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    BIG TECH & STARTUPS

    NEW FINANCIALS FROM MUSK'S X D=
    EBT SALE SHOW CHANGING COMPANY (4
    MINUTE READ) [5]=20

    X is evolving f=
    rom a social media platform powered by advertisers to
    one betting on reve=
    nue generated from AI and subscriptions. This
    change appears to have had =
    a positive effect as the company recently
    posted $91 million in revenue t=
    ied to data licensing and subscriptions
    in February, a 30% increase from =
    last year. The company boasted nearly
    $1.5 billion in annual earnings bef=
    ore interest, taxes, depreciation,
    and amortization. X now has almost $1.=
    1 billion cash on hand, but it
    still owes $12.5 billion in expensive debt=
    .=20

    PERPLEXITY CEO SAYS ITS BROWSER WILL TRACK EVERYTHING USERS DO ONL=
    INE
    TO SELL =E2=80=98HYPER PERSONALIZED' ADS (3 MINUTE READ) [6]=20

    P=
    erplexity is building its own browser to collect data on everything
    users=
    do outside of its own app and sell premium ads. Its CEO believes
    that us=
    ers will be fine with its tracking because the ads should be
    more relevan=
    t to them. The company has said that it would buy the
    Chrome browser busi=
    ness if Google was forced to sell. It recently
    signed a partnership with =
    Motorola to have its app pre-installed on
    the Razr series.=20

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    SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

    REUSABLE ROCKETS A=
    RE HERE, SO WHY IS NASA PAYING MORE TO LAUNCH STUFF
    TO SPACE? (9 MINUTE R=
    EAD) [7]=20

    Despite reusable rockets being available nowadays, NASA is =
    still
    paying more than it did 30 years ago to launch missions into orbit.=

    Launches are now becoming more routine, with SpaceX sending batches of=

    Starlink Internet satellites and other kinds of missions into space
    ev=
    ery few days. NASA is only one of SpaceX's customers - the US
    military is=
    launching more missions than ever before and SpaceX is
    about to become t=
    he Pentagon's top launch provider. There's still a
    lot of demand, so pric=
    es haven't gone down.=20

    DRIVERLESS SEMI-TRUCKS ARE COMING SOON TO A HI=
    GHWAY IN TEXAS (3
    MINUTE READ) [8]=20

    Aurora Innovation plans to unle=
    ash driverless trucks on a 200-mile
    stretch of Interstate 45 between Dall=
    as and Houston by the end of the
    month. The company has been testing its =
    vehicles in closed and virtual
    environments. It was denied an exemption r=
    equest from a federal
    regulation that stipulates that truck drivers must =
    deploy roadside
    warning devices whenever they're stopped on the side of t=
    he road. This
    prompted Aurora to sue the Motor Carrier Safety Administrat=
    ion, as the
    company doesn't have human operators to physically deploy the=

    necessary devices.=20

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    PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA S=
    CIENCE

    ASK HN: SHARE YOUR AI PROMPT THAT STUMPS EVERY MODEL (HACKER N=
    EWS
    THREAD) [9]=20

    Any prompt that has been fed into a public large l=
    anguage model has
    already probably been used for training, even if they h=
    aven't been
    disclosed publicly. This makes it difficult to create persona=
    l
    benchmarks for models - mainstream benchmarks already have a high risk=

    of being gamed. This thread contains prompts that AI still can't
    answe=
    r, along with discussions about the inner workings of large
    language mode=
    ls. Examples include taking a common riddle and then
    changing one little =
    detail, asking something about an obscure movie,
    and asking about things =
    that don't exist.=20

    ZEV (GITHUB REPO) [10]=20

    Zev helps developers=
    remember or discover terminal commands using
    natural language. Users des=
    cribe what they want to do and Zev presents
    a list of commands which user=
    s can copy and paste to use. Zev can be
    used with Ollama and the OpenAI A=
    PI.=20

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    MISCELLANEOUS

    IF A.I. SYSTEMS BECOME CON=
    SCIOUS, SHOULD THEY HAVE RIGHTS? (6 MINUTE
    READ) [11]=20

    While the sm=
    artest AI systems are surpassing humans in some domains,
    it's hard to arg=
    ue that today's AI systems are conscious.
    Consciousness is a taboo subjec=
    t within the world of serious AI
    research as people are wary of anthropom=
    orphizing AI systems. However,
    that is starting to change, as there is a =
    growing body of academic
    research on AI model welfare taking the prospect=
    of AI consciousness
    more seriously as systems grow more intelligent. Whi=
    le AI models may
    not be conscious yet, it may be worth exploring for sign=
    s of
    consciousness as long as it's not diverting resources from AI safety=

    and alignment work aimed at keeping humans safe.=20

    ASK HN: MY CEO W=
    ANTS TO GO HARD ON AI. WHAT DO I DO? (HACKER NEWS
    THREAD) [12]=20

    CEO=
    s looking to blindly implement AI may be doing so to find more
    funding ra=
    ther than build a better product. Employees stuck working in
    these enviro=
    nments are best off deciding whether they want to go on a
    VC-driven start=
    up ride or work somewhere else in a product-driven
    role. These types of A=
    I implementations are often not a real strategy
    and are more for PR. Doin=
    g things for more funding and doing things
    that get the work done are not=
    always the same. If funding is a real
    concern, the CEO's approach might =
    be valid.=20

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    QUICK LINKS

    GOOGLE FORCING SOME REMOT=
    E WORKERS TO COME BACK 3 DAYS A WEEK OR LOSE
    THEIR JOBS (4 MINUTE READ) [=
    13]=20

    Remote staffers at several units within Google have to start sho=
    wing
    up at the closest office for a hybrid work schedule or their roles m=
    ay
    be at risk.=20

    MORE THAN 1/3 OF ALL CODE AT GOOGLE IS NOW GENERATE=
    D BY AI (1 MINUTE
    READ) [14]=20

    The code is generated by AI, then rev=
    iewed and accepted by engineers.


    COCOINDEX (GITHUB REPO) [15]=20
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    transformatio=
    n logic and incremental updates specialized for data
    indexing.=20

    WAY=
    MO REPORTS 250,000 PAID ROBOTAXI RIDES PER WEEK IN U.S. (3 MINUTE
    READ) [=
    16]=20

    Waymo's expansion was aided by the company's partnerships with U=
    ber,
    automakers, and the operations and maintenance businesses that tend =
    to
    its vehicle fleets.=20

    SAY NO TO ABSTRACT CODE (4 MINUTE READ) [17=
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    It's better to keep related code close together to reduce context=

    boundaries and limit the amount of relevant detail.=20

    SWITCH 2 FANS=
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    NEW NINTENDO CONS=
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    The Nintendo Switch 2 preorder frenzy has l=
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