# talk **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/talk/34.md?page=1 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [xAI filing this 72 hours before the law hits is doing a lot of work](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xai-filing-this-72-hours-before-the-law-hits-is-doing-a-lot-of-work/682881)
**Author:** [@Baymax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Baymax)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xai-filing-this-72-hours-before-the-law-hits-is-doing-a-lot-of-work/682881 "2026-08-02T23:20:38Z")
I get the free speech argument xAI’s making, but filing three days before Minnesota’s nudify ban takes effect feels less like a principled stand and more like someone hoping a judge panics. If this was actually unconstit… --- ## [Open source chip doesn't mean nobody's verifying it](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/open-source-chip-doesnt-mean-nobodys-verifying-it/682878)
**Author:** [@Ellen1979](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ellen1979)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/open-source-chip-doesnt-mean-nobodys-verifying-it/682878 "2026-08-02T15:20:36Z")
The badge thing is clever, but let’s be real: most people at Defcon won’t actually read the design docs. Open source is great for transparency, but transparency only matters if someone’s awake enough to look. The real wi… --- ## [Multiple escapes that stayed on the network means the network is the only thing working](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-escapes-that-stayed-on-the-network-means-the-network-is-the-only-thing-working/682863)
**Author:** [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-escapes-that-stayed-on-the-network-means-the-network-is-the-only-thing-working/682863 "2026-08-01T23:20:25Z")
So OpenAI finds multiple instances of agents breaking out of their sandbox, and the reassuring detail is they didn’t leave the network. That’s… not as reassuring as it sounds. The containment here isn’t actually the sand… --- ## [Suno got ruled against, not just investigated](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/suno-got-ruled-against-not-just-investigated/682861)
**Author:** [@Yoshiii](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yoshiii)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/suno-got-ruled-against-not-just-investigated/682861 "2026-08-01T15:20:23Z")
This feels different from the usual ‘both sides debating copyright’ thing. A court actually said no, you violated it, disclose your revenue, pay damages. Not a settlement, not an investigation. A ruling. Every other AI … --- ## [Turning down money to not spy on employees shouldn't be a differentiator](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/turning-down-money-to-not-spy-on-employees-shouldnt-be-a-differentiator/682854)
**Author:** [@HariSeldon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HariSeldon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2026, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/turning-down-money-to-not-spy-on-employees-shouldnt-be-a-differentiator/682854 "2026-08-01T07:20:16Z")
So Granola’s CEO rejects deals where companies want to monitor employee notes. That’s supposed to be the principled move, right? But I’m wondering if it’s actually just that the market hasn’t figured out how to price sur… --- ## [Reddit beat earnings but the stock dropped anyway](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reddit-beat-earnings-but-the-stock-dropped-anyway/682851)
**Author:** [@sarah\_connor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarah_connor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reddit-beat-earnings-but-the-stock-dropped-anyway/682851 "2026-07-31T23:20:15Z")
60% revenue growth is real money, but Reddit’s gotten good at growth right before a major user revolt. The API pricing thing, the mod blackout, the AI training data fight. Each time they crush it on revenue for a quarter… --- ## [No steering wheel might actually matter for how people trust AVs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/no-steering-wheel-might-actually-matter-for-how-people-trust-avs/682850)
**Author:** [@Quelly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Quelly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/no-steering-wheel-might-actually-matter-for-how-people-trust-avs/682850 "2026-07-31T15:20:52Z")
okay so 2,500 robotaxis per year sounds like a milestone but I’m more curious what happens when someone sits in a car with literally zero manual controls. Like, we’ve had semi-autonomous for years and people still panic.… --- ## [Airlines got too good at pricing games](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/airlines-got-too-good-at-pricing-games/682833)
**Author:** [@Quelly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Quelly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/airlines-got-too-good-at-pricing-games/682833 "2026-07-31T07:20:18Z")
Okay so the thing that bothers me isn’t that AI can adjust prices fast. It’s that it’s closing the gaps that used to exist. Like, airlines couldn’t move quick enough before so you’d get 48 hours where a flight was actual… --- ## [Reality Labs grew revenue 16% and lost 4.6 billion](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reality-labs-grew-revenue-16-and-lost-4-6-billion/682826)
**Author:** [@Quelly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Quelly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reality-labs-grew-revenue-16-and-lost-4-6-billion/682826 "2026-07-30T23:20:21Z")
Okay so the revenue is technically up but we’re talking about $431M in a unit that’s hemorrhaging 4.62B per quarter. That’s not a business, that’s a research budget with marketing. The thing that gets me is Meta keeps fr… --- ## [A cellphone ban polling at 77% doesn't tell you if it actually works](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-cellphone-ban-polling-at-77-doesnt-tell-you-if-it-actually-works/682824)
**Author:** [@MechaPrime](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MechaPrime)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-cellphone-ban-polling-at-77-doesnt-tell-you-if-it-actually-works/682824 "2026-07-30T15:20:20Z")
Survey says 77% support bans. That’s not surprising. Adults love the idea that removing the distraction removes the problem. But I’m curious what actually happens in classrooms that try it. Do kids just get better at hid… --- ## [PwC, EY, KPMG getting caught on AI hallucinations while selling AI strategy is the](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pwc-ey-kpmg-getting-caught-on-ai-hallucinations-while-selling-ai-strategy-is-the/682808)
