A legal software company's R&D organization tripled output per engineer in 18 months by rebuilding its development life cycle around AI agents, according to its CTO. Deployments grew from 82 to more t…
States are defying the tech lobby by passing their own artificial intelligence regulations, according to a Politico report. The article details how Silicon Valley's opposition has failed to stop state…
A new wave of smart home devices, including set-and-forget thermostats, accessible smart plugs, and water leak sensors, can make aging in place easier, according to Senior Tech Tutor Marin. The articl…
China has unveiled humanoid robots that can sprint faster than any human alive, reigniting a debate among investors about whether the robotics trade is a genuine opportunity or a speculative bubble. A…
Silicon Valley's vision of the AI future is an eschatology that shapes its ethics, according to a Time magazine analysis. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who in 2015 said AI would 'most likely, sort of lead to…
Chipmunk Works, in a Medium article, argues that Silicon Valley should follow Disney's 1957 'Our Friend the Atom' approach to build a friendly AI, citing the need for public trust and education. The a…
Isopolis, a continuous, zoomable, clickable isometric pixel-art map of San Francisco covering all ~121 km² as a 22-gigapixel image, was built by an unnamed developer using a fine-tuned Qwen Image Edit…
Software development is decentralizing away from Silicon Valley, and AI is transforming it into a local trade, according to Binny Gill, a Forbes Councils member. The capability to build software now e…
Lewis Liu, a journalist, drove 3,000 miles from Short Hills, New Jersey, to Palo Alto, California, and observed that much of America is being left behind by the AI-driven economy. He saw boarded-up do…
Silicon Valley is losing the public fight over AI data centers, with local opposition blocking or delaying $64 billion in projects between May 2024 and March 2025, according to a Gallup poll showing 7…
Silicon Valley's AI boom is reshaping American charity, with tech wealth driving new philanthropic models and priorities, according to The Economist. The article highlights how AI-generated fortunes a…
The Financial Times reports that the new AI super-rich are reshaping the market for jets, yachts, and cars, with Silicon Valley fortunes driving demand for premium water over champagne and bitcoin spl…
Max Tegmark, professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and founder of the Future of Life Institute, said that the biggest danger facing mankind is a machine that can 'outsmart …
A developer argues that large language models are a genuine technological leap, unlike the hype-driven metaverse and Web3, but criticizes the tech press for overhyping them. The piece specifically cal…
Applied Intuition, Inc., a $15 billion Silicon Valley company founded in 2017, is hiring a Software Engineer for Prediction and Planning ML in Sunnyvale, California, with a salary range of $151,000 to…
Silicon Valley is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into Super Pacs to elect candidates who oppose AI regulation, mirroring the crypto industry's 2024 playbook. Groups like Leading the Future ha…
Oliver Burkeman argues in a column that society's obsessive focus on artificial intelligence stems from overthinking, not the technology's inherent importance. He suggests that while AI is disruptive,…
Elon Musk and Sam Altman are misreading science fiction to justify building an 'Artificial State' that severs humans from nature and democracy, according to a Wired analysis. Musk plans to use AI to g…
Independent senior AI logic auditor Oleh Polishchuk argues that AI is a resource-devouring physical infrastructure rather than an ethereal solution, citing that a single 100 MW data center consumes ab…
A developer asked an AI to identify a TV character matching their personality, and it chose Bertram Gilfoyle from Silicon Valley, citing systems thinking and technical depth. The developer reflects on…