Editorial
It’s not schizophrenia, it’s a skedaddle
War and totalitarian-style modern surveillance have become my biggest fears.
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Regret in the making: how we deploy disruptive technology in war
We’ve become so inclusive that we tolerate stupidity, perversion, and laziness, not knowing what is and what’s not in vogue these days. Some are brave enough to draw the line between what’s no longer acceptable, risking being seen as old-fashioned or even extremist.
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Experiment: I ran a datacenter-class 120B parameter model for just $800
You can build a computer for around $800 to run the 120 billion-parameter AI model GPT-OSS-120B locally, privately, securely, and at a decent speed – well above 10 tokens per second. We’re talking about a datacenter-class, state-of-the-art AI model.
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Don't laugh it off: where online fools point to the truth
The internet went nuts over the story of Cameron Mattis, a Stripe executive, outwitting recruiters who relied on AI too much. We laugh to pour salt in the wound.
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The boy who cried AI
AI’s rapid development is seemingly outpacing our ability to understand and control it. Despite building ourselves a total surveillance system, we appear to be sneaky weasels. Wall Street wolves and pups alike, our governments, politicians, citizens, and even AI bots themselves – everyone has a hidden agenda.
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The em dash dilemma – AI tell or human flourish?
Once a stylistic flourish, the em dash is now an AI tell, sparking debates on LinkedIn about authenticity and writing style.
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Digital Jumanji: enter the game, pay the price
Now is the time to set boundaries and establish some basic rules for how we want AI to be used. As a society, we’re generally against cloning human DNA in a lab. So perhaps we should also be against allowing AI to clone the human brain and centuries of creative legacy?
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Opinion: When did murder on social media become the new norm?
The US murders of two unmistakable individuals this week became viral videos on social media, without the country even batting an eyelash. How has this become the new normal, and who is to blame – Gen Z, or their algorithms?
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The rotten umbilical cord connecting us to tech: Are you ready to cut it?
The worst has come true. Your phone battery died on a three-hour bus ride to see your parents. Your headphones turned off at the beginning of a long weekend run. Your government sent your country into a social media blackout.
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The latest Apple event was the most geriatric yet, and I never felt so old
Man, you’re falling apart. Sounds are fading, and what are those noises your heart makes? Don’t wander too far, you’ll get lost. But don’t worry! Apple devices will help you hold yourself together until the inevitable catches up.
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AI is loved for its lack of humanity
Maybe AI doesn’t have feelings, but there are so many feelings around the technology that it’s overwhelming.
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Workers increasingly fear exposure to AI: time for new approach?
Surveys keep showing a rising number of workers worried about the possibility that artificial intelligence will replace them. To some, that’s practically unavoidable but activists and at least some experts say governments need to be more pro-active in protecting labor rights.
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Is the AI bubble bursting? Experts more inclined to call it natural cooling
With most AI projects delivering little to no revenue growth, some experts say cracks are beginning to appear in the AI balloon and are hearing echoes of the dot-com era. Others urge calm and patience.
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Build the unit Cinderelli, lay the tile Cinderelli, use AI Cinderelli
Meet your “heroes:” a new breed of tech CEOs who might be slightly less hardcore than Elon Musk.
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My mind was blown: running a 120B parameter AI model on a budget GPU at home
I’ve tried running plenty of open-source LLMs on my own computer, and anything larger than 32 billion parameters grinds to a halt. Then, some Redditor showed up, claiming you can run OpenAI’s newest 120B parameter model smoothly on a budget 8GB GPU. It sounded like pure fiction – until I tried it myself.
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The birth of the bionic pro
We are confidently embracing artificial intelligence tools – oblivious to how reckless and absurd some of the behaviour might be.
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Why you should keep your kids off the internet as much as possible: Roblox predators, pro-Nazi content, and other online monsters
With the abundance of destructive and harmful content, it’s about time we saw regulatory efforts to address the problem.
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Will AI go rogue now that it can bypass some CAPTCHA tests?
Just like nuclear armageddon, it will very much depend on us humans.
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One thousand and one nightmares of modern tech
I could keep you awake with tech scare stories for a thousand and one nights.
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The grind is dead – Gen Z’s CV is a TikTok feed
From AI interviews to unpaid internships, Gen Z is airing out the brutal job hunt on TikTok – and it’s resonating.
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