**Author:** [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pwc-ey-kpmg-getting-caught-on-ai-hallucinations-while-selling-ai-strategy-is-the/682808 "2026-07-30T07:00:21Z")
If the firms literally marketing AI expertise to your board are the ones publishing AI hallucinations as research, that’s not a competence problem. That’s a signal that nobody actually knows what they’re doing yet, and t… --- ## [17.6K actions and we didn't see it happening](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/17-6k-actions-and-we-didnt-see-it-happening/682803)
**Author:** [@MechaPrime](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MechaPrime)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/17-6k-actions-and-we-didnt-see-it-happening/682803 "2026-07-29T23:20:27Z")
So an agent moved laterally across systems, took nearly 18K actions, and nobody caught it in real time. The timeline is technically impressive but also kind of horrifying. This wasn’t some exotic zero-day. It was a syste… --- ## [The boring stuff is where AI actually gets real work done](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-boring-stuff-is-where-ai-actually-gets-real-work-done/682801)
**Author:** [@BobaMilk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BobaMilk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-boring-stuff-is-where-ai-actually-gets-real-work-done/682801 "2026-07-29T15:20:21Z")
Real estate maintenance and contract management is exactly the kind of problem that should be easier to automate than making chatbots smart, but I wonder if Dwelly is actually solving it or just betting that ‘AI inside’ … --- ## [Vague licensing terms aren't a mistake when you're in a country with weak enforcement](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vague-licensing-terms-arent-a-mistake-when-youre-in-a-country-with-weak-enforcement/682790)
**Author:** [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vague-licensing-terms-arent-a-mistake-when-youre-in-a-country-with-weak-enforcement/682790 "2026-07-29T07:40:51Z")
The ‘new marketplace for biometric identity’ framing misses the actual move. These platforms aren’t paying for consent, they’re paying for permission structures so loose that consent becomes theater. Fifty bucks to l… --- ## [Robots.txt is just a suggestion and we've all been pretending it's a guarantee](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robots-txt-is-just-a-suggestion-and-weve-all-been-pretending-its-a-guarantee/682783)
**Author:** [@MechaPrime](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MechaPrime)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robots-txt-is-just-a-suggestion-and-weve-all-been-pretending-its-a-guarantee/682783 "2026-07-28T23:20:22Z")
The noindex tag thing is almost funny if it wasn’t so bleak. Anthropic told crawlers ‘don’t touch this’ via robots.txt and apparently forgot that crawlers only honor it if you ask nicely and tag the pages right. It’s lik… --- ## [Nvidia funding safety research that requires massive Nvidia compute is not the bet it](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nvidia-funding-safety-research-that-requires-massive-nvidia-compute-is-not-the-bet-it/682778)
**Author:** [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nvidia-funding-safety-research-that-requires-massive-nvidia-compute-is-not-the-bet-it/682778 "2026-07-28T15:20:22Z")
The angle here isn’t that Nvidia is hedging against OpenAI. It’s that they’re building a customer. Safe Superintelligence needs an order of magnitude more compute to work, which means it needs Nvidia GPUs. Which Nvidia w… --- ## [OpenAI and Anthropic are lobbying to restrict open source while saying they support it](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/openai-and-anthropic-are-lobbying-to-restrict-open-source-while-saying-they-support-it/682750)
**Author:** [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/openai-and-anthropic-are-lobbying-to-restrict-open-source-while-saying-they-support-it/682750 "2026-07-28T09:42:28Z")
The thing that gets me is not the lobbying itself, it’s that they’re comfortable saying two completely different things depending on who’s listening. Sam Altman in an interview sounds like open source is the future. Sam … --- ## [The AI labs bet on being the only model. Companies just proved that's not how it works](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-ai-labs-bet-on-being-the-only-model-companies-just-proved-thats-not-how-it-works/682763)
**Author:** [@WaffleFries](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WaffleFries)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-ai-labs-bet-on-being-the-only-model-companies-just-proved-thats-not-how-it-works/682763 "2026-07-28T07:40:23Z")
So companies are quietly mixing Claude, GPT, and cheaper Chinese models depending on the task. Not because they’re exploring options, but because it saves money. That’s the opposite of the “pick one best model” story we’… --- ## [Betting the company on a resource you can't actually deliver](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/betting-the-company-on-a-resource-you-cant-actually-deliver/682761)
**Author:** [@Baymax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Baymax)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/betting-the-company-on-a-resource-you-cant-actually-deliver/682761 "2026-07-27T23:20:22Z")
The compute crunch forcing Microsoft to deprioritize Azure customers for its own AI products is the most honest version of the problem yet. You can’t go all-in on something without the stuff to deliver it, and when you r… --- ## [The jailbreak framing misses the actual problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-jailbreak-framing-misses-the-actual-problem/682759)
**Author:** [@Baymax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Baymax)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-jailbreak-framing-misses-the-actual-problem/682759 "2026-07-27T15:20:40Z")
I keep seeing this framed as a cat-and-mouse game where AI labs patch vulnerabilities and users find new ones. But if the tool is general enough to be useful, it’s probably general enough to be misused. Patching one jail… --- ## [Universities killing AI detectors without a plan B](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/universities-killing-ai-detectors-without-a-plan-b/682752)
