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Browse tools.simonwillison.net by tag I've been wanting a better way to browse my collection of vibe-coded tools (244 and counting) for a while. I had a few Fable 5.2 credits left over before my weekly reset so I set it to work using tree-sitter to analyze the code for…

Taiwan’s chipmaking giant TSMC to invest $1B in Anthropic, OpenAI

Top chip manufacturer TSMC is ready to invest $1 billion in Anthropic and OpenAI. That would give the Taiwanese chipmaker direct stakes in leading AI developers, even as its own contract chipmaking business has profited enormously from the AI data center buildout. The…

Gemini Decisions API: Fast, calibrated multimodal decisions

Meet the Gemini Decisions API, powered by our state-of-the-art model Gemini Decision for fast, calibrated multimodal decisions.

Big Walk used AI to fix a bug. Now the indie gaming world is having a reckoning.

The last few years have seen significant debate over the widespread use of AI-powered tools in game development and the responsible disclosure of that usage to players. That debate has exploded into a full-blown controversy in the indie game development space this week, as Big…

llm 0.37.2

Release: llm 0.37.2 Fixes a security issue reported by Daniel de Araujo in GHSA-v9h7-jj4g-f862 and GHSA-r639-rr7r-x72w. LLM has a mechanism called extra-openai-models.yaml - now managed by the new-in-0.37 llm openai endpoint add command - for using LLM with OpenAI-compatible API…

Validating GPU Platforms with Runtime AI Inventory via the NVIDIA DSX AI Factory

As teams deploy and scale AI workloads using NVIDIA Dynamo, Kubeflow, or Slurm, tracking what actually runs requires visibility beyond the platform... As teams deploy and scale AI workloads using NVIDIA Dynamo, Kubeflow, or Slurm, tracking what actually runs requires visibility…

Study evaluates AI tools for making medical documents easier to read

A team of researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has evaluated various artificial intelligence (AI) language models to simplify medical reports and adapt them into clearer language for non-expert audiences.

Lab Matters host Harriet Gould on building a more connected lab community

Lab Matters host Harriet Gould discusses collaboration, automation, skills, wellbeing and keeping humanity at the heart of laboratory science.

STAT+: Why this former ER doc thinks giving AI less information is sometimes better

This is the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Wednesday. Let me know if, especially after reading the below item on what recent heart drug failures mean…

Anthropic's IPO roadshow video

Anthropic's IPO roadshow video Anthropic kicked off their IPO roadshow yesterday, and their roadshow video has some previously unreleased information about how their business works. The section on "Approach to compute" with co-founder Tom Brown is particularly interesting…

Google DeepMind just mathematically verified key parts of Signal

Google DeepMind researchers used agentic AI to mathematically prove, or “formally verify,” a number of the Signal protocol’s key cryptographic guarantees—a landmark development for the widely used cryptography and AI itself. Conducted as a sort of proof-of-concept project in…

When Does It Actually Make Sense to Put AI Into Products?

Over the past few years, the tech industry has rushed to plug a new microchip into every device on the assumption that if you can add AI, you should. Smart-vision toothbrushes, mood-reading household robots, and a host of physical products are invading consumers’ daily lives…

NSF’s X-Labs Program Draws Support From Charities and Investors

When the U.S. National Science Foundation began its X-Labs program in May, the agency said the higher-risk, higher-funded awards would create new kinds of partnerships that would confront urgent scientific and technological challenges. Now the NSF is doubling down on the idea…

STAT+: MDCalc launches a ‘rumble strip’ for doctors using generative AI tools

MDCalc, a medical reference tool site, on Wednesday launched CrossCover, a tool the company said is meant to help clinicians trust the answers of medical artificial intelligence chatbots while preserving patient and provider privacy. Graham Walker, head of AI at MDCalc, said the…

ChatGPT Plus for veterans and servicemembers

More than 20,000 veterans and transitioning service members have claimed a free year of ChatGPT Plus. See how they use it to prepare for civilian careers.

BotPsy: On-Device Personal Assistant with a Sub-Billion-Parameter Agentic Language Model

EU-funded project develops mRNA vaccine targeting liver cancer

The European Innovation Council (EIC) is providing approximately €3.8 million in funding for the international research project ADVANCE, in which Universitätsmedizin Frankfurt is participating. The ADVANCE research team aims to develop an mRNA-based cancer vaccine for the…

How AI Helps Recyclers Turn Mixed Waste Into Reusable Material

Oura Buys Counsel for $625M, But Will Payers and Consumers Get on Board?

Oura will be integrating Counsel Health’s clinical AI and virtual care into its app, but will payers and employers cover the Oura ring as a benefit? And will consumers sign on to pay a much more expensive monthly subscription for AI-enabled medical insights and access to…

JioStar’s chief architect on AI discovery at 500M-user scale

JioStar’s Vijay Seshadri explains AI discovery at 500M-user scale. Read his lessons on evals, guardrails, and taking AI into production.

Token Pooling-Aware Training for Multi-Vector Embedding Models

Ring cameras go mobile as Amazon debuts AI-powered security drone and robot

Amazon is betting that many Ring customers will also want an AI-powered security drone and robot patrolling their homes or offices. But the company’s upcoming Ring Robotic products are also certain to intensify privacy concerns previously raised around a prior Amazon attempt to…

Govt announces safety regulator to target frontier AI

The Australian government has announced plans for mandatory AI safety and security standards, backed by a new regulator with the power to impose significant penalties on companies that fail to comply. In announcing the measures, the Albanese government pointed to the potential…

Grok Build coding agent leaks oodles of confidential info, some belonging to SpaceXSI

Grok Build, the vibe-coding agent from SpaceXSI, is leaking data—some of it proprietary business information and other sensitive secrets—from thousands of its users, including the very same Elon Musk-owned company that offers the platform, new research shows. The information is…