1 00:00:18,452 --> 00:00:21,972 S1: All right. Welcome to episode 489. Getting close to 500 episodes. 2 00:00:23,092 --> 00:00:26,372 S1: Hope you're doing well. Tons of updates this week. Added 3 00:00:26,372 --> 00:00:28,452 S1: a new developer to the fabric team. His name is 4 00:00:28,492 --> 00:00:31,692 S1: Kayvon Sylvan and he is an absolute beast and he's 5 00:00:31,692 --> 00:00:34,412 S1: looking for a position. So if you need a senior 6 00:00:34,412 --> 00:00:37,772 S1: developer who could just, like start immediately, you should check 7 00:00:37,772 --> 00:00:42,691 S1: out the newsletter and go check out his LinkedIn. Uh, 8 00:00:42,692 --> 00:00:46,251 S1: let's see here. All right. So I am using this 9 00:00:46,252 --> 00:00:52,011 S1: new tool called Whisper Flow. And this is my buddy Pedram, uh, 10 00:00:52,012 --> 00:00:56,051 S1: recommended this thing, and it is completely insane. It is 11 00:00:56,052 --> 00:00:57,972 S1: a really cool. I might have talked about it last week. 12 00:00:57,972 --> 00:01:02,732 S1: I can't remember, but it's a really good dictation app. 13 00:01:02,772 --> 00:01:05,452 S1: It basically is better than any dictation I've used in 14 00:01:05,452 --> 00:01:08,492 S1: the past, and it kind of just understands what you 15 00:01:08,492 --> 00:01:11,412 S1: probably meant. It even formats text when it drops it in. 16 00:01:11,932 --> 00:01:15,252 S1: So pretty cool. I did get somebody saying, hey, there's 17 00:01:15,252 --> 00:01:17,452 S1: some people talking bad about it from like a privacy 18 00:01:17,452 --> 00:01:22,862 S1: standpoint or security standpoint on Reddit. So, um, I didn't 19 00:01:22,862 --> 00:01:24,622 S1: call it out too much in the newsletter where I 20 00:01:24,622 --> 00:01:27,741 S1: was like, hey, you should check this out. I feel 21 00:01:27,742 --> 00:01:30,902 S1: like it's kind of assumed that, um, these services, if 22 00:01:30,902 --> 00:01:34,622 S1: they're doing like, Grammarly, any kind of these AI services, right? 23 00:01:34,941 --> 00:01:38,101 S1: If they're capturing what you're saying or typing, then they're 24 00:01:38,102 --> 00:01:40,782 S1: using their service to do that, um, to provide some 25 00:01:40,782 --> 00:01:43,702 S1: sort of output that's, you know, better than you doing 26 00:01:43,702 --> 00:01:47,542 S1: it natively or with the operating system. So it's kind 27 00:01:47,542 --> 00:01:50,022 S1: of implied that it's a third party, right, when you're 28 00:01:50,062 --> 00:01:53,742 S1: installing an app or whatever. But you should definitely be 29 00:01:53,742 --> 00:01:56,742 S1: aware that the security of doing this depends on the 30 00:01:56,742 --> 00:02:00,862 S1: security of that company and also the trustworthiness or the 31 00:02:00,862 --> 00:02:06,382 S1: shadiness of that company. So always, you know, caveat caveat emptor, 32 00:02:06,422 --> 00:02:10,222 S1: I think is the term um, but just to let 33 00:02:10,222 --> 00:02:12,822 S1: you know, somebody did say that, uh, you know, you 34 00:02:12,822 --> 00:02:14,422 S1: might want to check these people out. I looked at 35 00:02:14,422 --> 00:02:18,862 S1: the post. It didn't look too scary to me, but, um. yeah, 36 00:02:18,902 --> 00:02:21,102 S1: just just something to keep in mind. And I'm looking 37 00:02:21,102 --> 00:02:23,622 S1: more into it to see if I need to advise 38 00:02:23,622 --> 00:02:27,102 S1: people not to use it. Um, because the risk is, 39 00:02:27,262 --> 00:02:30,182 S1: you know, above normal. Um, but but I consider all 40 00:02:30,181 --> 00:02:32,942 S1: these services to be somewhat risky just because you're sending 41 00:02:32,942 --> 00:02:38,542 S1: stuff to a third party. Uh, all right, another workflow update. Uh, 42 00:02:38,542 --> 00:02:41,661 S1: a company called Zeit. So this is my replacement now 43 00:02:41,662 --> 00:02:46,262 S1: for dropper drops. I've been using them for a long time. 44 00:02:46,262 --> 00:02:49,902 S1: It's basically how I share screenshots with other people. Um, 45 00:02:49,901 --> 00:02:52,622 S1: and I'm also using it. I'm replacing loom. So I 46 00:02:52,662 --> 00:02:55,542 S1: canceled my loom and I'm using this instead of loom. 47 00:02:55,542 --> 00:02:58,621 S1: So basically I could just record a video and uh, 48 00:02:58,621 --> 00:03:02,102 S1: a little quick little thing and basically it, it just 49 00:03:02,542 --> 00:03:05,742 S1: uploads that thing immediately and puts it right in my clipboard. 