From the blog
Improving on a 30-year-old hardware architecture
At HumanX 2025, Ryan chatted with Rodrigo Liang, cofounder and CEO of SambaNova, about reimagining 30-year-old hardware architecture for the AI era.
Without foundational governance, every AI deployment is a liability in disguise: Q&A with Jack Berkowitz of Securiti
Avoiding bad data is just as important in AI; it can open you to fines, lawsuits, and lost customers.
“We’re not replacing you; we’re with you”: Where AI meets infrastructure
Ryan talks with Greg Fallon, CEO of Geminus, about the intersection of AI and physical infrastructure, the evolution of simulation technology, the role of synthetic data in machine learning, and the importance of building trust in AI systems. Their conversation also touches on automation, security concerns inherent in AI-driven infrastructure, and AI’s potential to revolutionize how complex infrastructure systems are managed.
Banking on innovation: Engineering excellence in regulated financial services
Financial institutions face a balancing act between tech innovation and strict regulations. As customer expectations for improved user experience and demands from those tasked with enhancing features keep rising, engineering teams need to find a harmonious middle ground.
How self-supervised learning revolutionized natural language processing and gen AI
Self-supervised learning is a key advancement that revolutionized natural language processing and generative AI. Here’s how it works and two examples of how it is used to train language models.
Heroku: Powering the Next Wave of AI
Build AI apps, enhance existing apps with AI, and create specialized actions and experiences for AI agents in any language. Get started with Heroku today.
Interesting questions
What is "Induced Atmospheric Vibration"?
“Anyone who’s had to build a power system rapidly learns that electricity is not as simple as ‘electrons move, work gets done.’”
Denying entry to flea-bitten service dogs
"Service dogs are not allowed to pose a health hazard."
Is it normal that my PhD supervisor raises new questions for me to revise every time after reviewing my manuscript?
Does it help to imagine Sisyphus happy?
How could technological development be significantly accelerated without a major war?
Innovation happens by solving problems, and war is a huge problem.
Links from around the web
AI 2027
Think of it as near-future science fiction backed by research.
Why performance optimization is hard work
Here's why optimizing code is hard, brute-force work.
Bot farms invade social media to hijack popular sentiment
Hello fellow human, have you heard the latest hot goss about currentCampaign.product?
o3 Beats a Master-Level Geoguessr Player—Even with Fake EXIF Data
AI is coming for everyone who excels at weird niche trivia.
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