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@reddit · 2026-10-04T14:04:33.063000+00:00

javaGarbageCollector

@WatcherGuru · 2026-10-04T14:26:48+00:00

JUST IN: Elon Musk to rename SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI. "SpaceX is a super intelligence company."

A man in a black suit and dark tie looks off-camera with a contemplative expression. The image appears alongside a news announcement about Elon Musk renaming SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, positioning SpaceX as a "super intelligence company."

AI visual note: A man in a black suit and dark tie looks off-camera with a contemplative expression. The image appears alongside a news announcement about Elon Musk renaming SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, positioning SpaceX as a "super intelligence company."

@PlayStation · 2026-10-04T14:20:00+00:00

Who better to break down Ghost of Yōtei's new Echoes of Sekigahara expansion than Atsu herself? Ghost of Yōtei Complete Edition is out now, with a digital upgrade for owners of the base game: play.st/4z34ppG

Two samurai ride horses across a ridge silhouetted against a fiery orange sunset, evoking the atmospheric Japanese aesthetic of Ghost of Yōtei's Echoes of Sekigahara expansion, where protagonist Atsu leads players through historic battlefields.

AI visual note: Two samurai ride horses across a ridge silhouetted against a fiery orange sunset, evoking the atmospheric Japanese aesthetic of Ghost of Yōtei's Echoes of Sekigahara expansion, where protagonist Atsu leads players through historic battlefields.

@frederickjames · 2026-10-04T12:18:57+00:00

migrated to cloudflare d1 for database r2 for storage $0/m vs $58/m thousands of users unlimited projects ts is 2026 meta

@reddit · 2026-10-03T18:12:28.949000+00:00

Oh no, another Winds post.. Suggested

@AravSrinivas · 2026-10-04T10:10:44+00:00

Pokémon FireRed’s Elite Four + Champion, cleared in one shot - with decision-making powered by Perplexity’s Decisions API. The actual run stats: 592 ms median API response 987 ms p95 - 96.4% of responses under one second $0.028 estimated inference cost, 137 live API calls

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@UltraLinx · 2026-10-04T13:29:11+00:00

Me telling Claude to make me a billion dollars.

A man sits thoughtfully at a wooden desk in front of an Apple iMac, with a glass of water and a coffee nearby, appearing deep in concentration as he ponders his request to Claude for a billion dollars.

AI visual note: A man sits thoughtfully at a wooden desk in front of an Apple iMac, with a glass of water and a coffee nearby, appearing deep in concentration as he ponders his request to Claude for a billion dollars.

@andreintg · 2026-10-04T10:49:53+00:00

Holy threejs cow, this is perfect watercolor shading

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@kittypurrzog · 2026-10-03T14:51:03+00:00

It’s the phones

The image displays a news headline reading "Teacher doused in petrol as students set fire to schools in protests raging across France," with a subhead noting the demonstrations have become a political flashpoint over unpopular spending cuts.

The image appears unrelated to the accompanying post about "phones," as the headline covers entirely separate news about violent protests in France involving teachers and students.

AI visual note: The image displays a news headline reading "Teacher doused in petrol as students set fire to schools in protests raging across France," with a subhead noting the demonstrations have become a political flashpoint over unpopular spending cuts. The image appears unrelated to the accompanying post about "phones," as the headline covers entirely separate news about violent protests in France involving teachers and students.

@game_for_one · 2026-10-04T10:31:45+00:00

Everyone grave dancing on AI and talking about the SI vamp domination. Let’s not forget, one RH can fix things real quick. I’m not in yet, but claims that it’s dead forever are greatly exaggerated.

@halktvcomtr · 2026-10-04T13:15:00+00:00

Robots that do housework jumped into a steel cauldron and committed suicide

@MiaAI_lab · 2026-10-04T12:22:17+00:00

This is insane Hector is absolutely on fire Using Grok inside his Tesla to get updates on what he's working on Pls give him a follow! He's contributing a lot of his time to make the repos we're working on better.

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@Kalshi · 2026-10-04T14:20:00+00:00

BREAKING: China sets a five-year battery plan that aims to start "volume production" of solid-state batteries by 2030

@Mobily · 2026-10-04T13:54:41+00:00

Apple Watch Ultra 4 اطلبها الآن ابتداءً من 166.75 ريال شهريًا من موبايلي

@lucaisdesigning · 2026-10-04T09:44:46+00:00

trying to make a stem player thing but its looking very chopped.. any ideas...

