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Feb 2024Jul 2026

July

2026

10 events

  1. Jul 02

    2026

    industry

    TestingCatalog: Which Team Are You Rooting For?

    TestingCatalog asks followers which team they support without providing context on the specific competition or topic.

  2. Jul 02

    2026

    industry

    TestingCatalog: Codexonical 👌

    TestingCatalog posts a brief, cryptic message saying "codexonical" with an okay hand emoji.

  3. Jul 02

    2026

    industry

    TestingCatalog: Source: Anthropic in talks with Samsung to manufacture custom AI chip

    TestingCatalog shared a source article from The Information about Anthropic discussing custom AI chip manufacturing with Samsung.

  4. Jul 02

    2026

    industry

    TestingCatalog: Anthropic reportedly teaming with Samsung on AI chip

    Anthropic is reportedly exploring an AI chip partnership with Samsung, following OpenAI's similar move with Broadcom.

  5. Jul 02

    2026

    industry

    TestingCatalog: Anthropic may develop custom AI chip with Samsung

    Anthropic is reportedly in talks with Samsung to develop its own AI chip, following OpenAI's recent partnership with Broadcom.

  6. Jul 02

    2026

    industry

    Min Choi: Restaurants charging same for DoorDash as dine-in need study

    Min Choi suggests restaurants that charge identical prices for delivery and in-person dining deserve academic scrutiny.

  7. Jul 02

    2026

    industry

    Min Choi: Restaurants charging same price for DoorDash as dine-in should be studied

    Min Choi questions why restaurants don't mark up delivery prices, suggesting it's a phenomenon worth studying.

  8. Jul 02

    2026

    industry

    Min Choi: Min Choi drops another 'It's over' take

    Min Choi posts a cryptic 'It's over...' message, likely reacting to a recent disruptive AI product launch or update.

  9. Jul 02

    2026

    industry

    TestingCatalog: Xbox Controller SVG Prompt Awaiting Generation

    An AI prompt requesting an optimized SVG of an Xbox controller appears to be queued or pending processing.

  10. Jul 01

    2026

    industry

    TestingCatalog: Anthropic Says Behavior Unchanged Since Ban

    Anthropic indicated that its systems or policies remain the same as they were prior to a previously imposed ban, offering no new changes.

June

2026

54 events

  1. Jun 30

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy praises tokens/watt engineering in state-of-the-art LLMs

    Karpathy discusses the engineering behind maximizing tokens per watt in state-of-the-art LLMs, comparing low-voltage chip design to power transmission lines.

  2. Jun 30

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy praises LLM hardware engineering for tokens/watt efficiency

    Andrej Karpathy congratulates a team and highlights the impressive electrical engineering behind maximizing tokens per watt in modern LLM hardware.

  3. Jun 30

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy praises LLM engineering wizardry optimizing tokens per watt

    Andrej Karpathy congratulates a team on impressive engineering achievements in maximizing tokens per watt for state-of-the-art LLMs, drawing an analogy to power transmission lines.

  4. Jun 26

    2026

    industry

    Sam Altman: Altman praises team with 'cooked, spicily' remark

    A brief, enthusiastic shout-out from Altman suggesting the team delivered something impressive and hot.

  5. Jun 26

    2026

    industry

    Sam Altman: Altman teases turning up the heat significantly

    Sam Altman teases that the company will significantly intensify its efforts or upcoming releases.

  6. Jun 26

    2026

    industry

    Sam Altman: Altman promises to 'turn up the scoville level'

    Altman uses spicy imagery to tease a significant intensification or improvement of an upcoming offering.

  7. Jun 26

    2026

    industry

    Sam Altman: Altman weighs in on model release timelines

    Sam Altman explains that lengthy GA release cycles could cause issues, but quick testing periods should be fine.

  8. Jun 25

    2026

    industry

    Anthropic: Anthropic becomes founding partner of RAISE US workforce nonprofit

    Anthropic partners with nonprofit coalition RAISE US to support the American workforce through employer-led action and AI-enabled training.

  9. Jun 25

    2026

    industry

    Anthropic: Anthropic joins RAISE US coalition to strengthen American workforce with AI

    Anthropic becomes a founding partner of RAISE US, a nonprofit coalition focused on employer-led AI training and workforce policy innovation.

  10. Jun 25

    2026

    industry

    Anthropic: Anthropic joins RAISE US coalition to strengthen American workforce

    Anthropic is joining RAISE US as a founding partner to support AI-enabled workforce training and policy innovation for transformative AI.

