Some LLM takeaways for 2025: reasoning as a signature feature, coding agents were useful, subscriptions hit $200/month, and Chinese open-weight models impressed
It's that time. It's been a hell of a year. — At the start we barely had reasoning models. X: Simon Willison / @simonw : Here's my enormous round-up of everything we learned about LLMs in 2025 - th...
Google unveils new AI features for Chrome, including a Gemini button and AI Mode for US desktop users, and plans to add agentic features in the next few months
10 new features that reinvent your browser PYMNTS.com : Google to Add Agentic Capabilities and Other AI-Powered Features to Chrome Browser Igor Bonifacic / Engadget : Gemini in Chrome no longer requir...
People are increasingly using generative AI to create digital vision boards, such as videos depicting their ideal futures, to help them achieve their goals
For some believers in manifestation, vision boards have become a little like movie trailers, as brought to you by A.I. Bluesky: @karlbode.com and @carnage4life Bluesky: Karl Bode / @karlbode.com : did...
In iOS 26 beta 3, Apple dials back the transparency, after user complaints that its new Liquid Glass design language made parts of the UI more difficult to read
5 tips you need to know before trying the public beta Tyler Lee / Phandroid : Is Apple is quietly killing off iOS 26's Liquid Glass design? Ayushi Jain / Digit : Apple releases iOS 26 beta 3 with tone...
Tesla's Austin robotaxi service gets a limited launch, with ~10 Model Y vehicles and safety drivers; Elon Musk says initial users will pay “a $4.20 flat fee”
or want to know—about Tesla's robotaxi service David Pierce / The Verge : Tesla's robotaxi reality check Richard Brack / Austin American-Statesman : Tesla robotaxis begin rolling in Austin, but only f...
Microsoft says it will shut down Skype on May 5 and directs users to migrate all their contacts and chat data to Teams; Skype had 36M+ DAUs in 2023
Microsoft has announced it is discontinuing … Thomas Stevenson / The Post Millennial : Microsoft to shut down Skype in two months, company says switch to Teams David Phelan / Forbes : Microsoft Kills ...
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads is testing custom feeds for certain profiles or topics; the Threads' version seems easier to use than Bluesky's custom feeds
RE: https://www.threads.net/... Herb Scribner / @herb.scribner : This was needed for a long time. Looks like the Bluesky momentum has encouraged Meta to move on this. Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : ...
The FDA approves the Hearing Aid Feature in Apple's AirPods Pro 2, calling it the “first over-the-counter hearing aid software device”
https://www.fda.gov/... Jeffrey P. Bigham / @jbigham@hci.social : super exciting — AirPods granted FDA approval to serve as hearing aids ... first over the counter hearing aid, enabled by a software u...
Replit launches Replit Agent, an AI agent that can build entire apps from scratch based on prompts, available in beta to Replit Core and Teams subscribers
available today for subscribers: [video] @sullyomarr : after using replit's coding agent i think...its over for a lot of traditional saas wanted slack notifications when customers subscribed/cancelled...
A Google DeepMind research scientist details some LLM use cases and argues LLMs are not overhyped and should be judged on what they can do, not what they can't
I don't think that “AI” models (by which I mean: large language models) are over-hyped. — Yes, it's true that any new technology will attract the grifters. And it is definitely true that many compa...