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@keennay · 2026-10-04T13:42:34+00:00

“we as community really need to come up with a standard measurement for decode/prefill, and start questioning any numbers people put out including mine” I’m a huge fan of Local Inference Lab’s LLM Inference Bench tool for measuring pre-fill / decode throughput data across a

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@reddit · 2026-10-04T14:17:55.999000+00:00

Would you guys be concerned if your Pc is under a mini split

@LabPadre · 2026-10-04T13:39:16+00:00

New road delay — Texas State Highway 4 With the removal of the engines on Ship 42 and the rollback of the cryo test stand back to the production site last night, this one is likely for another cryo test on Ship 42. Sunday, October 4th 2026 23:59 → 5th 04:00 CDT — Production

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@CernBasher · 2026-10-04T14:13:23+00:00

Recording a Two Guys, Two Weeks episode this morning. @pbeisel and I have donned our robes to discuss SI (formerly AI) and morality. We feel uniquely qualified to discuss this topic as we are neither SI researchers, nor religious scholars. We will also be discussing the

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@bloggersarvesh · 2026-10-04T14:16:43+00:00

I genuinely don't understand why every business owner isn't doing this yet. Elon Musk's Grok Bot can do SEO like a $10,000/month agency. here's the exact setup (takes 4 minutes): 1. install Grok Bot and make it your Chief of SEO 2. give it the article below with all prompts 3.

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@ElGordito_Manco · 2026-10-04T12:59:48+00:00

La potencia gráfica como queda FC 26 con DLSS 5/eSIM/truefoot/ gráficamente espectacular

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@hiro_ph_mon · 2026-10-04T13:30:22+00:00

ドローンカメラが小さすぎて技術力の進化を感じた 朝からずっと飛んでたのにあゆでしか使われてなかった

@blmario669 · 2026-10-04T01:56:36+00:00

I reckon a lot of the die-hard fans who shelled out $200/month for ChatGPT Pro 20X are probably reeling right now. OpenAI slashed the Pro 20X quota from 20 times the Plus quota down to 10 times at the end of last month. That means the price stays the same, but the base quota

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@Gorden_Sun · 2026-10-04T13:28:42+00:00

Cowgorithm Halter, a New Zealand agritech startup, just secured $220 million in new funding in the first half of the year, bringing the company's valuation to $2 billion. The core product propping up this unicorn is an intelligent collar designed specifically for cows.

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@pcgamer · 2026-10-04T14:27:03+00:00

Yet another free fan level pack for Quake has arrived, and this one's the most unusual yet

@CryptPshyc · 2026-10-04T06:48:32+00:00

✦ 𝐀𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚. But data without context can be limiting, Knowing there’s a road is useful. Knowing where it is, what surrounds it, how it’s being used, and what has changed makes that information much more valuable. The same thing applies to

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@humanoidsdaily · 2026-10-04T13:37:45+00:00

Four European humanoid startups, two videos each: the bare-metal prototype that walks today, and the robot they say they'll ship. Vesoma (Munich), UMA (Paris), NEURA Robotics (Metzingen), Generative Bionics (Genoa).

@BuildByAman · 2026-10-04T12:33:44+00:00

AI said LGTM. The senior had notes.

@tornikegomareli · 2026-10-04T12:26:44+00:00

Convert any file with a single flick. Images, video, audio transformed in seconds, without breaking your flow. Opie is coming soon @insaneartsio Join the waitlist → opios.io

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@LeiSueli6718 · 2026-10-04T12:37:37+00:00

A streamer opened a live stream in Antarctica and had Starlink and the internet cut off. Continent without a country, without government, with access only by authorization. Even doing a live stream is prohibited. Comment here if you think there's something hidden in Antarctica.

@mr_nirajkumar07 · 2026-10-04T13:30:41+00:00

iPhone 18 Pro Max GIVEAWAY Pick ONE lucky number from 20–72 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 10 numbers hide an iPhone 18 Pro Max surprise.