  11. Jun 23

    2026

    industry

    Demis Hassabis: Thanks to Lucas di Grassi

    Demis Hassabis thanks Lucas di Grassi in a brief reply.

  12. Jun 23

    2026

    industry

    Demis Hassabis: Hassabis thanks Lucas di Grassi

    Demis Hassabis thanks Lucas di Grassi in a brief social media reply.

  13. Jun 23

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy on third LLM UIUX paradigm: Claude as a team member

    Karpathy describes the evolution of LLM interfaces to a third paradigm where Claude becomes a persistent, asynchronous team member with org-wide context and tools.

  14. Jun 18

    2026

    industry

    Sam Altman: Sam Altman jokes about 'Noams' dominating AI

    Sam Altman humorously attributes the success of people named Noam in AI to divine benevolence.

  15. Jun 12

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy notes when profit and genuine value creation align

    Andrej Karpathy reflects that while money and positive value creation don't always correlate, sometimes they genuinely do.

  16. Jun 12

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy reflects on when money aligns with genuine value creation

    Andrej Karpathy observes that while money and positive value creation aren't always correlated, sometimes they genuinely align and are well-earned.

  17. Jun 12

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy reflects on money versus genuine value creation

    Andrej Karpathy notes that while money and positive value creation don't always align, there are cases where wealth genuinely reflects well-earned contribution.

  18. Jun 12

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy: Money and genuine value sometimes align

    Andrej Karpathy reflects that while financial success doesn't always correlate with genuine value creation, sometimes the two are strongly aligned.

  19. Jun 12

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy building AI brains for autonomous exploration

    Karpathy shares he is developing AI systems—described as the 'brains' for von Neumann probes—for autonomous exploration and interaction.

  20. Jun 12

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy praises SpaceX's past, present and future in glowing tribute

    Andrej Karpathy expresses admiration for SpaceX and congratulates the team on its achievements.

  21. Jun 12

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy in awe of SpaceX's story and future

    Andrej Karpathy expresses admiration for SpaceX's journey and congratulates the team on their achievements.

  22. Jun 12

    2026

    industry

    Demis Hassabis: Hassabis thanks Jacklyn for enjoyable chat

    Demis Hassabis thanks NBT Jacklyn following an enjoyable conversation.

  23. Jun 12

    2026

    industry

    Demis Hassabis: Hassabis thanks rpnickson after conversation

    Demis Hassabis thanks rpnickson and expresses enjoyment following their conversation.

  24. Jun 10

    2026

    industry

    Claude: Cursor AI scales from 15 to 700, serves 60% of Fortune 500

    Michael Truell's AI coding company Cursor AI grew from 15 to 700 employees and is now used by over 60% of Fortune 500 companies.

  25. Jun 10

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy on finding constructive takes amid online noise

    Karpathy acknowledges that amid widespread dunking and conspiracies online, a small fraction of discourse offers genuinely constructive, high-effort perspectives.

  26. Jun 04

    2026

    industry

    Min Choi: Anthropic: Claude writes 80% of code as AI begins building AI

    Anthropic reports Claude now writes over 80% of its production code, handling debugging, optimization, and review, with speedups hitting 52x in 2026 as AI begins to recursively improve itself.

  27. Jun 04

    2026

    industry

    Min Choi: Anthropic: Claude now writes 80%+ of its own production code

    Min Choi breaks down Anthropic's report that Claude writes most of its production code, engineers merge 8x more code, and the shift toward recursive self-improvement is accelerating.

  28. Jun 04

    2026

    industry

    Claude: Lovable CEO: trust is the most underrated moat in AI

    Claude highlighted Anton Osika's belief that trust is AI's most underrated competitive advantage, requiring craft and obsession to build.

  29. Jun 04

    2026

    industry

    Min Choi: Min Choi asks followers to engage with his Gemma 4 thread

    The account posted a call-to-action asking readers to follow, bookmark, like, comment, and repost the thread.

  30. Jun 04

    2026

    industry

    Min Choi: You have to vibe with it

    Min Choi comments that you have to vibe with it.

  31. Jun 03

    2026

    industry

    Min Choi: Long clips remain an unsolved AI video problem

    Min Choi points out that generating long video clips is still an unsolved problem.

  32. Jun 03

    2026

    industry

    Min Choi: You prompt it

    Min Choi states that you prompt it.

