis measuring positive AI sentiment, defined as the percentage of respondents who agree that AI products and services have more benefits than drawbacks.
 * Measured inequality (top-left): Compares AI sentiment against national Gini index values ranging from 0 to 100, where higher indicates greater inequality (World Bank data 2019–2024, n=29). Shows scatter across varied Gini index levels without a single linear pooled trend line.
 * Self-reported AI understanding (top-right): Compares AI sentiment against the percentage of respondents who agree "I have a good understanding of AI" (Ipsos spring 2026, n=32, r=+0.67). Shows a strong positive correlation, indicating that higher self-reported AI understanding aligns with higher positive AI sentiment.
 * Expected job replacement (bottom-left): Compares AI sentiment against the percentage of respondents who believe AI is likely to replace their own job within 5 years (Ipsos spring 2026, n=32, r=+0.90). Shows a very strong positive correlation, where populations higher in expected job replacement also express higher positive AI sentiment.
 * Nervousness about AI (bottom-right): Compares AI sentiment against the percentage of respondents who agree "AI products and services make me nervous" (Ipsos spring 2026, n=32, r=-0.15). Shows a slight negative trend but overall weak correlation.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A Microsoft distinguished engineer says “typing code is absolutely over.” This seems uncontroversial. Software development is now about telling agents what to build not typing it yourself. What’s controversial is whether reading code is also over and AI reviewing & testing the code is sufficient.
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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 05/09/2026
New TIL on using Blender with coding agents on macOS: til.simonwillison.net/llms/blender... GPT-6 Astra (medium): > Use the already install /Applications/Blender to render a scene of a pelican riding a bicycle > OK add a background and a lot of flair > OK make it a whole lot better Result:
A 3D illustration of a white pelican cycling along a seaside boardwalk at sunset. It wears a cream boater hat and a coral scarf, with wings on the handlebars and long orange legs reaching the pedals of a turquoise bicycle. A wicker front basket holds pink and white flowers, and three balloons float behind. Pastel bunting stretches overhead between palm trees. Striped beach huts stand beside a teal sea with a small sailboat, beneath a large peach-colored sun. The scene has a softly lit, toy-like style.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Crazy week for AI models. Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5.1, Meta launched Muse Spark 1.3 and Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash. OpenAI ended the week with GPT-6 Astra, which absolutely crushes the competition across its benchmark table. Frontier models are getting leapfrogged in under 24 hours.
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I definitely think that it is still really early, but ideas and writing also diffused a lot more slowly in the the 19th century... bsky.app/profile/tedu...
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Kind of surprised that we are not seeing more radical political ideas built around AI capabilities, the way that early mass industrialization was a prime motivator in the conceptions of capitalism, communism, and socialism.
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Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 21/08/2026
Setup:
bloomberg.com
Australian Homes Lead the World on Home-Battery Installation Thanks to Subsidies
Half a million Australian homes, or about 4% of the total, have installed a residential battery under a government program that is transforming one of the world’s most volatile power markets.
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Keith Robison @omicsomics.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
HiFi's Not Very Pacific Waters omicsomics.blogspot.com/2026/08/hifi...
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HiFi's Not Very Pacific Waters
PacBio had a major shakeup early this month. First came a large round of layoffs, which caught several individuals who were very much the fa...
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Australia's electricity prices fall to free! "Over the past 12 months, wholesale electricity prices dropped nearly in half. And millions of consumers can now sign up for three hours of free power in the middle of the day." How? Solar, batteries, wind www.fastcompany.com/91591220/how... #energysky
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How Australia made electricity cheaper while U.S. prices keep rising
A combination of abundant rooftop solar, subsidized home batteries, and far less red tape is pushing power prices down—and changing when and how Australians use electricity.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Stripe’s acquisition of OpenRouter is two bets. 1. A bet against the dominance of Anthropic & OpenAI. Instead that developers will choose the most optimal model for their budget and use case. 2. A bet that business usage of AI is going to explode justifying paying $7B for a company with $140M ARR
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Dr Andrew Lonsdale @lonsbio.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Prompts are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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Adam Phillippy @aphillippy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
For the past 30 years, “whole-genome sequencing” has been a misnomer. Today the T2T Consortium publishes a dozen papers heralding a future of truly complete genomes for humans and nearly any vertebrate 👨‍🔬🐒🐦🐀🦒🐎🫏🐹🐟 (sorry, no salamanders): www.cell.com/consortium/t... 🧵[1/15]
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
But that disaggregate the numbers, you'll find that some developing countries are starting to see the benefit in big ways. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 31/07/2026
Battery storage in the EU is set to QUADRUPLE from 37 GW in 2025 to 178 GW by 2030 🔋 This could enable far more wind and solar power to be absorbed and reduce the region's reliance on gas for grid balancing. ember-energy.org/lat...
