These image models are getting insane. Where's Elon?
GENERATIVE AI
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Silent Progress: When AI Improvements Become Invisible Integration
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A 2% benchmark improvement is easy to ignore. Not noticing AI is there because it's just part of how the tool works is a different category of progress.
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AI Diagram Generation: Impressive Capabilities but Persistent Knowledge Gaps
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Fascinating how AI is getting better at diagrams like these (at least for ones that you could easily find on web search) but still making some pretty wacky errors — like confusing where the rear brake is* — that no knowledgeable human would make. What this reflects is an
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Freed compute capacity suggests GPT-5.5 will transform the conversation
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If image-2 is what the freed up compute looks like, gpt-5.5 is going to be a different conversation entirely.
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GPT 5.5 Release Expected Thursday, List Updates Needed
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Ask again after thursday when gpt 5.5 drops. That list might need updating.
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Anthropic Innovation Creates Opportunities for OpenAI Competition
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Anthropic keeps creating the openings. OpenAI just has to show up.
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Engineering Ethics: When Not to Build with LLMs
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We’re entering a phase where “can we build it?” matters less than “should we build it this way?” Energy, cost, and latency are becoming very important societal decisions. LLMs are powerful, but they’re not always the right abstraction. Good (AI) engineering is knowing when not
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Mockup to Working Code: Solving Design Handoff Problem
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Mockup to working code in one pipeline is actually a big deal for people who build things. Design handoff has been broken for years.
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AI Confidently Explains Tasks Without Actual Experience or Self-Awareness
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it'll tell you exactly how to do something it has never actually done and have no awareness that those are different things.
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Model Strategy for Fine Detail Quality Generation
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In the end, I think it's part of the strategy that allows the model to generate fine detail with quality. But of course, once you notice it, you won't stop seeing it. You're welcome!