  33. Jun 03

    2026

    industry

    TestingCatalog: Scores spotted on the AI leaderboard

    The account posts a brief reaction to AI scores or benchmark results, using an eyes emoji to suggest something noteworthy is being observed.

  34. Jun 03

    2026

    industry

    Claude Devs: Anthropic shares best practices for automated data analytics

    Anthropic published a blog post detailing best practices for building Claude agents that perform self-service data analysis, including skills, data foundations, and evaluations.

  35. Jun 03

    2026

    industry

    TestingCatalog: The feeling when AI news arrives

    The account shares a relatable reaction meme about receiving AI news, using an eyes emoji to express anticipation or excitement.

  36. Jun 03

    2026

    industry

    TestingCatalog: Google AI Studio lead quotes Opal Camera after OpenAI funding

    The Google AI Studio product lead quoted Opal Camera's website in a notable interaction. Opal Camera recently announced it received funding from OpenAI, sparking industry interest.

  37. Jun 03

    2026

    industry

    TestingCatalog: TestingCatalog sends congratulations

    The account posts a short celebratory message saying congratulations, likely in response to an industry announcement or milestone.

  38. Jun 03

    2026

    industry

    Claude: Link to full interview with Ben James

    Claude shares a link to the full conversation with technologist Ben James about his creative hardware projects.

  39. Jun 03

    2026

    industry

    Claude: Miniature 'Clawd' crab jumps to alert during Claude Code

    To stay focused during long coding sessions, Ben James built a miniature jumping crab named Clawd that physically alerts him when Claude Code needs input.

  40. Jun 03

    2026

    industry

    Claude: Ben James builds typewriter terminal and jumping USB crab

    London-based technologist Ben James creates peculiar hardware projects including a typewriter-turned-Claude-terminal and a jumping USB crab indicator for Claude Code.

  41. Jun 03

    2026

    industry

    Claude: Inside the typewriter terminal: Arduino and Raspberry Pi

    The typewriter-Claude-terminal uses an Arduino to intercept keyboard signals and a Raspberry Pi Zero as the backend brains.

  42. Jun 03

    2026

    industry

    Claude: Claude talks building and creativity with Ben James

    Claude shares a conversation with Ben James about the creative process, building things, and why silly ideas matter in innovation.

  43. Jun 03

    2026

    industry

    Claude: Claude interviews Ben James on building and creativity

    Claude spoke with technologist Ben James about creativity, building peculiar hardware projects, and why silly ideas matter.

  44. Jun 03

    2026

    industry

    Claude: Claude talks building, creativity, and silly ideas with Ben James

    Claude spoke with Ben James about creativity, building things, and why silly ideas matter in the creative process.

  45. Jun 03

    2026

    industry

    Claude: Claude talks building, creativity, and silly ideas with Ben James

    Claude sat down with Ben James to discuss creativity, building projects, and the value of silly ideas.

  46. Jun 03

    2026

    industry

    Min Choi: So much can be done now

    Brief remark highlighting the vast potential and capabilities of current AI tools.

  47. Jun 03

    2026

    industry

    Min Choi: AI is coming for everything

    Pithy statement on the rapidly expanding scope and impact of artificial intelligence across all sectors.

  48. Jun 02

    2026

    industry

    Claude: Legora CEO brings legal interpretation into AI era with Claude

    Claude highlights how Legora, led by Max Junestrand, is leveraging AI to modernize legal interpretation and build tools atop new models.

  49. Jun 02

    2026

    industry

    Sam Altman: Altman shares Ecclesiastes 9:10 as his go-to quote for hard days

    Sam Altman posts an inspirational Bible verse from Ecclesiastes about working with full effort.

  50. Jun 02

    2026

    industry

    Sam Altman: Altman shares inspiring Ecclesiastes quote for hard days

    Sam Altman posts a biblical quote from Ecclesiastes 9:10 that he finds motivating during difficult times.

  51. Jun 01

    2026

    industry

    Sam Altman: Altman teases OpenAI Foundation work on societal AI resilience

    Sam Altman highlights the OpenAI Foundation's efforts and signals upcoming initiatives to help society build resilience to AI's impacts.

  52. Jun 01

    2026

    industry

    Sam Altman: Altman teases OpenAI Foundation work on AI resilience

    Sam Altman praised the OpenAI Foundation's efforts and signaled upcoming initiatives to help society become resilient to AI.

  53. Jun 01

    2026

    industry

    Sam Altman: Altman teases OpenAI Foundation's push for AI resilience

    Sam Altman highlighted the OpenAI Foundation's work and signaled upcoming efforts to help society become resilient to AI.

