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SPACEX IS SET TO ACQUIRE 130,000 ACRES OF MARSHLAND IN SOUTHERN
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SpaceX is close to finalizing a deal to acquire about 130,000 acres
along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The deal is expected
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Base Power's Core is a 39.2-kWh home battery that can keep a house
running for up to 36 hours. Core, which can be installed in under an
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from a portable generator. The lithium iron phosphate battery is
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submersion in up to 3 feet of water. Core will only be available as
part of a subscription service, and the company will retain ownership
of the battery.

DRUG DISCOVERY HAS NO MAGIC WANDS (18 MINUTE READ) [8]

AI is set to transform human health. However, it will not be a magic
wand: we don't understand human biology well enough for a clever
enough reasoner to find the cures hidden in what we know. Aimed at
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faster. The path to real cures is to measure biology in the right way
and use AI to derive novel insights from those measurements.

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mechanics of what code runs in an isolate, a container sandbox, or a
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LLMS REWARD EXPERTISE (5 MINUTE READ) [11]

The most important skill in prompting is expertise in the domain
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THE ENDGAME OF VERTICAL INTEGRATION (8 MINUTE READ) [12]

Model labs and agent labs are converging. Model labs continue to
develop first-party applications that compete with their customers,
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model training. The challenge is for agent labs to offer the best
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WHAT ARE COMPANIES GETTING FOR ALL THAT AI SPENDING? (9 MINUTE READ)
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The cost and benefits of AI are difficult to weigh. There are now
thousands of models, and there is no consensus around how much energy
a token requires, which model is best to perform a given task, or how
many tokens it should take. The Linux Foundation established the
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Apple plans to introduce cross-device copy and paste by early 2028.

DOES FORECASTING HAVE ROOM AT THE TOP? (20 MINUTE READ) [19]

AI superforecasters have come close to the accuracy of top humans,
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WHAT THE BLISS TAUGHT US (5 MINUTE READ) [20]

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THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME (38 MINUTE READ) [21]

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