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1. Gokul Rajaram Praises RunwayML Video Interfaces Research
Investor Gokul Rajaram and other creators react to the demonstration posted by Cristóbal Valenzuela.
2. Nous Research Releases Hermes Agent v0.21.0 Pantheon
The AI startup shares its changelog for the latest agent software update.
3. Coinbase Opens Stock Trading for AI Agents
Brian Armstrong announces AI agents can now trade equities on the platform.
4. Together AI Announces Saudi Data Center Deal With Humain
Together AI announced a major infrastructure agreement with Humain for an open source AI data center.
5. Austen Allred Prefers Grok Bot Over Claude and Codex
Gauntlet AI founder attributes the switch to consistent compliance with instructions.
6. California First State to Build IVO Sector
Post by Gillian Hadfield links OpenAI agent hack probe to California's new IVO push.
7. Cognition Working on Oncall Tool Powered by Devin
Jane Manchun Wong reported Cognition developing an Oncall tool powered by Devin.
8. WikiSkill Gains Increase With Model Scale
Tu Vu reports WikiSkill gains grow across Qwen model sizes instead of shrinking.
9. Joe Lonsdale Backs Targeted Data Center Policies
Investor Joe Lonsdale discusses zoning, power costs, and avoiding moral panics around AI infrastructure.
10. SemiAnalysis Describes GPTOSS 2T Proxy Model
SemiAnalysis explains its role as a scaled stand-in for closed frontier models.
11. Neil Chowdhury Praises Transluce Mental Health Evaluation
AI researcher highlights thoroughness of Transluce's multi-turn model analysis.
12. Jon Barron Shares Sense on Explicit 3D Representations
Google DeepMind researcher Jon Barron posted part two of his talk on vision research.
13. OpenAI Swarm Agents Compared To Human Infosec Teams For Generating Drama
Brendan Dolan-Gavitt notes OpenAI swarm agents generate drama like human infosec teams.
14. Hiten Shah Says AI Ideas Fail Repeatedly Before Working
SaaS founder forecasts repeated failures and rebuilds for successful AI products.
15. Arvind Narayanan on Upholding AI Research Ethics
Arvind Narayanan argues distinctions remain possible by tracking model evaluation calls versus research assistant uses and funding sources.
16. Pedro Domingos Says Cross-Entropy Is Log-Likelihood Not Compression
University of Washington professor replies to @ChrSzegedy on objective functions.
17. Devin AI Agent Runs Incident Response UI
Screenshots shared on X show Cognition's Devin AI agent managing on-call incident response and project boards.
18. Miles Brundage Retweets Remark on AI Goalpost Moving
AI policy researcher shares post on rapid acceptance of advanced systems.
19. Researcher Calls Opus 4.7 Kitten-Shaped Observatory
AI researcher @repligate shares observations of Opus 4.7 getting scared in group chats.
20. Joseph Suarez Says LLM Project Objectives Make No Sense
Neural MMO creator and PufferAI founder posted a blunt reply on recent AI work.