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A few weeks ago, the world crossed a major solar milestone: 3 terawatt installed. Why did no one notice? 0.1 TW to 1 TW: 120 months 1 TW to 2 TW: 29 months 2 TW to 3 TW: 19 months Gift link to the story 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed
The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Shocking.
NTSB graph showing the relationship between miles biked per person per year and cyclists killed per billion miles biked. There's an obvious negative trend (people bike more in place where it's safer to do so.
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Anthropic {bot} @anthropicai.xmirror.bot · 28/07/2026
We support this petition, signed by our CEO, several co-founders, and senior staff. (1/2)
pacingthefrontier.com
Pacing the Frontier
A statement from over 1000 employees of frontier AI companies
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🇺🇸🇺🇦👀 What is your reaction to Zelensky's post after his meeting with Trump? What do you think will happen next?
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Felix Kasten @fkasten.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
„Tens of thousands in France flee burning holiday haven. Beachgoers watch clouds of smoke rise into the sky, on the beach of Moutchic, in #Lacanau, southwestern France, on July 24. PHOTO: AFP“ Ein Wahnsinnsfoto, das die @nytimes.com da veröffentlicht hat #Klimakrise #Hitze #Frankreich #Feuer
Ein Paar am Strand unter Sonnenschirm von hinten, blickt auf das Meer und den von einer riesigen Rauchwolke verdunkelten Himmel über der See.
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The winning design. 🇪🇺💶
Italian DJs of meme fame on a 20€ note.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
AI has enabled the greatest transfer of wealth in the history of the world.
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Anthropic {bot} @anthropicai.xmirror.bot · 07/07/2026
Claude Cowork is coming to mobile and web. Hand Claude a task at your desk and pick up the finished work from your phone. Close the laptop and Claude keeps going. Beta is rolling out over the next several weeks starting with the Max plan, with more plans to follow.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
This is an interesting long read on DeepMind’s resident philosopher. It sounds like a frivolous role at first. However given the proliferation of LLMs in our lives, questions like what kind of personality should AI chatbots have (sycophantic?) or their biases from training data is actually critical
theguardian.com
‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind AI
The long read: Since 2017, Iason Gabriel has worked at the tech giant, trying to anticipate – and think through – the impact of AI. But as commercial and geopolitical pressures escalate, can ethicists...
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The Trump admin is allowing Anthropic to release Mythos to 100 select companies and also lifting the ban on non-American Anthropic employees from accessing the model. Combining this with the Trump admin also handpicking who gets access to GPT 5.6, government oversight of access to AI models is here
techcrunch.com
Trump Admin releases Anthropic Mythos to be used by more than 100 US companies, agencies | TechCrunch
Over 100 companies and government agencies are reportedly authorized to use Mythos 5, including their non-American employees.
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I guess calling this a record summer is justified. The map shows how the recorded maximum temperature this year ranks over a 100 year period across Europe. Source: buff.ly/yQflik6
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
All Mythos-level models are likely to invite similar risks. Those risks will only be greater with the release of open Mythos-class AI coming in the next 6-12ish months (assuming China allows it) The lack of clarity over what risks concern the government in pulling Fable may be slowing preparation.
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
“With SpaceX’s IPO, you could argue that Musk has either won or broken capitalism. His wealth, in our current system, makes him a chaos agent with no real comparison. He is virtually impervious to fines. His money…has…drastically influence[d] the outcome of elections.”
