I think the expression is “pulling the ladder”! All labs trained their models by distilling (at the very least distilling the web) which allowed them to become the fastest growing businesses in the history of humanity and now that they have armies of lawyers and lobbyists, they
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AI Therapy Chatbot Improves Mental Health Outcomes in Mexican Women Trial
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Randomized trial of an AI therapy chatbot on Mexican women found “improved mental health by 0.3 SD over 6 months with no evidence of an increase of severe cases; improved sleep, healthful behaviors, daily functioning & labor market outcomes” Big results for a cheap intervention.
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Agentic Code Risks Demand Roadmaps and Human Code Reviews
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this is … odd. the whole problem with agentic code is that people wind up with hard to debug redundancies, security holes, deleted databases, etc., which is exactly why you need roadmaps and code reviews, with AI-written code. I am with @Grady_Booch on this one (and almost
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Anthropic Accused OpenAI of API Terms Violation via Model Distillation
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Anthropic claimed OpenAI violated their terms of service by using their API (I suspect they would call it “distilling” today)
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AI Index 2026 Report Highlights Risks and Potential of AI
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In our April issue, we highlight the latest findings from the #AIIndex2026 report, new research examining both AI's risks and potential, an upcoming conference tackling AI's role in scientific discovery, and more. Check out our LinkedIn newsletter:
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NVIDIA Wins Three Webby Awards for Deaf Children Signs Project
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We are celebrating a triple win! NVIDIA is honored to receive three @TheWebbyAwards for our collaboration with the American Society for Deaf Children and @hellomondaycom
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Silicon Valley Insiders Fear AI Will Create Permanent Underclass
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NYT: "Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass" by @jasminewsun (link in the reply) "Most people I know in the #AI industry think the median person is screwed, and they have no idea what to do about it." There's a book about this! New edition covering the job
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Deepfake Video of Dario Created Using Seedance AI Tool
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Deepfake Dario made with Seedance 😅 pic.twitter.com/dSWZBi25py
— Bilawal Sidhu (@bilawalsidhu) 30 avril 2026Deepfake Dario made with Seedance
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When Not to Use AI: Critical Perspectives on AI Adoption
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When Not to Use #AI
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Open Letter to Musk: Don’t Leave AI Industry Unregulated
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Dear @elonmusk
, If you still genuinely care about AI safety, you can’t let the Trump administration leave the AI industry almost entirely unregulated. You just can’t. – Gary