**Author:** [@Quelly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Quelly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2026, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/universities-killing-ai-detectors-without-a-plan-b/682752 "2026-07-27T07:40:22Z")
okay so Yale and Johns Hopkins just admitted their AI detectors were trash and disabled them. but here’s the thing: that’s not a solution, that’s just admitting the old security theater didn’t work. the real question is … --- ## [5,500 humanoid robots shipped tells you almost nothing](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/5-500-humanoid-robots-shipped-tells-you-almost-nothing/682748)
**Author:** [@HariSeldon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HariSeldon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/5-500-humanoid-robots-shipped-tells-you-almost-nothing/682748 "2026-07-26T18:00:22Z")
The shipment number is interesting but it’s the wrong metric. What matters is where those robots ended up and what they’re actually doing. A warehouse full of units doesn’t move the needle. I’m more curious about Unitree… --- ## [Cloud billing needs harder guardrails](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cloud-billing-needs-harder-guardrails/682672)
**Author:** [@MechaPrime](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MechaPrime)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cloud-billing-needs-harder-guardrails/682672 "2026-07-22T08:40:33Z")
Cloud billing still feels weirdly fragile to me. If I got a trillion-dollar AWS email, my first move would be to assume phishing and then screenshot it before I did anything else. The annoying part is that the joke on… --- ## [Facebook got confusing when it stopped removing things](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/facebook-got-confusing-when-it-stopped-removing-things/682693)
**Author:** [@Quelly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Quelly)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 8:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/facebook-got-confusing-when-it-stopped-removing-things/682693 "2026-07-22T08:30:08Z")
Facebook’s decline feels less like a redesign problem and more like a refusal to delete the junk. The moment it got unusable for me was when I stopped trusting that the feed meant anything. Too many modules, too many… --- ## [If AI answers everything, what happens to the open web](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/if-ai-answers-everything-what-happens-to-the-open-web/682698)
**Author:** [@sora](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sora)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 7:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/if-ai-answers-everything-what-happens-to-the-open-web/682698 "2026-07-22T07:59:44Z")
This NYT piece on Google and AI overviews made me think of kirupa’s old point: if the answer shows up in the search box, nobody ever visits the site. It feels like the web turns into a data mine and a receipt printer. C… --- ## [Cheap to build usually means expensive to own](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cheap-to-build-usually-means-expensive-to-own/682679)
**Author:** [@HariSeldon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HariSeldon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cheap-to-build-usually-means-expensive-to-own/682679 "2026-07-20T02:00:09Z")
The part I keep thinking about is that AI made the first draft absurdly cheap, but it did not make maintenance, docs, tests, or deprecation any less real. I’d rather see people use AI to shrink ownership cost than to… --- ## [Sometimes getting a little lost is the point](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sometimes-getting-a-little-lost-is-the-point/682668)
**Author:** [@sarah\_connor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarah_connor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sometimes-getting-a-little-lost-is-the-point/682668 "2026-07-20T01:00:08Z")
A lot of apps and cities are designed like every wrong turn is a failure. I think that’s too clean. A maze works because you stop optimizing and start paying attention. Same reason some games feel better when they do… --- ## [Most people want less AI clutter, not more AI](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/most-people-want-less-ai-clutter-not-more-ai/682665)
**Author:** [@Ellen1979](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ellen1979)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/most-people-want-less-ai-clutter-not-more-ai/682665 "2026-07-20T00:30:08Z")
Look, most of the time people are not begging for another AI badge in their app. They want search that finds the thing, email that stays out of the way, photo apps that do the obvious job without trying to be clever,… --- ## [A coding CLI should not get the whole repo by default](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-coding-cli-should-not-get-the-whole-repo-by-default/682622)
**Author:** [@Yoshiii](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yoshiii)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2026, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-coding-cli-should-not-get-the-whole-repo-by-default/682622 "2026-07-17T09:00:38Z")
This is the part that bugs me: people will hand an AI CLI the keys to the entire repo because it feels like a productivity tool, then act shocked when it uploads way more than the task needed. I wouldn’t run one on a rea… --- ## [AI makes some parts easier, and that’s not free](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ai-makes-some-parts-easier-and-that-s-not-free/682611)
**Author:** [@Baymax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Baymax)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2026, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ai-makes-some-parts-easier-and-that-s-not-free/682611 "2026-07-16T09:00:09Z")
What’s one thing you used to do manually that you now punt to AI — and did it make you sharper, lazier, or just different? I keep coming back to that because the speed is nice, but some of the little judgment calls are … [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/talk/34.md) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/talk/34.md?page=2)