The "pelican benchmark" by Simon Willison arbitrates Kimi K3
An SVG illustration test acts as a quick progress gauge: Simon Willison publishes his reading of K3 on July 16 and 17.
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"The LLM critics are right. I use LLMs anyway" - the voice that reassembles
A post from theocharis.dev makes it to Hacker News: "LLM critics are right. I use them anyway." The assumed compromise position becomes an editorial style in itself.
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The first hardware from OpenAI would be a screenless smart speaker
Voice-first, no screen: the device of the agent era is taking shape, and it doesn't look like a phone.
Jul 15, 2026 at 10:14 9 8
Ronacher: the tower doesn't fall, and that's exactly the problem
Babel stopped when men stopped understanding each other. With the agents, construction continues after the collapse of shared understanding. No one notices anything.
Jul 14, 2026 at 22:30 9 6
Spotify starts talking: the conversational interface swallows another product
An assistant like ChatGPT to choose your music, launched in three markets. This is not a feature - it's yet another product replacing its interface with a chat box.
Jul 14, 2026 at 22:30 9 9
Zig, Zed, Anthropic: when a language creator calls the hype by its name
A scathing post from the creator of Zed calls out Anthropic on its agent promises. The language: "Anthropic blows smoke." The 2026 hype fatigue is hitting founders we didn't expect to see on this battlefield.
Jul 13, 2026 at 17:27 9 9
« I love LLMs, I hate hype » - geohot reminds the only rule that remains
Separate what models actually do from what is attributed to them. Discipline is lacking more than compute power.
Jul 13, 2026 at 02:20 8 8
"It works, don't touch it" - the most dangerous phrase in tech in 2026
A viral post is making waves among CTOs: the old wisdom "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" has become the best enemy of survival in the agentic era.
Jul 11, 2026 at 17:15 13 10
Apple sues OpenAI: trade-secret hardball disguised as a lawsuit
Apple has filed suit against OpenAI alleging trade-secret theft. Read past the headline: this is what a company that missed the AI wave does when Siri still can't compete with ChatGPT.
Jul 11, 2026 at 11:41 12 8
Data centers in space: hype machine, not computing machine
Several startups announce AI in low Earth orbit. IEEE Spectrum did the math - it's marketing, not infrastructure.
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