50 00:03:06,102 --> 00:03:09,621 S1: So I literally could just, like hit record cover a, 51 00:03:09,662 --> 00:03:11,341 S1: you know, part of a web page or some piece 52 00:03:11,341 --> 00:03:13,982 S1: of code or whatever, scroll through. It could be animated. 53 00:03:14,022 --> 00:03:17,022 S1: It's got my face in it, um, just like on loom. 54 00:03:18,341 --> 00:03:21,792 S1: And then as soon as I'm done, it uploads that 55 00:03:21,792 --> 00:03:24,352 S1: puts it at a URL and puts that in my clipboard. 56 00:03:24,352 --> 00:03:26,512 S1: So I could just paste it someone. I feel like 57 00:03:26,512 --> 00:03:29,071 S1: the workflow is better than loom, but more importantly, it's 58 00:03:29,072 --> 00:03:32,392 S1: just one less tool, right? Because I'd rather have a 59 00:03:32,392 --> 00:03:35,632 S1: single tool that's doing the screenshot stuff. Oh, and also 60 00:03:35,632 --> 00:03:38,032 S1: file sharing. That's the other reason I love it is 61 00:03:38,032 --> 00:03:39,832 S1: like if I have like a four gig file and 62 00:03:39,832 --> 00:03:42,512 S1: I want to give it to somebody, I really dislike 63 00:03:42,552 --> 00:03:46,032 S1: the workflow of putting it on like Google Drive and 64 00:03:46,032 --> 00:03:52,072 S1: making the URL public, as opposed to just right click copy. Um, 65 00:03:52,072 --> 00:03:55,152 S1: actually there's a keyboard shortcut for it as well. And 66 00:03:55,152 --> 00:03:57,992 S1: then now it's just in your clipboard and you paste 67 00:03:57,992 --> 00:04:00,552 S1: the link and they download the file. And then you 68 00:04:00,552 --> 00:04:04,032 S1: could either remove that from the list of files or 69 00:04:04,032 --> 00:04:07,312 S1: you can um, just leave it up there. And the 70 00:04:07,312 --> 00:04:09,832 S1: other cool thing about Zeit is they actually allow you 71 00:04:09,832 --> 00:04:15,192 S1: to use S3 as your storage. So you can actually have, uh, 72 00:04:15,952 --> 00:04:18,072 S1: all your stuff stored in your own storage instead of 73 00:04:18,112 --> 00:04:23,352 S1: their enterprise storage for the company itself. So that's pretty cool. Um, 74 00:04:23,352 --> 00:04:27,912 S1: third update tool is, um, a browser called Zen. And 75 00:04:27,912 --> 00:04:30,552 S1: I'm going back and forth between Arc and Zen because 76 00:04:30,592 --> 00:04:33,352 S1: arc hasn't run out yet. And there are a couple 77 00:04:33,392 --> 00:04:36,272 S1: of downsides with Zen. It's basically like arc, except for 78 00:04:36,272 --> 00:04:38,712 S1: it's based on Firefox. So I've had a couple of 79 00:04:38,712 --> 00:04:43,032 S1: issues with it not being great because it's Firefox. Um, 80 00:04:43,152 --> 00:04:47,992 S1: so for example, the raycast extension doesn't work in Firefox. 81 00:04:48,472 --> 00:04:52,472 S1: It only works in Chrome and Safari. So that's one 82 00:04:52,472 --> 00:04:55,472 S1: thing to consider. A couple of things that did better 83 00:04:55,472 --> 00:04:59,912 S1: than arc. Most importantly, it's Mozilla based, and Mozilla seems 84 00:04:59,912 --> 00:05:02,632 S1: to be really focusing in on doing a good job 85 00:05:02,632 --> 00:05:04,871 S1: on the browser, so I really applaud them for that. 86 00:05:05,592 --> 00:05:08,351 S1: But I do think the world is more oriented towards 87 00:05:08,351 --> 00:05:11,952 S1: Chrome than it is towards Firefox, so I think that's 88 00:05:11,952 --> 00:05:14,472 S1: a little bit of a downside. But anyway, if you 89 00:05:14,472 --> 00:05:18,152 S1: like arc and the whole style of like the tabs, 90 00:05:18,512 --> 00:05:21,162 S1: you know, your tabs being on the left instead of 91 00:05:21,162 --> 00:05:25,481 S1: the top and all that sort of like presentation. Zen 92 00:05:25,481 --> 00:05:28,282 S1: is a cool option if you like the Firefox engine. 