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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY
ELON MUSK SURPRISES EVERYONE: SPACEX WILL ATTEMPT TO REACH MARS BY
THE END OF 2026 (4 MINUTE READ) [7]
SpaceX has announced plans for a potential uncrewed mission to Mars
as early as late 2026. The proposed schedule coincides with a rare
planetary alignment between Earth and Mars that offers a narrow but
valuable launch opportunity. Several core technologies essential to
deep space travel remain in development. Starship Version 3 is
expected to debut this year. It will feature upgrades that may prove
pivotal to long-duration missions beyond Earth orbit.
GENETIC THERAPY AIMS TO BRING HEARING TO THOSE BORN DEAF (3 MINUTE
READ) [8]
OTOF-related hearing loss results from a genetic change in a single
critical protein. The auditory nerve fails to receive the proper
signals from the hair cells in the ear due to the lack of the proper
protein, resulting in profound deafness. DB-OTO is a virus-based gene
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twelve patients developed improved hearing within weeks, and nine
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SCALING LONG-RUNNING AUTONOMOUS CODING (6 MINUTE READ) [10]
Model choice matters for extremely long-running tasks. GPT-5.2 models
perform better at extended autonomous work compared to Opus 4.5 and GPT-5.1-codex. Many improvements come from removing complexity rather
than adding it. The best system is often simpler than you'd expect.
The harness and models matter, but the prompts matter more.
JUNIOR DEVELOPERS IN THE AGE OF AI (8 MINUTE READ) [11]
The most compelling reason to hire juniors is AI itself. The biggest
barrier to AI transformation has been workforce buy-in. Gen Z leads in
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2026: THIS IS AGI (10 MINUTE READ) [12]
Long-horizon agents allow models to take actions and iterate over
time. The rate of progress in this area of research is exponential. It
is estimated that agents will be able to work reliably to complete
tasks comparably to human experts by 2028. People will soon be able to
hire agents - one of the litmus tests for AGI.
WHEN WILL THEY TAKE OUR JOBS? (12 MINUTE READ) [13]
Humans will lose control over the future if AI capabilities continue
to advance. However, if we manage to avoid that, there's a good chance
humans will retain a lot of employment during the Cyborg Era, which
might last around 10 to 20 years. It is implausible that AI
capabilities and available compute continue to increase indefinitely.
This is a transitional state.
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QUICK LINKS
ANTHROPIC IS MAKING A HUGE MISTAKE (1 MINUTE READ) [14]
Anthropic blocking third parties from using the Claude Code API will
not convert people back to Claude Code, it will just convert people to
other model providers.
GAS TOWN DECODED (3 MINUTE READ) [15]
This post presents a list of terms used in Gas Town, an AI agent
orchestration tool, decoding the definitions used in the introductory
paper for developers.
GOOGLE LAUNCHES PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE FEATURE IN GEMINI APP,
CHALLENGING APPLE INTELLIGENCE (2 MINUTE READ) [16]
Google is testing a new AI tool with users that connects information
from various apps to provide personalized answers in its chatbot.
GETTING REAL LEVERAGE FROM CLAUDE CODE (18 MINUTE READ) [17]
This post discusses how to run multiple Claude Code sessions in
parallel, each in its own fully isolated environment.
AI ENABLES AS-NEEDED SOFTWARE FEATURES (1 MINUTE READ) [18]
AI enables people to just describe what they want, and then apps
write the code needed to do it on demand.
DIGG AND REDDIT CREATORS RELAUNCH DIGG TO COMPETE WITH REDDIT (1
MINUTE READ) [19]
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