๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ to summarize documents and produce concise reports. Meanwhile, somewhere in an office: โ Ctrl + A
โ reduce the font size
โ delete the margins Suddenly the 30-page report becomes 22 pages.
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Generative AI Document Summarization: Efficiency Reality Check
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Stop Feeding Raw JSON to LLMs: Efficiency Matters
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๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ก ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ ๐, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐. This is something I see surprisingly often in AI systems. JSON works well for software systems. But for LLMs, it
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RAVEN Robot Walks Jumps and Flies Like Birds
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๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต.
— Pascal Bornet (@pascal_bornet) 16 mars 2026
It can ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ, ๐ท๐๐บ๐ฝ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐น๐.
Researchers at EPFLโs Laboratory of Intelligent Systems built ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก, a robot inspired by how birds move between land andโฆ pic.twitter.com/HpremOdtkR๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต. It can ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ, ๐ท๐๐บ๐ฝ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐น๐. Researchers at EPFLโs Laboratory of Intelligent Systems built ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก, a robot inspired by how birds move between land and
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Sam Altman Defends AI Energy Consumption with Surprising Comparison
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๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป. Sam Altman recently responded to criticism about ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐๐๐ฒ with an argument that made many people pause. People often talk about how much electricity it takes to ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น.
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Drones Transform Wildfire Fighting Through Airborne Robotics
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๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ. ๐๐ฅ
— Pascal Bornet (@pascal_bornet) 14 mars 2026
Iโve been following how robotics is entering emergency response, and drones are starting to change the way wildfires are fought.
Instead of sending crews directly into dangerous areas, drones can now:
โ reachโฆ pic.twitter.com/3m75BleQeg๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ. Iโve been following how robotics is entering emergency response, and drones are starting to change the way wildfires are fought. Instead of sending crews directly into dangerous areas, drones can now: โ reach
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Stretchable Metal-Polymer Conductors: Breakthrough in Flexible Circuits
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๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ. ๐ช๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ. ๐
— Pascal Bornet (@pascal_bornet) 14 mars 2026
Researchers in China have developed a Metal-Polymer Conductor (MPC) by combining elastic polymers with liquid metals like gallium and indium.
The result is quite remarkable.
A circuit that can:
โ stretch
โโฆ pic.twitter.com/vxbbwC8eDX๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ. ๐ช๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ. Researchers in China have developed a Metal-Polymer Conductor (MPC) by combining elastic polymers with liquid metals like gallium and indium. The result is quite remarkable. A circuit that can: โ stretch
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China Restricts Foreign AI Agent OpenClaw Over Security Concerns
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๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด. ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ฎ๐ may be the latest example. The open source AI agent from the West began spreading quickly across Chinese developer communities this week. Soon after, Beijing raised security
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Apple iOS 18 AI Calculator Understands Handwritten Math Equations
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๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป.
— Pascal Bornet (@pascal_bornet) 13 mars 2026
With iOS 18, Apple introduced an AI-powered Calculator that can understand handwritten equations.
You simply write the math problem.
The system reads your handwriting, solves it instantly, andโฆ pic.twitter.com/zgYZKEdL1y๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป. With iOS 18, Apple introduced an AI-powered Calculator that can understand handwritten equations. You simply write the math problem. The system reads your handwriting, solves it instantly, and
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Microsoft AI CEO Sets Four-Capability Shutdown Threshold
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๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐โ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐.
— Pascal Bornet (@pascal_bornet) 13 mars 2026
He recently said something that made me pause.
๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ if it ever combines four capabilities at the same time:
โโฆ pic.twitter.com/0KNX2d5ZCe๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐โ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐. He recently said something that made me pause. ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ if it ever combines four capabilities at the same time: โ
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Anthropic Solves Microsoft Office Excel PowerPoint Integration Issue
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๐๐ป๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ณ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ. For decades, Excel and PowerPoint have technically been part of the same suite, yet in practice they rarely worked together smoothly.