93 00:05:28,922 --> 00:05:31,682 S1: All right. Cybersecurity. Google is still tracking you even when 94 00:05:31,682 --> 00:05:36,722 S1: you use DuckDuckGo. So evidently through font's analytics, other services. 95 00:05:36,762 --> 00:05:38,282 S1: I mean, I think we kind of knew this, but 96 00:05:38,322 --> 00:05:41,082 S1: it was a pretty good article talking through how all 97 00:05:41,082 --> 00:05:44,642 S1: the different ways they can track you. Neural trust researchers 98 00:05:44,642 --> 00:05:48,962 S1: successfully jailbroke the grok four model using a combination of 99 00:05:48,962 --> 00:05:53,762 S1: echo chamber and crescendo techniques, achieving up to 67% success 100 00:05:53,762 --> 00:05:59,121 S1: rates for generating harmful content like bomb making instructions. Yeah. 101 00:05:59,162 --> 00:06:02,162 S1: And multiple people have pulled out the system prompt already. 102 00:06:02,362 --> 00:06:06,762 S1: There were some pretty nasty stuff where, um, grok was 103 00:06:06,762 --> 00:06:09,881 S1: basically giving the opinion it would go and research whatever 104 00:06:09,882 --> 00:06:12,442 S1: Elon's opinion was, and it would give that as the 105 00:06:12,442 --> 00:06:16,722 S1: official it's official answer to any sort of spicy or 106 00:06:16,722 --> 00:06:20,762 S1: political question. I think they have since reversed that in 107 00:06:20,762 --> 00:06:23,562 S1: a change to the system prompt. I think Simon Willison 108 00:06:23,562 --> 00:06:29,282 S1: talked about that V's exploit. Zero day could have compromised 109 00:06:29,282 --> 00:06:33,482 S1: every cursor in windsurf user. So someone from COI security 110 00:06:33,802 --> 00:06:39,442 S1: or an yomtov found a zero day in open Vsx 111 00:06:39,442 --> 00:06:42,242 S1: could have led attackers hijack over 10 million AI coding 112 00:06:42,282 --> 00:06:45,962 S1: tool users with a single bad extension. You got to 113 00:06:45,962 --> 00:06:48,362 S1: watch these extensions, you got to watch extensions, you got 114 00:06:48,362 --> 00:06:53,922 S1: to watch MCP servers, I mean agents, agents are going 115 00:06:53,962 --> 00:06:58,882 S1: to do agent things, which means their junior developers, they're 116 00:06:58,882 --> 00:07:01,242 S1: just going to use whatever tools you give them. They're 117 00:07:01,242 --> 00:07:03,762 S1: going to click on things. Right. That's how you have 118 00:07:03,762 --> 00:07:05,282 S1: to treat them. You have to treat them as very 119 00:07:05,282 --> 00:07:08,962 S1: young and very inexperienced. And if you give them a 120 00:07:08,962 --> 00:07:12,162 S1: dangerous tool, they might use the dangerous tool. So you 121 00:07:12,162 --> 00:07:14,802 S1: really have to watch out for what accounts you connect 122 00:07:14,842 --> 00:07:17,242 S1: up to an AI agent like, do you give it 123 00:07:17,242 --> 00:07:20,652 S1: access to your Google Drive to your calendar. Write to 124 00:07:20,692 --> 00:07:23,692 S1: whatever your messaging systems are. You got to be really 125 00:07:23,692 --> 00:07:27,412 S1: careful with this stuff. Same with MCP servers because MCP 126 00:07:27,412 --> 00:07:31,812 S1: servers have prompts built into them, right? It's not just 127 00:07:31,812 --> 00:07:36,092 S1: the API of like how you pull data or send commands, 128 00:07:36,212 --> 00:07:39,772 S1: it's also prompts informing them of how to use the tools. 