@naveengrao
CEO @unconvai. Former CEO MosaicML/Databricks & Nervana/IntelAI. Neuro + CS. I like to build stuff that will eventually learn how to build other stuff.
AI
The announcement claims SKY-001 beats GPT-6 Astra and every other frontier model tested on CAD and BIM tasks.
AI
Sergey Brin says researchers and models work together on the next version, and expects the development cadence to accelerate.
AI
A user jokes that every doom-y remark brings another GPU into existence.
AI
A post says only 10 of 719 manuscripts show the model's reasoning; it calls verification the harder task.
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One post predicts agents will build alternatives for the 5% people use of Microsoft Office or Adobe Creative Suite.
AI
A post argues science needs exponentially growing resources for roughly linear progress, despite improving its own tools.
AI
A user suggests an agent could test PowerPoint’s features, draft a behavior spec and generate code to recreate it.
Science
One user claims an AI-redesigned mRNA vaccine lasted a year at room temperature; ORF calls for safeguards in AI-biology research.
Technology
In a Sept. 29 press release, Volantis said Lachy Groom and Abstract led the Series A and that total funding to date is $97 million as it pitches photonics-based AI inference hardware.
AI
A user says a New York Times piece describes Anthropic quietly bringing in religious thinkers from around the world to help give its AI a moral compass.
AI
One post argues that AI makes building a company easier but raises the bar for a great startup, making a bold vision more important for funding and hiring.
AI
A post says Topos uses Modal to build and run protein models that go beyond folding, aiming to capture the dynamics of intrinsically disordered regions.
AI
A user says Codex reviewed all their tweets and analytics but still couldn't “write a banger,” prompting an exchange about optimization and AI-written personal communication.
AI
One post argues that the real AI competition is about who gets megawatts online first, rather than the debate over models.
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SemiAnalysis says one of its researchers coined “neocloud.” A reply distinguishes naming the sector from building it, pointing to MosaicML and GPU infrastructure providers.
AI
An Un-0 team member claims the chip uses many orders of magnitude less energy per image than conventional machines. A follow-up describes teaching the system to count.
AI
Former FTC chair Lina Khan argues dangerous AI releases can already trigger liability. Others question whether that prevents harm—or puts too much responsibility on the companies making the tools.
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Another post predicts AI will become “our interface to the world” and accuses people seeking sweeping controls out of fear of catastrophe of working to create a surveillance state.
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A coauthor of “Talk Isn't Always Cheap” says models in debates shifted from correct answers to incorrect ones more often than the reverse. A single weaker model could sway even a majority of stronger models.
AI
Posts report Sanders and Casar announced legislation to pause advanced AI work.