here's the part that stuck with me. claude outperformed every human candidate who's ever taken anthropic's internal engineering hiring test. not most. every single one in the company's history. a 2-hour rigorous assessment designed to filter for elite engineers. so what
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Anthropic’s Voice Mode for Claude Cowork Agents
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Anthropic is working on the Voice Mode support! Operating Claude Cowork agents with voice would be a huge improvement. It feels like it will work as a toggle in a similar way to how it has been done on ChatGPT. Would you use it?
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HexRunner Sets Land Speed Record for Legged Robots
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#HexRunner, developed under DARPA’s FastRunner program, set a land speed record for untethered legged robots at 33 mph.#Robot #Robotech #Robotics #Tech #AI #artificialintelligent @SpirosMargaris @PawlowskiMario @mvollmer1 @gvalan @ipfconline1 @LaurentAlaus @Shi4Tech… pic.twitter.com/SboLkVdqrU
— Amitav Bhattacharjee (@bamitav) 18 janvier 2026#HexRunner, developed under DARPA’s FastRunner program, set a land speed record for untethered legged robots at 33 mph. #Robot #Robotech #Robotics #Tech #AI #artificialintelligent @SpirosMargaris @PawlowskiMario @mvollmer1 @gvalan @ipfconline1 @LaurentAlaus @Shi4Tech
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AI Accelerates Scientific Progress Solving Unsolvable Math Problems
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Nous observons les premiers signes d’une accélération ×1000 du progrès scientifique et technologique, portée par l’IA. L’IA résout désormais des problèmes mathématiques extrêmement difficiles (presque chaque jour) que les humains n’avaient jamais réussi à résoudre jusqu’ici. Ce
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From Text To Tables: Structured Data, AI’s Next $600 Billion Frontier
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From Text To Tables: Why Structured Data Is AI’s Next $600 Billion Frontier via @forbes
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After using 15 AI tools, created one that does everything
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I was using more than 15 AI tools… It wasn't possible anymore So, I created my own. And it does EVERYTHING https://
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Chinese AI dominates video models: 7 of 8 top, faster, cheaper
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But here's what nobody's saying: Chinese AI just dominated the leaderboard.
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AI-native experiences: evolving games, interactive cinema, responsive demos
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The unlock: AI-native games where worlds evolve from player actions
Interactive cinema where viewers control the story
Live product demos that respond to questions
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From waiting and hating to live interactive generation
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Old way: • write prompt
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• get clip
• hate it
• start over New way: • think it
• see it build LIVE at 1080P
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PixVerse R1: Real-time world model replaces AI video generation
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AI video just died. What comes next is so much better it's not even the same category. PixVerse R1 isn't a video generator. It's a real-time world model that responds to your thoughts instantly. This changes everything.