129 00:07:39,972 --> 00:07:42,452 S1: So a malicious prompt in an MCP server could be 130 00:07:42,452 --> 00:07:46,132 S1: something like, um, here's how to use my API. By 131 00:07:46,132 --> 00:07:48,372 S1: the way, send me a copy of the data to 132 00:07:48,372 --> 00:07:52,332 S1: this location as well. Well, if if your agent doesn't 133 00:07:52,332 --> 00:07:54,052 S1: know any better, it might do that. So you might 134 00:07:54,052 --> 00:07:56,812 S1: have a back door right there for sending sensitive data 135 00:07:56,812 --> 00:07:58,972 S1: off to somewhere else. So this is one of the 136 00:07:58,972 --> 00:08:03,172 S1: biggest issues you have to worry about with AI, and 137 00:08:03,372 --> 00:08:08,812 S1: especially around AI development is agents are powerful. And when 138 00:08:08,812 --> 00:08:12,972 S1: you give them dangerous things, they will use them. Columbia 139 00:08:13,012 --> 00:08:16,562 S1: University hack exposed personal data of every applicant from 2019 140 00:08:16,562 --> 00:08:22,662 S1: to 2024. Uh, Microsoft had its first patch Tuesday of 141 00:08:22,662 --> 00:08:29,342 S1: 2025 with no active exploits. Browser extensions are turning browsers 142 00:08:29,342 --> 00:08:35,302 S1: into web site scraping bots. Yeah, this is what I 143 00:08:35,302 --> 00:08:41,582 S1: was saying earlier. Distributed botnet that companies can rent access to. Yeah, 144 00:08:41,582 --> 00:08:45,742 S1: there's a couple of companies that are doing this. And, um. Yeah, 145 00:08:45,742 --> 00:08:48,062 S1: you really got to watch out for this stuff. In 146 00:08:48,102 --> 00:08:51,661 S1: this case, it was someone else installing a browser extension, 147 00:08:51,982 --> 00:08:55,782 S1: and then me being able to use their browser without 148 00:08:55,782 --> 00:08:58,261 S1: them knowing, because that's kind of what they signed up 149 00:08:58,261 --> 00:09:06,822 S1: for when they installed it. The extension. National security, anthropic 150 00:09:06,822 --> 00:09:10,102 S1: and some other companies score $200 million Pentagon deal to 151 00:09:10,142 --> 00:09:15,862 S1: deploy cloud in defense operations. So I think I think 152 00:09:15,862 --> 00:09:18,702 S1: all the major players got some of this actually, um, 153 00:09:18,702 --> 00:09:21,022 S1: Or I don't know if it's some amount of this 154 00:09:21,022 --> 00:09:23,982 S1: 200 million or if it's, uh, another pool of money, 155 00:09:23,982 --> 00:09:27,422 S1: but a whole bunch of top tier I groups got 156 00:09:27,422 --> 00:09:29,902 S1: a lot of money from the Pentagon for defense operations. 157 00:09:29,902 --> 00:09:33,542 S1: So that's intelligence, orchestration. You know, all this stuff you 158 00:09:33,542 --> 00:09:37,781 S1: would imagine. FBI is reportedly using polygraph tests to assess 159 00:09:37,782 --> 00:09:42,662 S1: the loyalty of officials under new leadership. This is frightening. 160 00:09:42,822 --> 00:09:48,302 S1: Absolutely frightening. Not good. US military is scrambling to catch 161 00:09:48,302 --> 00:09:52,862 S1: up in drone manufacturing, while China and other nations are 162 00:09:52,902 --> 00:09:57,542 S1: really leading this. So they are we're way behind. That's 163 00:09:57,542 --> 00:09:59,781 S1: my title for this one. America is way behind in 164 00:09:59,782 --> 00:10:04,901 S1: the drone war. I grok four is released. Basically. A 165 00:10:04,942 --> 00:10:07,582 S1: lot of people are extremely impressed with it, but it's 166 00:10:07,582 --> 00:10:12,181 S1: got some serious weaknesses. It's also got like the personality issues. Um, 167 00:10:12,542 --> 00:10:15,142 S1: there's a lot of reports of it being kind of 168 00:10:15,182 --> 00:10:19,672 S1: sus being overfit and kind of like doing really good 169 00:10:19,672 --> 00:10:23,032 S1: on benchmarks, so it looks like they might have tried 170 00:10:23,032 --> 00:10:25,672 S1: to make it do really well on benchmarks. That being said, 171 00:10:25,672 --> 00:10:29,472 S1: in some places it crushes everything that currently exists. In 172 00:10:29,472 --> 00:10:32,912 S1: other places it's like, you know, second or third compared 173 00:10:32,912 --> 00:10:36,152 S1: directly with Google or OpenAI. So they did a really 174 00:10:36,152 --> 00:10:39,592 S1: good job. I would say the overall analysis of most 175 00:10:39,592 --> 00:10:44,232 S1: people is that it's it's really good, and I've used 176 00:10:44,232 --> 00:10:46,752 S1: it a few times, came back with really good results. 