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Saturday, August 22, 2026
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★ Must ReadNvidia just showed that the harness, not the AI model, is now the real hero

Nvidia research shows that AI agents can perform well, and not go off the deep end, through fine-tuning, even if the AI model isn't that great at the task.

Data center madness
Gary Marcus

Two estimates of how crazy AI Capex has gotten, and four new signs that public opinion has totally soured

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I'm becoming AI-blind
Hacker News

Trending on Hacker News with 284 points and 301 comments.

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[AINews] Poolside gets $12B reverse-execuhire to NVIDIA; founders stay for $1B, employees go for $6B, Infraco scaling to 7GW neocloud

Latent Space — [AINews] Poolside gets $12B reverse-execuhire to NVIDIA; fou...

OpenAI is becoming a surveillance company

It’s not even really trying to hide it

BREAKING: OpenAI’s unraveling has begun

Their planned IPO is facing headwinds, trust has evaporated, and their burn rate is only getting worse

★ Must ReadOrnith-1.5, LFM2.5 QAD, and a 10 GB Qwen3.8 27B

Kaitchup — Ornith-1. 5, LFM2. 5 QAD, and a 10 GB Qwen3.

Our Agentic Coding Best Practices

Context first, plan then code, and smart-model planning with fast-model execution.

Qwen3.8 27B and Muse Glimmer Benchmarks: Accuracy, Token Efficiency and Memory Use

Qwen3. 8 is remarkably capable, while Muse Glimmer reveals a very different approach to reasoning and memory efficiency.

★ Must ReadSimulation: the new Scaling Law — Joon Sung Park, Simile AI

Simile’s CEO about his journey from the viral Generative Agents to creating 8 Billion Digital Twins of every living human... and why it’s gone from fun exploration to very serious business.

Nvidia just showed that the harness, not the AI model, is now the real hero
Julie Bort, TechCrunch AI
Ornith-1.5, LFM2.5 QAD, and a 10 GB Qwen3.8 27B
Benjamin Marie, Kaitchup
AI Text Watermarking Is Free And Good
Zvi Mowshowitz
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