  54. Jun 01

    2026

    industry

    Sam Altman: Altman teases more work from OpenAI Foundation on AI resilience

    Sam Altman highlights the OpenAI Foundation's efforts and signals upcoming initiatives to help society become resilient to AI.

May

2026

31 events

  1. May 28

    2026

    industry

    Claude: How red teams break Claude before launch to improve it

    Claude shares insight into its pre-release process, where internal teams stress-test new models to identify weaknesses and improve quality.

  2. May 27

    2026

    industry

    Claude: Replit's Michele Catasta on 50M users building with Claude

    Replit President Michele Catasta's mission to democratize software has reached 50 million users building on the platform with Claude.

  3. May 27

    2026

    industry

    Claude: Replit's AI chief on building software for 50M users with Claude

    Claude spotlights Replit President Michele Catasta and how the platform enables over 50 million people to build software using natural language.

  4. May 24

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Geoff Hinton's official Google title was once "intern"

    Karpathy recalls that Geoffrey Hinton's official title at Google was once listed as "intern."

  5. May 24

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Geoff Hinton's official title at Google was once "intern"

    Karpathy recalls that Geoff Hinton's official title at Google was once listed as "intern".

  6. May 24

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Geoff Hinton's official Google title was once "intern"

    Karpathy shares that Geoff Hinton once held the official title of "intern" at Google.

  7. May 24

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Geoff Hinton was once officially an 'intern' at Google

    Karpathy shares that Geoff Hinton's official title at Google was once "intern".

  8. May 24

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Geoff Hinton once held the official title of 'intern' at Google

    Andrej Karpathy shares an anecdote that Geoff Hinton was officially titled an "intern" during his time at Google.

  9. May 24

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy praises big tech firm for cutting through industry BS

    Karpathy applauds a large company for pushing back on hype and highlights a focused technical team executing with clarity.

  10. May 24

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Refreshing to see a big company successfully call out industry bs

    Karpathy praises a large company for successfully pushing back against industry nonsense with a focused team.

  11. May 24

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Praising a big company for calling out industry BS

    Karpathy praises a large company for pushing back against widespread nonsense, highlighting a focused team of MTS engineers on a mission.

  12. May 24

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Praising a big company for calling out industry BS

    Karpathy praises a large company for bluntly rejecting nonsense and highlights a focused MTS team on a mission.

  13. May 23

    2026

    industry

    Demis Hassabis: Congrats to Cleo Abram on her amazing work

    Demis Hassabis congratulates Cleo Abram and encourages her to keep up the amazing work.

  14. May 22

    2026

    industry

    Demis Hassabis: Enjoyed chatting with Two Minute Papers

    Demis Hassabis shares that he had fun chatting with the Two Minute Papers channel.

  15. May 22

    2026

    industry

    Sam Altman: Altman asks what problems users want AI to solve

    Sam Altman crowdsources ideas by asking followers which problems they most hope artificial intelligence will solve in the future.

  16. May 22

    2026

    industry

    Sam Altman: Altman asks followers which problems they want AI to solve

    Sam Altman crowdsources ideas from the community, asking what problems people most hope AI will solve and suggesting OpenAI may be able to help.

  17. May 22

    2026

    industry

    Sam Altman: Altman asks what problems users want AI to solve

    Sam Altman crowdsources ideas by asking followers which problems they most hope AI will solve in the future.

  18. May 21

    2026

    industry

    Demis Hassabis: Hassabis thanks NBTJacklyn for enjoyable conversation

    Demis Hassabis thanks NBTJacklyn and says he really enjoyed their conversation.

  19. May 21

    2026

    industry

    Demis Hassabis: Thanks NBTJacklyn for the fun conversation

    Demis Hassabis thanks NBTJacklyn for a super fun chat and says he really enjoyed the conversation.

  20. May 21

    2026

    industry

    Demis Hassabis: Hassabis thanks NBTJacklyn for enjoyable conversation

    Demis Hassabis thanks NBTJacklyn and says he really enjoyed their conversation.

  21. May 19

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic to return to LLM R&D

    Karpathy announces he has joined Anthropic, expressing excitement to work on LLM research while maintaining his passion for education.

  22. May 18

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: 8xH100 cloud GPU requirement would stall any tutorial

    Karpathy jokes that tutorial videos requiring an 8xH100 setup would immediately stall viewers due to the hardware accessibility barrier.