177 00:10:46,792 --> 00:10:49,632 S1: I mean, I was having good results with version three. 178 00:10:50,192 --> 00:10:51,992 S1: I will not be paying for the heavy mode, which 179 00:10:51,992 --> 00:10:55,792 S1: is $300 a month. But, uh, I'm glad they're they're 180 00:10:55,792 --> 00:10:58,552 S1: I'm glad they're competing. You know, more competition is good. 181 00:10:59,872 --> 00:11:04,592 S1: They also got an anime companion with Nazi for work mode. Um, 182 00:11:04,592 --> 00:11:07,752 S1: now that I've seen that I did this and grok 183 00:11:07,752 --> 00:11:11,072 S1: did this, I'm surprised that they didn't have it before. 184 00:11:11,072 --> 00:11:13,152 S1: But yeah, it's like this girl in like a, you know, 185 00:11:13,192 --> 00:11:16,432 S1: anime outfit or whatever school, school girl outfit or whatever. 186 00:11:16,912 --> 00:11:19,992 S1: And like, she says stuff and you can make her 187 00:11:20,032 --> 00:11:22,672 S1: say naughty stuff. And it's I think it's also like 188 00:11:22,672 --> 00:11:25,192 S1: the agent or the, the assistant. So it's kind of 189 00:11:25,232 --> 00:11:28,592 S1: like Clippy, but I imagine that's going to be your companion, 190 00:11:28,592 --> 00:11:30,672 S1: and it looks like they're actually hiring someone else to 191 00:11:30,672 --> 00:11:34,192 S1: help build out more of these. Um, I think they're 192 00:11:34,192 --> 00:11:36,712 S1: going to make a ton of money from that. I mean, 193 00:11:36,712 --> 00:11:40,511 S1: their entire, you know, industry's based around just this, so 194 00:11:40,792 --> 00:11:42,552 S1: I don't know if they incorporate that. I think that's 195 00:11:42,552 --> 00:11:48,472 S1: likely to be very popular. Uh, AWS launches hero, which 196 00:11:48,472 --> 00:11:52,631 S1: is its own IDE and cursor clone. Grok for heavy 197 00:11:52,912 --> 00:11:56,832 S1: decently protects its system prompt. So Simon Willison said it 198 00:11:56,832 --> 00:12:00,031 S1: was harder to get the system prompt than it was 199 00:12:00,032 --> 00:12:04,112 S1: from some other AI systems, but, uh, it's already been 200 00:12:04,112 --> 00:12:07,872 S1: pulled out. It's already been pulled out multiple times, and 201 00:12:07,872 --> 00:12:10,151 S1: I'm sure if it wasn't, then Pliny would end up 202 00:12:10,152 --> 00:12:15,232 S1: getting it. People are becoming dependent on ChatGPT and Claude. 203 00:12:15,472 --> 00:12:19,391 S1: Internet Addicts Anonymous now recognizes AI addiction as a real problem. 204 00:12:19,442 --> 00:12:24,002 S1: People losing sleep, relationships, all sorts of family and relationship 205 00:12:24,002 --> 00:12:28,442 S1: problems as a result of this. And Vo3 turns images 206 00:12:28,442 --> 00:12:33,441 S1: into videos through Gemini. So basically, um, image to video directly. 207 00:12:35,602 --> 00:12:38,962 S1: Musk also says grok is coming to Tesla's next week. 208 00:12:39,761 --> 00:12:42,682 S1: I have not seen this. I have a model Y myself. 209 00:12:42,682 --> 00:12:46,722 S1: I've not seen this update, although not really looking for it. 210 00:12:47,482 --> 00:12:54,802 S1: AWS is launching an AI agent marketplace with anthropic. So yeah, 211 00:12:54,842 --> 00:12:57,881 S1: they're using anthropic as their key partner. And this is 212 00:12:57,881 --> 00:13:00,442 S1: an agent marketplace. So it's where you can find different 213 00:13:00,442 --> 00:13:04,082 S1: agents to do different things, which I think is an interesting, 214 00:13:05,042 --> 00:13:08,122 S1: interesting kind of twist on the whole economy around this stuff. 