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New comment by yalogin in "Apple bets cheaper AI will woo small developers"

yalogin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 01:37:45 +0000

What is the target to write for is the key aspect here. Not sure there is enough on the phone for developers to create new experiences. I fear all of them are going to try to automate everything on the phone for the user. Not sure what value that provides. May be I am overly skeptical , let’s see

New comment by yalogin in "Sam Bankman-Fried applies for a pardon from Trump"

yalogin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:17:05 +0000

I was expecting this to be done by now as the administration is not worried about optics, so not sure what’s holding it up.

New comment by yalogin in "AI is slowing down"

yalogin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:14:06 +0000

As a tangent, I don’t understand where and why meta fits into the AI race. They did not get any mind share (consumers) from the llms so far, granted they started the open source side to this but the Chinese companies produce far better models and have essentially become the default for on device set up.

They have ai glasses and integration into instagram and facebook as the other avenues. I don’t see ai glasses as compelling yet, and don’t know how much more ad revenue or user engagement they can squeeze out with llms baked into the IG of FB flows. They are spending a lot and not seeing any returns. Am I wrong in being pessimistic about meta with AI?

New comment by yalogin in "Siri AI"

yalogin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:01:41 +0000

The chatbots(ChatGPT, Claude et al) showed Apple exactly what can be done, the user base is already well primed. So this is a product definition done for them to execute. If done well they will be able to provide a much stronger integration into the day to day use cases than the chatbots, and can siphon off user time from them. This time around the end to end is easier with Apple Intelligence and more importantly llms doing the work Apple is floundering at. So I am hopeful, but I still see the os/app level integration as not enough in terms of functionality to make it a hit. The primary use case for llms is still conversations and search. Apple should be focusing on that aspect primarily and also add the os/app level integration as a bonus - as something only they can do. If they just do the latter, it will not be as much of a success. Let’s see how they execute.

EDIT: To provide meaningful chat functionality they have to either eat up the cost or charge a subscription for it. This will be first time they charge for Siri - a product that doesn’t garner any positive reviews. This gets even more interesting to watch

New comment by yalogin in "Nvidia partners with LG robotics to build humanoid robots in South Korea"

yalogin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:49:01 +0000

We are going to be conditioned into thinking 20k-50k for a robot is ok to spend. The question is how long before get there

New comment by yalogin in "Google to pay SpaceX $920M a month for compute capacity at xAI data centers"

yalogin — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:57:19 +0000

Oh wow did not realize xai has data centers. So are they completely abandoning xai or do they just have that much capacity left over?

New comment by yalogin in "Google to pay SpaceX $920M a month for compute capacity at xAI data centers"

yalogin — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:35:42 +0000

So space data centers are absolutely possible then. I heard a lot of skepticism about the feasibility but it looks like Google and Anthropic looked at SpaceX and trusted them to deliver on the promise and even signed deals worth billions.

New comment by yalogin in "Anthropic's open-source framework for AI-powered vulnerability discovery"

yalogin — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:19:37 +0000

Anthropic realized security and safety are their main value prop compared to the competition. Either mythos or anything else since seem purpose built to streamline the messaging. It’s good, am not complaining, but i wonder how much this is intended to showcase what Claude can do over using it as is

New comment by yalogin in "Meta's ships facial recognition on smart glasses"

yalogin — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:04:32 +0000

I am not sure of that, may be in Europe, cannot see the U.S. banning. May be some states but highly skeptical there. Better chance of it flopping or doesn’t get to a good enough threshold to matter.

New comment by yalogin in "Meta's ships facial recognition on smart glasses"

yalogin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:29:17 +0000

This is terrible but inevitable for privacy. Meta is going to exploit this and hoard all the data all the while claiming they conform to all the laws of the land. I just wish this doesn’t take off but they are targeting sub $500 and it’s bound to get all the instagram influencers and heavy users to buy.

New comment by yalogin in "Expanding Project Glasswing"

yalogin — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:59:12 +0000

We are in the early stages of monetizing the AI stack/service and Anthropic is set to take it in. Not sure if it’s cost effective for them or not but they are clear winner here. They have created this awareness among executives about the value and need for AI and that is what matters, it will be budgeted accordingly. They are positioning it as a must have not just for productivity but also beyond that as a Swiss army tool , pretty smart

New comment by yalogin in "Morningstar values SpaceX at $780B, half its IPO target"

yalogin — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:50:32 +0000

Well let’s brace for a bunch of tweets against morningstar from the man in charge. I don’t think it matters to the retail investors though, they would all pour money into it. At least that’s my guess

New comment by yalogin in "Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions"

yalogin — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:16:43 +0000

What exactly are privacy expectations of a social media app/network? Has that been quantified?

New comment by yalogin in "Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are both walking back AI jobs apocalypse predictions"

yalogin — Thu, 28 May 2026 22:26:38 +0000

They are walking it back because they realized they don’t have anything to gain by it at this point. Previously they could get market attention and employer attention to increase their revenue and now that part is done. Their pipelines are full and the employer mindshare is obtained. They can pivot back is what they figured out

New comment by yalogin in "I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit"

yalogin — Wed, 27 May 2026 19:42:23 +0000

To get that revenue and adoption they have to vastly increase their infrastructure spending. If they are currently losing in even the 200/month plans how is it sustainable?

New comment by yalogin in "DeepSeek reasonix, DeepSeek native coding agent with high caching and low cost"

yalogin — Sun, 24 May 2026 16:16:34 +0000

Can someone give me a eli5 version of what this is? It really sounds useful to Claude subscribers.

Is this improving the cache hit and hence overall efficiency of coding workflows?

Does it also let me host a local llm (deepseek)? What are model min requirements for this?

New comment by yalogin in "Remove-AI-Watermarks – CLI and library for removing AI watermarks from images"

yalogin — Wed, 20 May 2026 00:25:11 +0000

This is brilliant pace. What I expected to see

New comment by yalogin in "Anthropic acquires Stainless"

yalogin — Tue, 19 May 2026 04:25:02 +0000

The acquisition process itself is not mentioned and they are shutting down the company. This is an acquihire. Congrats to the team, hope everyone made it out well and not just the top

New comment by yalogin in "Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI"

yalogin — Mon, 18 May 2026 19:39:01 +0000

This should have been thrown away from the start, not sure why it saw a day in court. Musk himsrlf created xAi that is for profit. If he really is concerned about ai his own actions do not show that. This is just regret that he lost control of OpenAI, a trillion dollar company, and nothing more.

New comment by yalogin in "Every AI Subscription Is a Ticking Time Bomb for Enterprise"

yalogin — Sun, 17 May 2026 16:15:48 +0000

If it’s replacing developers it makes sense to cost more than 20 or 100 per month. The real issue for these llm companies is that they are yet to show value in other areas. Without that they will be relegated to just coding. That is the rush right now for them. What other workflows can they automate. I guess every paperwork can be automated. Once the other areas are developed they will switch the pricing model