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Tracing the thoughts of a large language model \ Anthropic

https://www.anthropic.com/research/tracing-thoughts-language-model

Senior Developer Skills in the AI Age: Leveraging Experience for Better Results

https://manuel.kiessling.net/2025/03/31/how-seasoned-developers-can-achieve-great-results-with-ai-coding-agents

Your Startup Doesn't Need to Be a Unicorn
https://mattgiustwilliamson.substack.com/p/your-startup-doesnt-need-to-be-a

The Machine Stops — Steph Ango
https://stephango.com/the-machine-stops

I'd rather read the prompt
https://claytonwramsey.com/blog/prompt

The Israeli company Ludeo may change the entire video industry. Elon Musk's xAI accuses an employee of planting political content in the Grok chatbot. The Israeli unicorn Cyera is raising funds at a valuation of $6 billion. China launched the first supercomputer to operate in space. Palo Alto Networks conducted a ransomware attack in just 25 minutes using AI agents. Investors are flocking to Cyera, potentially the next Waze.

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KDDI, a Japanese telecommunications giant, will implement DriveNets software for hundreds of millions of dollars. Classic has raised $110 million to build "the Microsoft of quantum computing." The AI company Perplexity is on track to raise $500 million at a $14 billion valuation. QIAGEN, a Dutch company, is acquiring the Israeli company Genoox for $80 million. Orca Security is acquiring the startup Opus in an Israeli cyber deal. The biotechnology company Somite AI has raised $47 million to develop drugs using cells. The startup Kela has recorded $100 million in fundraising within a year of its establishment. A billionaire who founded "Russian Google" and immigrated to Israel will build Israel's supercomputer, which may boost the AI industry in Israel. Lego is playing with ChatGPT, creating an AI-powered plastic cube.

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The man behind Claude predicts that AI will help us understand animal language. Bria, a startup, raised $40 million to create protected visual content. Unframe, founded by Noname alumni, is revealed with a $30 million funding round. A WhatsApp vulnerability generated tens of millions of dollars for NSO. OpenAI is paying millions for ChatGPT users' "thank yous." A person faked agreements with large companies to deceive potential investors. Palo Alto Networks is acquiring the cybersecurity company Protect AI. Lightrun raised $70 million to advance the vision of a bug-free world. ChatGPT will recommend products for purchase and earn a commission. Meta is launching Meta AI chatbots to increase competition.

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Google I/O 2025: live updates from the keynote | The Vergehttps://www.theverge.com/google/670250/google-io-news-announcements-gemini-ai-android-xr

Duolingo's CEO is attempting to retract previous statements about prioritizing AI, but is not succeeding. A blog post discusses using GitHub issues for taking notes. A dispatch from the "Trenches of the Butlerian Jihad" is shared. Access is denied to multiple articles on calcalist.co.il. An article on Text Incubation discusses AI code as being legacy code from its inception. AWS created a security tool that inadvertently created a security risk. Vin01's Blog discusses the state of cybersecurity in 2025 and how cyber criminals are operating. Anthropic is introducing web search on their API.

https://htxt.co.za/2025/05/duolingo-ceo-tries-to-walk-back-ai-first-comments-fails
https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/26/notes
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https://text-incubation.com/AI+code+is+legacy+code+from+day+one
https://www.token.security/blog/aws-built-a-security-tool-it-introduced-a-security-risk
https://vin01.github.io/piptagole/cybcecrime/security/cybersecurity/2025/05/05/state-cyber-security.html
https://www.anthropic.com/news/web-search-api