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Hugging Face Previews a Faster Tokenizers v1
The release candidate accelerates text preparation without changing token IDs, but benchmark gains depend on models and hardware.
Sep 21, 2026
Opinion Aug 29, 2026
It’s Not Slop. It’s Kudzu
Before you call AI music "slop," consider: recorded sound was once the devil's work. Now it's kudzu. Welcome to the end.
RU Sirius 14 min read
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The Plight of the Centibillionaires
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02 AI Sep 24, 2026
Claude finds a phage enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats
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A humidity-sensing memristor works without being touched
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04 Physics Sep 24, 2026
Physicists tighten the hunt for quantum black holes
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AI Sep 23, 2026
Spotify Gives U.S. Listeners More Control Over Its Recommendation Algorithm
Taste Profile lets Premium users tell Spotify what they want more, or less, of instead of leaving recommendations entirely to inferred listening behavior.
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Google DeepMind Designs Private Cloud Memory for AI Assistants
A new architecture aims to give AI persistent memory across devices while keeping the encryption keys and control of personal data with users.
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