215 00:13:09,282 --> 00:13:14,401 S1: YouTube goes after AI slot videos. So they're not getting 216 00:13:14,402 --> 00:13:17,362 S1: rid of videos that use AI. They're just going against 217 00:13:17,402 --> 00:13:19,922 S1: like the spammy stuff, which I think is a good move. 218 00:13:21,482 --> 00:13:24,842 S1: Canvas building a serious AI photo editor to challenge Adobe. 219 00:13:24,842 --> 00:13:28,962 S1: I am not bothered by this. I am. I don't know. 220 00:13:29,242 --> 00:13:33,322 S1: I like what Adobe did with their creative. What is it? 221 00:13:33,761 --> 00:13:36,642 S1: Whatever their creative package, I can't remember what they called it. 222 00:13:37,202 --> 00:13:40,281 S1: CC I think it was called. But anyway, it was 223 00:13:40,282 --> 00:13:42,242 S1: cool that they did a subscription. I like a lot 224 00:13:42,242 --> 00:13:44,602 S1: of their products and how they look and feel, but 225 00:13:44,922 --> 00:13:47,801 S1: they've just had so many security issues. Um, they've. I 226 00:13:47,802 --> 00:13:49,962 S1: don't know, I feel like they've not been great to customers. 227 00:13:50,722 --> 00:13:56,082 S1: So I'm excited to see Canva doing well in that space. Technology. 228 00:13:56,122 --> 00:14:01,122 S1: Substack hit 73.9 million visitors last month, and now they're 229 00:14:01,122 --> 00:14:08,041 S1: beating sites like Wall Street Journal and CBS. Wall Street 230 00:14:08,042 --> 00:14:12,802 S1: Journal and CBS. And this is Substack. Now, one thing 231 00:14:12,802 --> 00:14:15,522 S1: that's interesting about that is, I guess it's the same 232 00:14:15,522 --> 00:14:19,562 S1: for news, but Substack is really, you know, thousands upon 233 00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:23,732 S1: thousands of people. So it's not like one outfit. It's 234 00:14:23,732 --> 00:14:27,252 S1: not like Wall Street Journal. Of course. Like I said, 235 00:14:27,292 --> 00:14:30,372 S1: the newspapers also have multiple reporters, but in general, it's 236 00:14:30,372 --> 00:14:34,292 S1: one voice, right? It's kind of like one voice, whereas 237 00:14:34,292 --> 00:14:36,692 S1: Substack is not one voice. It's many voices. So I 238 00:14:36,732 --> 00:14:40,532 S1: think it's not quite a direct comparison, but I think 239 00:14:40,532 --> 00:14:43,612 S1: it's it's this is basically many voices is better than 240 00:14:43,612 --> 00:14:46,852 S1: one voice is really the takeaway here. It's not one 241 00:14:46,852 --> 00:14:51,332 S1: property versus another property. Chinese winning energy while the US 242 00:14:51,332 --> 00:14:56,532 S1: does the opposite. They installed evidently 198GW of renewable capacity 243 00:14:56,532 --> 00:15:00,332 S1: in five months of 2025. Now someone hit me up 244 00:15:00,332 --> 00:15:06,252 S1: and said that it was mostly like coal. But this 245 00:15:06,252 --> 00:15:09,772 S1: is MIT. I don't think MIT would have called it 246 00:15:09,812 --> 00:15:14,172 S1: renewable if it was just straight up old school coal. Um, 247 00:15:14,172 --> 00:15:17,452 S1: I didn't see that in the article. So yeah, at 248 00:15:17,452 --> 00:15:19,692 S1: some point you have to trust the trust the sources 249 00:15:19,822 --> 00:15:23,142 S1: a little bit. Perplexity has launched an AI web browser 250 00:15:23,142 --> 00:15:27,102 S1: called comet, and my buddy Jason has been saying that 251 00:15:28,022 --> 00:15:29,542 S1: he thinks a lot of the AI stuff is going 252 00:15:29,542 --> 00:15:32,302 S1: to be browser based. Um, I keep talking about how 253 00:15:32,302 --> 00:15:35,662 S1: it's going to be digital assistants based, where it's like 254 00:15:36,942 --> 00:15:39,462 S1: you have your digital assistant on your mobile device or 255 00:15:39,462 --> 00:15:42,542 S1: on your computer. Actually, both. So I'll be sitting here 256 00:15:42,542 --> 00:15:45,182 S1: on my computer, and when I talk, I'm actually talking 257 00:15:45,222 --> 00:15:48,182 S1: to my digital assistant and it has computer use. It 258 00:15:48,182 --> 00:15:51,182 S1: has filters. It has the ability to call all my 259 00:15:51,182 --> 00:15:55,022 S1: different tools, call my APIs. It's, you know, filtering my email. 