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AI Transforms Livestock Management: Halter Reaches $2B Valuation
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Halter now manages nearly 650,000 cows, and is currently raising at a $2B valuation.
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 8 avril 2026
Half the world's habitable land is farmland. This is AI being applied to one of the oldest industries on earth and I think we're going to see a lot more of this. pic.twitter.com/y7P1zghe4LHalter now manages nearly 650,000 cows, and is currently raising at a $2B valuation. Half the world's habitable land is farmland. This is AI being applied to one of the oldest industries on earth and I think we're going to see a lot more of this.
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Grok 4.20 at 0.5T Parameters, 1T and 1.5T Models Coming Soon
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Grok 4.20 is about 0.5T parameters – about 2-3 weeks for a new 1T – 4 to 5 weeks for the 1.5T model Competition is heating up – again. Elon Musk (@elonmusk) About 2 to 3 weeks for 1T and 4 to 5 weeks for 1.5T — https://nitter.net/elonmusk/status/2041894999823151124#m
→ View original post on X — @kimmonismus, 2026-04-08 15:12 UTC
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Why AI Scaling Skeptics Misunderstand Exponential Growth
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We're not hitting an AI ceiling. Here's why the AI scaling skeptics are wrong. Exponentials help us understand everything that's going on in AI. For thousands of years, we lived in a linear world. Two apple trees produced about twice as many as one did. Walking half as far took
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Grok 4.2 criticized for insufficient training data and capabilities
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Yeah, Grok 4.2 is just 0.5T and is missing important training data
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Why Companies Pay Huge Money for AI Labelers
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Why Companies Are Paying Huge Money for AI Labelers Behind every powerful AI model is human input — companies are investing heavily in AI labelers to improve accuracy, reliability and performance. Read more https://
bernardmarr.com/why-companies-
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Major News Sites Undercover Claude Mythos Release Coverage
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Think about it. None of the major newspapers have given Claude Mythos a prominent mention/Top Placement on their websites. We live in an AI ivory tower; 99% of people don't know what was published yesterday. They don't know what's coming. That's why our work is so important. Shakeel (@ShakeelHashim) The Anthropic Mythos release does not appear near the top of the homepage on any major news site today. The NYT is closest, but it's still pretty far down. The Guardian thinks a Vogue cover with Anna Wintour and Meryl Streep is more important. The Washington Post is prioritizing yet another "we tried to get into Berghain" story. The media is not adequately covering the insane moment we are in. — https://nitter.net/ShakeelHashim/status/2041829164894871584#m
→ View original post on X — @kimmonismus, 2026-04-08 14:04 UTC
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Open Source Models Now Accessible on Local Hardware
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The fact that we're casually comparing open source models at this level is the real story. Two years ago this was a frontier model conversation. Now it's local hardware stuff.
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Beyond Benchmarks: Building AI Products Users Actually Pay For
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make a product super usable and ppl will pay you for it we’re way past models maxing benchmarks – if they’re not doing actual work for you, you’re asleep at the wheel
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Industrial Intelligence: Building AI Infrastructure for New Era
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Why Industrial Intelligence? Because scaling AI isn’t just about smarter algorithms—it’s about building the infrastructure of a new era. This is an industrial race. Not metaphorically. Literally. Tens of billions are being poured into hardware, energy, mineral supply chains,