What's hot on X right now in AI, open source, crypto and finance
Updated 11:06, 18m ago
AI
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Tao's Math 2.0 Talk Slides
Curran shares a Terence Tao 'Math 2.0' slide, questioning whether human comprehension matters for cures.
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Nadella Urges AI Emergency Brake
David Sacks backs Nadella: safe superintelligence needs deterministic controls, observability, privilege limits and shutdown.
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AI Realizes 20-Year Dream in 20 Minutes
paji.eth argues AI fulfills 20-year dreams in 20 minutes, risking a world where realized dreams bring no joy.
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Hokkaido Designates AI Agriculture Zone
Japan's Takaichi cabinet designates 19 Tokachi municipalities in Hokkaido as an AI agriculture special zone to push AI farming R&D.
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Google Launches Free Mac AI Notes App
Shubham Saboo says Google launched a free Mac AI notetaker with all premium features, fully local, powered by Embedding Gemma 2.
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Frontier Labs Achieve RSI Rumors
Chubby says Google staff hint all frontier labs run recursive self-improvement loops, far ahead internally.
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Nvidia in Talks to Buy Reflection AI
Nvidia is in talks to acquire open-model startup Reflection AI, per FT, betting on open models.
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ChatGPT Subscription Now Includes Devin
Tibo says ChatGPT subscriptions now double as Devin subscriptions, letting Go, Plus or Pro plans connect to Devin and draw down quota.
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Enterprise Software Demand May Rise
ThePrimeagen replies that most companies will custom-build software, increasing demand.
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Atomic Machines Raises $250M
After six years in stealth, Atomic Machines unveils AI-native Matter Compiler that builds micro-machines from code, with $250M raised.
Open Source
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Top 10 Trending GitHub Repos
Thread highlights 10 trending free GitHub repos this month, including VoiceStudio and ppt-master, with star counts.
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Nous Releases Coding Agent Model
Nous Research launched MISSINGNO., a token-efficient coding and agentic reasoning model, free for a limited time on Nous Portal.
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Omarchy Restores Caps Lock
Omarchy's next version keeps Caps Lock default, moving compose to Shift+Caps Lock.
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Integer Multiplication Bound Improves 2%
Rohan Arun says PR #346 ported Design T to the p=10 bit word, raising the integer multiplication bound by ~2%.
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Open Source Maintainer Woes
Matt Pocock says maintaining a popular open source project feels like this about half the time.
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Uncensored Qwen Image Model Released
CuiMao shares an uncensored Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo GGUF model on Hugging Face.
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metal2vk Translates Metal to Vulkan
Joshua Warren released metal2vk, an open-source tool translating Metal GPU code to Vulkan, passing 598 of 610 real programs so Mac engines run on Linux.
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Everything Is Open Source Now
Commenting on a 45-minute reverse engineering of the Gen 1 Apple TV remote, argues all software and hardware is now open source.
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Chollet Experiments with KerasHub
François Chollet says he's running LLM post-training experiments with KerasHub, JAX and TPUs, and may open-source some.
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Bun AoT Type Checking Speedup
Jarred Sumner says Bun AoT is getting good: TypeScript 6 built with it typechecks Effect slightly faster than TypeScript 7 when single-threaded.
Crypto
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China Proposes National Blockchain Network
Watcher.Guru reports China officially calls for building a national blockchain network as part of its economic strategy.
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Cold Wallet Security Best Practices
User shares steps to secure crypto assets: new iPhone, new Apple ID, lockdown mode, offline wallet address generation.
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XRP Ledger Fixes Critical Minting Bug
The XRP Ledger fixed a critical security flaw that could have let attackers mint unlimited XRP from nothing.
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Paper Trade Exploit and Launch Backlash
User says Paper Trade is being exploited by two wallets moving ETH 10-20bps on Hyperliquid with ~$20M clips and trading 9-figure longs on paper.
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Crypto's Largest Liquidation Anniversary
One year ago today, crypto saw its largest liquidation ever, wiping out over $19.1 billion in leveraged positions.
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Bitcoin Market Cap Tops BofA and ICBC
Watcher.Guru notes Bitcoin's market cap exceeds Bank of America and Bank of China combined.
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Whale Manipulates ETH on Hyperliquid
Someone allegedly manipulates ETH on Hyperliquid with 500x leverage, $10M positions, $1.73M profit on $2.88B volume.
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CZ Explains SAFU Name Origin
CZ quotes Nami's SAFU fund thread, explaining that the term 'SAFU' came from a video titled Funds Are Safu.
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CZ on Hardware Wallets and Self-Custody
CZ says he's not against hardware wallets or self-custody, noting YZiLabs invested in OneKey, SafePal and TrustWallet.
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Google Searches for Buying Crypto Rise
MartyParty says 'Buy crypto' has begun trending worldwide on Google, declaring the bull market has begun.
Finance
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Bessent Counters Warren on Inflation
Treasury Secretary Bessent accuses Senator Warren's Trumpflation tracker of ignoring Biden-era inflation, calling it statistical sleight of hand.
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Sanders Blasts Citigroup's Tiny Tax Bill
Sanders says paying $1 in federal income tax beats Citigroup, which earned $4B, charged 32.74% card interest and cut 20,000 jobs.
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Debate on Nature of Money
A reply arguing money isn't paper but a representation of economic potential energy.
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US Housing Affordability Hits Record Low
Atlanta Fed data show over $120,000 income needed for a median home, mortgage rates at 7.24%, and sales at a 31-year low.
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Study Debunks Millionaire Tax Flight
Analysis shows high-tax states have the most millionaires, growing since 2010; California's 2012 hike saw only ~138 leave.
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US GLP-1 Usage Jumps to 11%
Gallup: 11% of US adults, about 28 million, now take GLP-1 for weight loss, up from 3% in 2024.
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Young Voters Sour on Capitalism
NBC poll finds 47% of voters aged 18-29 view capitalism negatively, while 42% view socialism positively.
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Zelensky Blamed for Diesel Inflation
ZeroHedge says Zelensky became the scapegoat for diesel inflation a month before midterms over strikes on Russian refineries.
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SPY Volume Hits Lowest Since 2004
SPY traded 22.6 million shares Friday, the lowest full-day volume since 2004.
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TLT Call Volume Hits Record High
Barchart notes TLT call option volume hit a record high as traders bet on falling yields.