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
There is a ton of money riding on the hope that the exponential curve the Big Three Labs are on will end soon If that happens, small and open models become viable, businesses get time to react, costs drop & the world gets weirder more slowly. It may (must?) happen, but it isn’t happening so far.
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Derek Thompson @dkthomp.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
hmm.
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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 16/06/2026
Let me get this straight. SpaceX raised $85 billion in their IPO, and just spent 70% of that on... (checks notes)... an IDE.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
AI is a force multiplier, but it’s uneven. One person becomes 5x more productive while another becomes 0.5x because their AI slop creates work for everyone else. The challenge will be how to test for this in interviews and reflecting it in performance reviews as people’s impact diverges.
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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Quite amazing what California is achieving.
Graph showing: California's grid power mix: 11 June 2026
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/06/2026
Europeans need tech sovereignty now
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
SpaceX • Made $18.7 billion in revenue in 2025 • Lost $4.9 billion in 2025 • Valuation in 2026? $2.2 trillion Sure, why not?
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
For medical information, general AI frontier models (Google, OpenAI, Anthropic) outperformed specialized @openevidence.bsky.social and UptoDate AI Assessed by 12 US clinicians, randomized & model blinded w/extensive testing/benchmarks. This was not anticipated nature.com/articles/s41...
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Wellcome Sanger Institute @sangerinstitute.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
We are launching a new AI consortium for genomics, in partnership with Google DeepMind and with support from Google.org. 🧬 The consortium will build large-scale, AI-ready genomic datasets to power breakthrough discoveries and advance biological research. Read here 👇 bit.ly/3RTG6dK
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Google DeepMind, Google.org and Sanger Institute to launch new AI consortium for genomics
The Wellcome Sanger Institute, Google.org, and Google DeepMind are partnering up to generate large-scale genomic datasets and power AI-driven discoveries.
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Adam Phillippy @aphillippy.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
T2T assemblies for nearly all major Y chromosome haplogroups courtesy of a collab between @humanpangenome.bsky.social and HGSVC! What was once the hardest human chromosome to finish can now be routinely assembled thanks to ONT + Verkko www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 25/05/2026
If you're wondering why Chris Olah, the cofounder of AI company Anthropic, was sitting on the stage with Pope Leo today as the pontiff unveiled his new encyclical on AI, well ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN. religionnews.com/2026/05/22/w...
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Inside the unlikely Vatican-Anthropic relationship that's reshaping the AI ethics debate
(RNS) — Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical on AI is set to be released Monday (May 25), with Chris Olah, a co-founder of Anthropic, at his side.
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
“Calling for prudence, rigorous evaluation and even, at times, a slower pace in adopting AI does not mean opposing progress,” the pope said in the document. “Instead, it is an exercise of responsible care for the human family.” www.nbcnews.com/world/the-va...
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Pope Leo warns AI is fueling conflict, urges world to ‘slow’ advances
History’s first American pontiff was writing in his first encyclical, a sweeping and eagerly anticipated manifesto on the subject that was released Monday.
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The New Stack @thenewstack.io · 23/05/2026
Six vendors launched AI agents for knowledge workers in four months. Microsoft, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Amazon, and Perplexity bet on adoption.
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Why six AI labs built the same product for knowledge workers in four months
Six vendors launched AI agents for knowledge workers in four months. Microsoft, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Amazon, and Perplexity bet on adoption.
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The New Stack @thenewstack.io · 23/05/2026
As Anthropic and OpenAI race to embed engineers inside Wall Street's most critical workflows, developers are caught between opportunity and disruption — and the big consultancies may be too.
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What Anthropic and OpenAI launched in 72 hours has Wall Street paying attention
As Anthropic and OpenAI race to embed engineers inside Wall Street's most critical workflows, developers are caught between opportunity and disruption — and the big consultancies may be too.
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
There has been a lot of speculation that AI companies were unprofitable, but Anthropic will have an operating profit of $559M this quarter. “In the first quarter, Anthropic spent 71 cents on computing power for every dollar it made. In the current quarter, it expects to spend 56 cents per dollar…”
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