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@silentguyy66 · 2026-10-04T13:33:14+00:00

SpaceXAI shipped a second free Grok Bot workshop 55 minutes of a sales org built out of bots: 02:27 - the pitch is work finishing overnight, on calls, while you walk the dog. it feels like handing real work to a colleague you trust 08:05 - you give the prospecting bot five

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@realfxw · 2026-10-04T13:12:31+00:00

AI 正在彻底重塑底层逆向工程的游戏规则。最近开源的 REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) 展现了 AI Agent 在二进制分析与代码复现上的硬核能力。 以往分析一个 App 的某个核心功能,往往需要资深逆向工程师在反编译工具、反汇编代码与调试器之间反复横跳。而 REA 通过 MCP(Model Context Protocol)和

A screenshot of a Python disassembler tool showing MIPS assembly code analysis of a firmware file, with a "true.hop" file path and MIPS architecture information visible.

AI visual note: A screenshot of a Python disassembler tool showing MIPS assembly code analysis of a firmware file, with a "true.hop" file path and MIPS architecture information visible.

@Lee_Fabricee · 2026-10-04T12:24:03+00:00

Old Irrigation Technology Operating With Bull Power

@FFEE_2025 · 2026-10-04T13:58:04+00:00

最强电视盒子 OkraTv | 全新内置源影视TV,一键换源4k大屏体验,无需登录 pan.keep365.top/s/S4RTQy

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@urusu2525 · 2026-10-04T13:56:46+00:00

ほんとに自分のことブロックしてる人確認できる機能欲しい 必要だろ

@AndyL5cc · 2026-10-04T13:40:11+00:00

今天,一个行业发生了巨变。 GitHub 上有人开源了 image-blaster: 输入一张图片, 5 分钟后,输出一个可以探索的 3D 世界。 3D 网格、物理效果、背景 splat、环境音频,全都有。 以前要学很多年 Blender 才能做的东西, 现在一张图就能生成。

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@hqmank · 2026-10-04T14:09:57+00:00

This animated diagram shows how Claude Code Mods work. Follow the data and see what a mod does inside a Claude Code session.

@ypzlslpzls · 2026-10-04T13:46:23+00:00

有没有喜欢用苹果的触控板的,我单独买了键盘和触控板,真的太好用了!!!! 强烈推荐大家都去试试!!!

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@nizamdesign · 2026-10-04T13:34:00+00:00

Does your Vive-coded design give the same feeling and experience?

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@AdrianPunk115 · 2026-10-04T13:33:00+00:00

看完之后思考了很久,这也是我最近在思考的。 最近不知道自己在干嘛,每天在用AI完成自己的小爱好,已经脱离变现本身,而是玩一些好玩的,拓宽自己的个人兴趣和不曾触及的边界。但没有在解决实际需求上多动脑子。 自己做 AI 创业后,会发现很多人一上来就在想:做什么产品、搭什么

@ashxhart · 2026-10-04T14:13:20+00:00

Sorry for the silence over the past day or two on issues and PRs, I've been focused on TensorFold's Zig rewrite. Early numbers look great, and it'll reach main once I'm happy with it. Huge thanks to @CerebralCoding_ for working on this with me, and to everyone testing and

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@BlockInsight214 · 2026-10-04T13:34:08+00:00

All talented folks! About Jio users not having Opus 5.5? Netizens share a wild workaround Register another Google alt account, add it to the Pro family group and turn on the "Share with family Google One" setting The alt account shares the family's 5TB photo storage quota

@xicilion · 2026-10-04T14:09:40+00:00

人工智能软件工程

@rdominguezibar · 2026-10-04T13:37:51+00:00

zuckerberg says most businesses will never own frontier ai they will end up with an ai layer shaped around how they work meta is spending to be the one that layer runs on

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@shanyanggm · 2026-10-04T13:11:19+00:00

兄弟姐妹们,终于知道 𝕏上那些视频是怎么保存下来的了!! 𝕏视频、Youtube链接丢进去: cobalt.tools 抖音、海外 TikTok,用这个: tiktokio.bio 小红书、B 站,试试这个: greenvideo.cc 以前碰到想留的视频,我还在用手机录屏,我真服了自己!!

