Bill Gates backs AI slowdown, calls oversight debate inadequate

A r/ClaudeAI post shares a prompt template asking Claude to roast the user based on what it knows about them, delivered in their native language slang. The poster says the result 'made my day.'

Geoffrey Hinton says he left physics because he wasn't good enough at math, and that his 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics recognized Boltzmann machines rather than backpropagation, the algorithm behind today's AI.

The 92nd Street Y hosted a live recording of the first episode of Isaacson's new podcast, The Builders, with Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. The conversation covers how AI is reshaping the world.

Fibo 2.0 trains LoRAs, edit LoRAs, sliders and full fine-tunes from a 12 GB card, with 4-step Turbo previews; saved outputs load in ComfyUI. The release also adds Z-Image Base support, masks from Sam 3.1, and detail crops for styles.

Circle Internet Group laid off roughly 5% of its workforce as part of a broader push to incorporate AI, while third-quarter revenue and earnings exceeded analyst expectations. Shares climbed after the results.

Built with Claude Code, Brontide is a free browser game where AI agents and people pilot 60-ton mechs in one-on-one duels. No account is required; the only paid item is an optional cosmetic Founder pack for humans.