Jaana Dogan, Google Gemini's tech chief, confesses that rival Anthropic's Claude was able to generate code for software that accomplished much of what her team had been working on for over a year. It's refreshing to read someone's candid assessment of the state of GenAI and implications for the tech sector. It's amazing but also sobering.
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Polymarket has a new worry. Apparently three possible insider bets predicted Maduro's downfall this past weekend. If the predictions market is open to insiders, what does it mean for the platform? They may have to make some hefty payouts someday. I predict there are going to be some new rules on bets you can place.
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Biotech company, Cidara, thinks they have a universal influenza vaccine, which targets CD388. This certainly beats the WHO's cumbersome existing method of convening representatives from different countries and voting on what antigens to target. Such an unwieldy system.
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Now this is what AI was made for – decoding your cat's meow. We can have stuff like this until model API key subscriptions costs become more expensive. For now, enjoy!
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Not good. 40 million people turn to ChatGPT for health care every day. Not the right tool for that purpose, but for most people it's good enough, I suppose.
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‘Moral injury’ is now officially recognized as mental health condition. Oh well, another excuse to stay home from work. We are such a weak society. It's a good thing WWII happened when it did. If it happened today, we'd lose.
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The Oregonian editorial board wants to make 2026 the year of Oregon's comeback. I chuckled at this statement: "Oregonians should carefully consider candidates’ records and demonstrated competence when they vote." No, Oregonians just look for the "D" and vote for that.