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@maail · 2026-10-04T13:05:56+00:00

Spun of my speed boat game to make a website where you can explore all the maldives islands by just riding the speedboat. You can check it out at themaldives.world - Select the Atoll -> Island and then just roam around - Most of it is to scale with the data I was able

@McDonaghMatthew · 2026-10-04T13:13:57+00:00

I started building AI agents in 2023. I've been in ML since 2011. Writing Python since 2009. What's about to emerge from Super Intelligence x Robotics is going to change reality in ways we are not ready for. Radical abundance is coming.

@mojunel · 2026-10-04T13:24:42+00:00

openai just launched an always-on agent priced between $1,200 and $6,000 a year - and all three tiers get the same single agent 3 tiers. 1 agent. $1,200 floor. $6,000 ceiling. nothing on free, go or plus one flat fee on top -> a tree of tiers, seats, regions and meters

@FrogeVIP · 2026-10-04T13:04:26+00:00

GM @OpenAI

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@rdominguezibar · 2026-10-04T13:19:06+00:00

spending on ai only pays off once it reaches a pocket muse charm is where the money meets the user

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@hongtuweiye82 · 2026-10-04T13:02:26+00:00

seedream4.0和5.0效果真的差很多

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@Website_tmplts · 2026-10-04T13:30:40+00:00

"Firs Studio" is now in our curated free library: Design score: 9.00/10 Dev score: 9.20/10 Overall score: 9.10/10 Link: bestwebsitetemplate.com/templates/webf … Built with @Webflow by Jacob Nielsen

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@TheFutureMemo · 2026-10-04T13:25:59+00:00

A HUMANOID CAN DO A BACKFLIP. BUT CAN IT PICK UP 1 GLOVE WITHOUT DROPPING IT? This robot bends down, grips a glove from the floor and lifts it with a movement that looks surprisingly natural. No spectacular stunt, no choreographed fight, no running across a stage. Just one small

@konopok · 2026-10-04T13:27:34+00:00

Do you guys know how to make AI videos? I’m thinking about doing a contest for the cringiest Archibald LE video

@mr_nirajkumar07 · 2026-10-04T13:43:03+00:00

I’m giving away a new iPhone 18 Pro Max In exactly 72 hours, I’ll pick 5 people randomly from my replies to win. RULES: Follow me Like Repost comment “Ready” WORLDWIDE SHIPPING

Multiple stacks of white Apple iPhone boxes are piled together, with several boxes open to reveal orange, blue, and dark-colored phones inside.

AI visual note: Multiple stacks of white Apple iPhone boxes are piled together, with several boxes open to reveal orange, blue, and dark-colored phones inside.

@ManmohitSandhu · 2026-10-04T13:38:15+00:00

Can’t go wrong with a SpaceX wallpaper!

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@SasuRobert · 2026-10-04T14:13:29+00:00

Coding, coding and more coding. This week saw another release. Probably more will come. We are in a good trajectory on hardening, invariants, more tests. We are more stubborn on absolutely reverifying everything, even those things which were audited. New Wasmer in the works,

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@haaarshsingh · 2026-10-04T13:41:00+00:00

design eng tip: your calendars shouldn’t display 2026 everywhere, it's currently: 1448 in riyadh 1405 in tehran 2569 in bangkok 115 in taipei reiwa 8 in tokyo a simple `calendar` prop inside DateTimeFormat goes a long way check it out → kobra.systems/calendar

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@Stillneedaname_ · 2026-10-04T12:28:44+00:00

Added a layer system to the editor, you cant move the layers around rn tho #WIP #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #python

@vansh1029 · 2026-10-04T13:30:00+00:00

Built a sticker maker that actually feels like placing a real sticker

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@rame9040 · 2026-10-04T12:57:08+00:00

Good evening dear friends @vangrid_io is completely changing how AI sees the physical world. It is a decentralized spatial data network. Physical AI needs accurate ground-level data to navigate safely. Satellites only see rooftops from high above. Standard mapping cars miss

A promotional graphic showing a hand holding a phone displaying the 'Vangrid App' interface, with text announcing that the app is 'LIVE ON GOOGLE PLAY'.

AI visual note: A promotional graphic showing a hand holding a phone displaying the 'Vangrid App' interface, with text announcing that the app is 'LIVE ON GOOGLE PLAY'.

