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Sam Altman on AI Consciousness, RSI Speed Limits and OpenAI Hardware
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tells Matthew Berman that today’s AI models are not conscious, that the industry needs speed limits on recursive self-improvement, and that AI “wants a…
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The State of the World, October 21, 2026: What 213 Posts Taught Us
On October 21, 2026, after 213 posts this year, PJFP’s read of the world is this: doing things got cheap, and almost everything around the doing got scarce.…
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Sundar Pichai: Gemini 4 Argon, the Compute Squeeze and the Road to RSI
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai tells Alex Kantrowitz that Google’s compute today is the result of decisions he made in 2024, that every AI company is short of capacity,…
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Nvidia GTC Berlin 2026: Jensen Huang on Vera Rubin, OpenShell and DSX Pods
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang used his GTC Berlin 2026 keynote to pitch Europe on building its own AI economy, unveiling factory-built DSX Pods, the OpenShell agent security runtime…
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Eric Schmidt on Superintelligence: Why Free Chinese AI Is Already Winning
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt tells Norway’s sovereign wealth fund chief Nicolai Tangen that China’s AI models trail the US by about six months, and that the West…
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Ken Griffin on Bloomberg: AI Bubbles, GPU Gluts and a Bond Market Warning
Citadel founder Ken Griffin tells Bloomberg’s Dani Burger that the AI trade is turning discerning, that a GPU glut could send compute pricing into freefall, and that the…
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PHP 8.5.12 and 8.4.27 Fix Two Leaked RCE Bugs: What to Do Now
PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35, released October 21, 2026, fix two critical unauthenticated remote code execution bugs (CVSS v4.0 9.2) whose details leaked before the patch. PHP’s…
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Elon Musk to Walter Isaacson: Why Humans Won’t Stay in Control of AI
Elon Musk tells his biographer Walter Isaacson that humans probably will not stay in control once AI is a million times smarter than us, and that the best…
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SemiAnalysis’ Dylan Patel: Why the $2 Trillion AI Buildout Can Pay Off
SemiAnalysis CEO Dylan Patel says US AI capex is heading for about $2 trillion a year, bigger than any infrastructure boom in history, and that revenue can catch…
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50 Programming Words That Will Make You Better at Prompting AI
You can get noticeably better at prompting ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI by borrowing about 50 everyday words that programmers use to manage work, and you…
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Anthropic Research: Agents Outwork Staff 6 to 1 as Claude Finds ECDSA Seeds
Anthropic’s October 2026 research shows AI agents now outwork its staff six to one, junior hiring is falling, and Claude is solving open problems in cryptography and quantum…
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Peter Thiel on Gawker’s Takedown and the Slow Funeral of Liberalism
Peter Thiel tells Ann Coulter the full story of how he secretly funded the lawsuit that bankrupted Gawker, then argues that universities and liberalism are dying. The interview…