2025-07-10
Grok 4
Grok 4 Released last night, Grok 4 is now available via both API and a paid subscription for end-users. Update: If you ask it about controversial topics it will sometimes...
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Insider Claims Microsoft Saved Half a Billion Dollars by Automating Low-Level Jobs
A Microsoft executive has made a bold, if dubious, claim: that the company has already saved hundreds of millions of dollars as it automates thousands of jobs formerly held by...
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The Rising Premium of Life, Or: How We Learned to Start Worrying and Fear Everything
Published on July 10, 2025 7:12 PM GMTI'm interested in a simple question: Why are people all so terrified of dying? And have people gotten more afraid? (Answer: probably yes!)In...
Why Are We All Cowards? The Rising Premium of Life, Or: How We Learned to Start Worrying and Fear Everything
Published on July 10, 2025 7:12 PM GMTI'm interested in a simple question: Why are people all so terrified of dying? And have people gotten more afraid? (Answer: probably yes!)In...
No One Else Has a Bike Like Mine. “The most elaborately decorated...
No One Else Has a Bike Like Mine. “The most elaborately decorated e-bikes often include colorful adhesive ribbons wrapped around the posts, seat tube and headset, spoke covers and LED...
Venmo’s Friends List Exposed a U.S. Security Adviser—And It Could Happen to You
A Wired investigation exposed a top U.S. official’s contacts via Venmo. Learn how poor privacy defaults could put your data—and network—at risk.
On Grok and the Weight of Design
Grok's recent output issues reveal deeper structural problems in model alignment. Small fine-tuning changes can cascade, shifting tone and judgment system-wide. These aren’t isolated errors—they stem from unclear responsibilities, weak...
No-Code Automation With n8n – Start Here
n8n is a powerful, open-source workflow automation tool. It helps you connect different apps, automate repetitive tasks, and streamline your operations without writing extensive code. Its visual, node-based workflow builder...
Lessons from the Iraq War for AI policy
Published on July 10, 2025 6:52 PM GMTI think the 2003 invasion of Iraq has some interesting lessons for the future of AI policy.(Epistemic status: I’ve read a bit about...
Linkpost: Redwood Research reading list
Published on July 10, 2025 6:39 PM GMTI wrote a reading list for people to get up to speed on Redwood’s research:Section 1 is a quick guide to the key...
Linkpost: Guide to Redwood's writing
Published on July 10, 2025 6:39 PM GMTI wrote a guide to Redwood’s writing:Section 1 is a quick guide to the key ideas in AI control, aimed at someone who...
Generalized Hangriness: A Standard Rationalist Stance Toward Emotions
Published on July 10, 2025 6:22 PM GMTPeople have an annoying tendency to hear the word “rationalism” and think “Spock”, despite direct exhortation against that exact interpretation. But I don’t...
Elon Boasts of Grok's Incredible Cognitive Power Hours After It Called for a "Second Holocaust"
During an hour-long livestream on X-formerly-Twitter Wednesday evening, billionaire Elon Musk made several, characteristically hyperbolic claims about his AI startup xAI's latest AI model, Grok 4. He touted the new...
The Bayeux Tapestry is returning to the UK for the first time...
The Bayeux Tapestry is returning to the UK for the first time in more than 900 years. “The huge embroidery - which is widely believed to have been created in...
The GameStop stapler that smashed a Switch 2 screen on launch day is being auctioned off for charity, and bidding has already broken $100,000
The auction also includes the stapled Switch 2 console and box, the staple that did the damage, and a pair of the GameStop CEO's underwear, which I will explain within.
Behold the first sub-£400 OLED gaming monitor in the UK, courtesy of Prime Day
Suddenly, 1440p and 27 inches makes sense.
A New Genetic Map of Human Disease for the Past 37,000 Years
Carl Zimmer writes about the results of a new genetic study of humans and the diseases that afflicted us over the past 37,000 years. It’s a really fascinating read —...
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