  23. May 18

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Realized 8XH100 requirement would block viewers on step 1

    Karpathy notes that requiring an 8-GPU H100 setup would immediately prevent most viewers from following his nanochat tutorial.

  24. May 18

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Cloud GPU access is the new step-one blocker for AI tutorials

    Karpathy observes that requiring eight H100 GPUs for a tutorial would immediately prevent most viewers from completing step one.

  25. May 11

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Ask LLMs for HTML output—it's the next interface frontier

    Karpathy suggests requesting HTML from LLMs for richer outputs, predicting a progression from text to markdown to HTML and eventually interactive neural videos.

  26. May 11

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy predicts AI output will evolve from text to neural video

    Karpathy argues that AI outputs should progress from markdown to HTML and eventually to interactive neural videos, while audio remains the ideal human input.

  27. May 11

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Ask LLMs for HTML output and the future of AI interfaces

    Karpathy suggests requesting HTML from LLMs as a better interface format and predicts AI outputs will evolve toward rich, interactive visual experiences.

  28. May 11

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy: The future of LLM output is HTML, then neural video

    Andrej Karpathy suggests prompting LLMs to return HTML for richer output, predicting a progression from text and markdown toward interactive neural video as the ideal AI-to-human interface.

  29. May 11

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Future of AI output: from markdown to HTML to neural video

    Karpathy advises prompting LLMs to return HTML for richer output, arguing that vision is the preferred AI output format and interfaces will evolve toward interactive media.

  30. May 11

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy: HTML output is the next frontier for LLM interfaces

    Andrej Karpathy argues that AI output should evolve from text to HTML and eventually neural video, while audio remains the ideal input modality.

  31. May 11

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: AI I/O should evolve from markdown to HTML to neural video

    Karpathy argues that LLM outputs should progress from markdown to HTML and eventually to interactive neural videos, while audio remains the ideal human input.

April

2026

8 events

  1. Apr 30

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy shares a quote he's been citing frequently

    Andrej Karpathy posts that he has been frequently citing a particular quote, though the quote itself is not included in the text.

  2. Apr 30

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy shares a quote he's been citing frequently

    Karpathy notes he has been frequently citing a particular quote recently.

  3. Apr 30

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy shares a quote he's been citing frequently

    Andrej Karpathy notes that he has been frequently citing a particular quote recently.

  4. Apr 30

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy's Sequoia talk: LLMs unlock new paradigms, not just speed

    At Sequoia Ascent 2026, Karpathy argued LLMs create new capabilities like agent-native apps and knowledge bases, explained model 'jaggedness' via economics and verifiability, and envisioned an agent-native economy.

  5. Apr 30

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy: LLMs create new paradigms, not just speedups

    Karpathy summarizes his Sequoia talk on how LLMs enable previously impossible applications, why capabilities are jagged, and the rise of an agent-native economy.

  6. Apr 09

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy on the growing gap in understanding AI capability

    Karpathy explains the divide between casual users underestimating AI and professionals experiencing staggering agentic progress, attributing the gap to model tier, recency, and RL-driven technical specialization.

  7. Apr 09

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy warns of a growing 'AI Psychosis' gap between user tiers

    Karpathy on the AI perception divide: casual users of free models underestimate capabilities, while professionals using frontier tools see staggering technical advances driven by verifiable rewards and revenue focus.

  8. Apr 09

    2026

    industry

    Andrej Karpathy: Karpathy on the growing AI capability perception gap

    Karpathy explains the divergence between casual users of free AI models and professionals using frontier agentic tools, driven by verifiable rewards and market economics.

January

2025

1 event

  1. Jan 21

    2025

    industry

    Min Choi: Min Choi marvels at AI's wild trajectory again

    Min Choi shares another amused reaction to the accelerating pace and surprising capabilities of AI development.

July

2024

2 events

  1. Jul 12

    2024

    industry

    Min Choi: Min Choi reacts to wild AI progress

    Min Choi shares a humorous take on the rapidly advancing capabilities of AI technology.

  2. Jul 07

    2024

    industry

    Min Choi: Min Choi reacts to mind-blowing remote work robot demo

    Min Choi shares a video of a remote work technology demonstration, prompting community-added context clarifying it's assistive tech for disabled workers in Japan.

February

2024

1 event

  1. Feb 03

    2024

    industry

    Min Choi: Viral image shows how AI is transforming everyday moments

    Min Choi shares an image capturing a striking shift in daily life, implying AI or tech is changing even mundane experiences like waiting.