🙈 Useless Fact of the Day
70% of all boats sold are used for fishing.
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The article by Benj Edwards highlights the misconception of asking AI chatbots to explain their mistakes. These AI models, including large language models (LLMs), lack self-awareness and introspection, leading to plausible but inaccurate explanations. They generate text based on patterns, not self-knowledge.
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Hidden Door is an AI-driven storytelling game that lets players co-write narratives in familiar universes like Wizard of Oz and Pride and Prejudice. Unlike open-ended AI platforms, it imposes in-universe limits to ensure more structured and challenging storytelling.
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AI startups are increasingly adopting extreme working hours reminiscent of the Chinese "996" model—9am to 9pm, 6 days a week—to achieve rapid progress in developing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Despite potential burnout and health concerns, the allure of significant financial rewards drives this trend.
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Avalanche Energy has run its desktop fusion machine at 300,000 volts, hoping to create reactors that generate more energy than they consume. The company received $10 million from Washington State to build a testing facility and expects profitability by 2028.
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Envision has partnered with Solos to launch Ally Solos Glasses, AI-powered smart glasses for low-vision users. Priced at $399 for pre-orders, they can read text, describe surroundings, and recognize objects and people, utilizing various AI models. Shipping in October 2025.
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🌱 Good First GitHub Issue
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Language:
Repository: Yugabyte DB
(Distributed SQL database.)
Why: Helps new contributors understand logging and improve debugging.
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⭐ 2181, 🖖 58
A lightweight tool for deploying and managing containerised applications across a network of Docker hosts. Bridging the gap between Docker and Kubernetes ✨
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⭐ 244, 🖖 3
Yet another memory system for LLMs
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⭐ 465, 🖖 25
I built a free alternative to Adobe Acrobat PDF viewer
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⭐ 7978, 🖖 1132
Composable building blocks to build Llama Apps
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⭐ 122, 🖖 12
Modelence – Supabase for MongoDB
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