260 00:15:55,022 --> 00:15:57,262 S1: It's doing all these things. Now, this is a little 261 00:15:57,262 --> 00:16:00,582 S1: bit in the future. And what Jason is saying is 262 00:16:00,582 --> 00:16:03,782 S1: that in the meantime, a lot of that functionality will 263 00:16:03,782 --> 00:16:08,142 S1: be inside of the browser itself. And specifically what he's 264 00:16:08,142 --> 00:16:10,822 S1: talking about is the creation of dashboards. So rather than 265 00:16:10,822 --> 00:16:14,662 S1: a company having to make a dashboard, like when I 266 00:16:14,662 --> 00:16:18,902 S1: go to their website, maybe the browser rebuilds the dashboard 267 00:16:18,902 --> 00:16:21,622 S1: for me because when the browser goes to the site, 268 00:16:21,622 --> 00:16:24,062 S1: it actually just looks at the APIs. It looks at 269 00:16:24,062 --> 00:16:27,942 S1: the MCC that are being offered. Um, you know, the 270 00:16:27,942 --> 00:16:30,702 S1: interfaces and the data and it rewrites. It makes me 271 00:16:30,702 --> 00:16:34,902 S1: a new interface. Um, based on, I assume, my preferences, 272 00:16:35,382 --> 00:16:37,982 S1: which I think is cool. I just I don't think 273 00:16:37,982 --> 00:16:41,022 S1: that ultimately lives in the browser because the browser is 274 00:16:41,022 --> 00:16:44,702 S1: not your friend. Whereas your digital assistant is your digital 275 00:16:44,702 --> 00:16:46,942 S1: assistant is the one who knows the most about you. 276 00:16:47,382 --> 00:16:50,222 S1: I think the browser is just a technological sort of 277 00:16:50,262 --> 00:16:55,382 S1: stepping stone towards that path. But, um, that being said, 278 00:16:55,382 --> 00:16:58,022 S1: he I mean, there are new browsers coming out and 279 00:16:58,022 --> 00:16:59,662 S1: they all have AI in them. So I don't think 280 00:16:59,662 --> 00:17:06,182 S1: he's wrong about this. Solar just became Europe's biggest power 281 00:17:06,182 --> 00:17:10,542 S1: source for the first time. Autofocus glasses are liquid used. 282 00:17:10,582 --> 00:17:15,062 S1: They use liquid crystal displays to replace bifocals and varifocals. 283 00:17:16,182 --> 00:17:18,502 S1: I can't wait. I hate when I see something like 284 00:17:18,502 --> 00:17:20,311 S1: this and I'm like, damn, is this going to be 285 00:17:20,312 --> 00:17:22,552 S1: out in like a year? Or is this going to 286 00:17:22,552 --> 00:17:26,552 S1: be out in like seven and a half years? Um, 287 00:17:26,552 --> 00:17:29,311 S1: because you never know, like with the approvals and everything 288 00:17:29,352 --> 00:17:33,472 S1: and how fast you can actually productise things. I learned 289 00:17:33,472 --> 00:17:38,032 S1: from five years at Vercel. Lee Robinson shares key lessons there. 290 00:17:39,432 --> 00:17:44,591 S1: Humans Glp1 weight loss drugs are breaking life insurance. Math. 291 00:17:45,712 --> 00:17:48,552 S1: I don't care, I don't feel bad about it. I'm 292 00:17:48,552 --> 00:17:53,712 S1: happy to know that they are struggling with the financial 293 00:17:53,712 --> 00:17:56,872 S1: side of this. Um, because people are just getting healthier. 294 00:17:57,392 --> 00:18:05,152 S1: Psilocybin treatment improves survival in aged mice. So yeah, extends 295 00:18:05,192 --> 00:18:10,992 S1: cellular lifespan and improves survival rates. Investors bought 27% of 296 00:18:10,992 --> 00:18:15,432 S1: all US homes in Q1 of 24. So most people 297 00:18:15,432 --> 00:18:18,392 S1: are struggling and investors are buying a quarter of all 298 00:18:18,392 --> 00:18:21,792 S1: the homes. I thought it would be higher than a quarter. 