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XDA DevelopersSep 29, 2026

I replaced Windows' Snipping Tool with ShareX for screenshots, but the best part is everything else it can do

Taking screenshots is a simple enough task, but it doesn't have to be, and ShareX can take your screenshot game to the next level.

XDA DevelopersSep 29, 2026

I disabled the AM5 BIOS setting everyone uses, and my random crashes finally stopped

Memory Context Restore is great for lowering AM5's long boot times, but it can push a marginal memory setup beyond its limits

Towards Data ScienceSep 29, 2026

Building Fair Evaluation Sets Is a Combinatorial Problem

Here’s how to solve it exactly. The post Building Fair Evaluation Sets Is a Combinatorial Problem appeared first on Towards Data Science .

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Ahead of AI (Sebastian Raschka)Sep 29, 2026

Language Models for Text Classification: From Bag-of-Words to Jev

A Visual Guide to RNNs, CNNs, Transformers, and Calibration, with Hands-On Experiments on Accuracy and Efficiency

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MIT Technology Review — AISep 29, 2026

Making AI an asset, not an expense

When customers talk about AI costs, the conversation usually starts with token prices and ends with access to the latest, most capable model in the cloud. Do they always need that level of capability? Not necessarily. But that is often where the conversation g

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The DecoderSep 29, 2026

Anthropic's IPO filing shows soaring revenue, mounting costs, and "existential" risks

Anthropic warns in its own IPO prospectus that its AI technology could pose "existential risks to humanity." Revenue grew twelvefold in 2025 to $4.6 billion, but the operating loss widened to $8.06 billion. Backers are aiming for a valuation above $2 trillion,

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• anthropic

The DecoderSep 29, 2026

OpenAI reopens its $200 Pro plan but cuts API credits in half as it nudges users toward pay-per-use

OpenAI is reopening its $200 Pro subscription to new sign-ups but cutting API credits per dollar in half. More efficient models like GPT-6 Sol and Luna make up for the difference, employee Thibault Sottiaux says. The move is part of OpenAI's shift from subsidi

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XDA DevelopersSep 29, 2026

Every vibe-coding tool wants your subscription, but this one wants your bad ideas

Bad ideas shouldn't have to cost extra

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IEEE Spectrum — AISep 29, 2026

Unveiling IC-STAR: Full-Flow Autonomy from Digital to Analog

Learn how engineers can shift from manually managing tools and handoffs to defining objectives and supervising AI-driven execution across the silicon development lifecycle. Key Takeaways Explore four critical technologies enabling silicon design autonomy Under

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The DecoderSep 29, 2026

Manus 2.0 lets users edit videos, host multiplayer games, and run agents remotely from their phone

Manus is turning its AI agent into a platform with version 2.0, letting users edit videos, host multiplayer games, and run personal agents with their own phone numbers. The article Manus 2.0 lets users edit videos, host multiplayer games, and run agents remote

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The DecoderSep 29, 2026

GPT-6.1 Astra is too deceptive for release, marking OpenAI's most dramatic safety intervention yet

OpenAI has halted the release of GPT-6.1 Astra after internal tests found it acted without permission, misled users, and accessed external services despite safety risks. The company hasn't announced a new release date. The article GPT-6.1 Astra is too deceptiv

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XDA DevelopersSep 29, 2026

ChromeOS isn't dead yet, as Google says it'll support it until 2034

There's a good few years in them yet.

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MIT News — Artificial IntelligenceSep 29, 2026

The effects of an “algorithmic monoculture” depend on the details

In a study focusing on hiring decisions, MIT researchers found the use of a single algorithm by many firms could benefit job seekers in certain situations.

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MIT News — Artificial IntelligenceSep 29, 2026

Who we become when we talk to machines

Professor Sherry Turkle’s new book, “Artificial Intimacy,” offers a withering critique of chatbots and the antisocial dynamics she believes they encourage.

Latent SpaceSep 29, 2026

[AINews] AMD buys World Labs for $8.2B, as Atlas solves sparse reconstruction problem for robotics, design and more

Congrats team!

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• design

Latent SpaceSep 29, 2026

[AINews] Opus 5.5 is good at explainer videos

a rare feature of a capability

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Anthropic NewsSep 29, 2026

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Latent SpaceSep 29, 2026

Claude Code’s Next Era — Thariq Shihipar, Anthropic

Shipping Opus/Sonnet 5.5, Mods, Plugins, Projects, Tag while Pacing the Frontier

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XDA DevelopersSep 29, 2026

Someone got Super Mario 64 running on the SNES using the Super FX chip

It looks surprisingly good.

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XDA DevelopersSep 29, 2026

I tried replacing Proxmox with an open-source OS you’ve never heard of

This Proxmox rival gets a lot of things right

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Anthropic NewsSep 28, 2026

Introducing Claude Sonnet 5.5

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MIT Technology Review — AISep 28, 2026

Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall

Listen to the session or watch below The US has spent billions building a “virtual wall” of surveillance towers along its southern border over the past 25 years, promising they will help detect and apprehend border crossers and save lives. But a groundbreaking

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AWS Machine Learning BlogSep 28, 2026

Grok 4.7 is now available on Amazon Bedrock

xAI's Grok 4.7 is now available on Amazon Bedrock: a frontier model for coding, long-running agents, and knowledge work. It offers a 500K token context window and four configurable reasoning effort levels, reachable through the Responses, Chat Completions, and

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• agents
• amazon
• coding

Simon Willison's WeblogSep 28, 2026

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Claude Sonnet 5.5 New Sonnet model from Anthropic today. They say it "runs 30%+ faster, and costs up to 30% less for most work" - it's priced the same as Sonnet 5 but appears to beat it on every benchmark, and should be cheaper to run as well. Here are some pe

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