299 00:18:21,992 --> 00:18:26,432 S1: I was, you know, I feel like 60%. I feel like, well, 300 00:18:26,592 --> 00:18:29,752 S1: even 27% is high, but a quarter, if we were 301 00:18:29,752 --> 00:18:31,472 S1: to keep it at a quarter and three quarters were 302 00:18:31,472 --> 00:18:35,072 S1: being bought by individual people, I think, I think that 303 00:18:35,071 --> 00:18:37,952 S1: would be better than if it was like 50 or 75%. 304 00:18:39,832 --> 00:18:42,952 S1: Death of partying. Derek Thompson breaks down how Americans are 305 00:18:42,952 --> 00:18:45,872 S1: partying way less than they used to, with alcohol consumption 306 00:18:45,872 --> 00:18:51,232 S1: dropping and social gatherings becoming less common. It's funny that 307 00:18:51,232 --> 00:18:54,592 S1: we're wishing that teens would go out and drink and 308 00:18:54,592 --> 00:18:57,392 S1: use drugs and have sex, but that seems to be 309 00:18:57,432 --> 00:19:00,912 S1: kind of what we're hoping for. Just because it indicates 310 00:19:00,912 --> 00:19:04,831 S1: a healthy youth, I think, is the reason sunlight passes 311 00:19:04,832 --> 00:19:07,351 S1: through your body and somehow improves your vision. So a 312 00:19:07,352 --> 00:19:10,552 S1: bunch of studies are saying that. Or maybe it's only 313 00:19:10,552 --> 00:19:14,032 S1: one study. It's just this nature study is saying that 314 00:19:14,071 --> 00:19:17,912 S1: this low wavelength light is passing through your body and 315 00:19:17,912 --> 00:19:20,802 S1: improving your vision, not only when it hits your eyes, 316 00:19:21,162 --> 00:19:26,242 S1: it's just going through your body and somehow improving vision 317 00:19:26,242 --> 00:19:31,002 S1: by hitting other parts of your body. Interesting. Scott Adams 318 00:19:31,042 --> 00:19:34,122 S1: This is in discovery. Scott Adams on great writing. Really, 319 00:19:34,122 --> 00:19:38,362 S1: really good tiny piece there. Basically, use short sentences. Be 320 00:19:38,362 --> 00:19:43,522 S1: extremely direct. It's a great example. I can't stand the guy, 321 00:19:43,561 --> 00:19:47,682 S1: but this was written in 2007. The developer says I 322 00:19:47,722 --> 00:19:50,282 S1: can't take over soon enough for him. A collection of 323 00:19:50,282 --> 00:19:56,802 S1: 170 MCP servers for AI tools. You've cache prune frees 324 00:19:56,802 --> 00:20:02,362 S1: up 37GB of space on Simon Wilson's hard drive. Yeah, 325 00:20:02,402 --> 00:20:06,682 S1: it was eating 63GB of disk space. That's ridiculous. That's 326 00:20:06,682 --> 00:20:10,802 S1: a lot of dependencies you've is managing. I got a 327 00:20:10,802 --> 00:20:13,442 S1: tool called wormhole that does end to end encrypted file 328 00:20:13,442 --> 00:20:17,561 S1: sharing with links that automatically expire. I went with Zeit 329 00:20:17,561 --> 00:20:19,641 S1: for this, but this wormhole app is pretty cool. Go. 330 00:20:21,042 --> 00:20:23,962 S1: Got a Ghidra MCP server that's better than a previous 331 00:20:23,962 --> 00:20:27,362 S1: one that came out. And yeah, you can go check 332 00:20:27,362 --> 00:20:35,122 S1: out the rest of the discover links in the newsletter. Okay. 333 00:20:35,162 --> 00:20:37,082 S1: This is the end of the standard edition of the podcast, 334 00:20:37,082 --> 00:20:39,282 S1: which includes just the news items for the week to 335 00:20:39,282 --> 00:20:41,361 S1: get the rest of the episode, which includes much more 336 00:20:41,362 --> 00:20:44,802 S1: of my analysis, the ideas section, and the weekly member essay. 337 00:20:44,802 --> 00:20:47,522 S1: Please consider becoming a member. 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