@surajmaurya_m · 2026-10-04T14:02:36+00:00

Love this component easyui.site

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@taiyanghere · 2026-10-04T13:24:19+00:00

听说,X、Grok、Cursor,可能要合成一个会员了。 并且老会员可能会按时间比例退费。 那些代开的低价蓝V怎么办?

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@joystick_888 · 2026-10-04T13:20:26+00:00

Resident Evil 2 (Leon) Gameplay - youtu.be/kkhfHUT0O9Y

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@reddit · 2026-10-04T14:19:37.100000+00:00

Hit the message limit in an hour today? What happened?

@Ryrenz · 2026-10-04T13:09:00+00:00

真的上头,Deno 让你写 TypeScript 不用再配任何东西,存盘直接就能跑。 GitHub 上 10.8 万 star,直接封神了,一千六百多个 issue 还开着,说明真有一大批人在用、在提。 新开一个小项目最消耗热情的就是开头那半小时:初始化、装 TypeScript、配 tsconfig、再装一个能跑 ts

@charles12388 · 2026-10-04T13:35:22+00:00

身价万亿的科技大佬黄仁勋在公开演讲时也无奈“诉苦”了 他在访谈中无比真实地感慨:我已经六十三岁了,早就坐拥了极其不菲的身价,在如今的全球科技圈更是名声显赫,可是让我深感无奈的是,每次满心欢喜地给父亲打电话,他总是一如既往地挑剔我的毛病、永远在电话那头不停地纠正我~~

@bbkirstry · 2026-10-04T13:17:04+00:00

现在人人都能vibecoding 所以推销自己的「作品」是很难的 但也是很简单的,甚至不需要你努力说服 因为这群对AI玩得好、学得快的人 一下子就能分得清什么是好东西

@JacksAISites · 2026-10-04T13:09:35+00:00

往agent脑子里塞假记忆比塞假评价毒多了,防都没法防

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@odinachidavid · 2026-10-04T13:07:31+00:00

This is a high-level summary of how your AI gives you a response.

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@FinovateX1 · 2026-10-04T12:06:03+00:00

crying and thinking about all the hours i wasted building email flows before cursor @nitrosendx

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@JayaNayak21 · 2026-10-04T14:06:26+00:00

Everyone worried about AI replacing them. Meanwhile, I’m already outsourcing my own work to Claude

@aQPKwPEvLMxmxBv · 2026-10-04T12:57:36+00:00

纸飞机账号电报账号,电报号,电报收不到短信,国外id,纸飞机验证码收不到怎么办?根本原因是TG对国内号码短信成本较高,才弹出付费订阅提示。换官方最新版客户端登录,一般就能直接解决问题。 @AkramAboushosha

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@TraceyDema37l · 2026-10-04T14:02:49+00:00

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@SkadooshGG · 2026-10-04T12:25:48+00:00

YOUR AGENT SAYS “DONE.” THE CLEANUP LANDS ON YOU. Broken code. Unsupported claims. A result you have to rebuild. Before accepting the work, ask for: › the actual deliverable › evidence it meets the brief › unresolved gaps and total cost › a clear decision: accept, return,

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@icro_redson2 · 2026-10-04T13:30:17+00:00

Rumo ao TETRA

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@reddit · 2026-10-04T14:19:22.788000+00:00

Alternative remapping tool EA is blocking DS4 from being on, is there an allowed remapper besides steam? Steam doesn’t have the function of adjusting stick x and y axis separately

@reddit · 2026-10-01T19:16:30.351000+00:00

most makers are stuck on a problem another maker already solved Suggested

@reddit · 2026-10-02T14:23:31.092000+00:00

Commercial AI is only valuable if you know what you’re talking about and doing Suggested

@Ash60425093 · 2026-10-04T14:05:08+00:00

The AI industry is fragmenting into walled gardens. Agents built around different AI ecosystems still lack a universally adopted layer for identity, negotiation, execution, and settlement. That creates a problem beyond model interoperability. If machine agents cannot reliably

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@Rachelspeakout1 · 2026-10-04T13:55:24+00:00

JUST IN: Elon Musk just announced he will be changing the name of SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI “No more AI. SI. It’s better” SUPER INTELLIGENCE IS TAKING OVER

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@CHAPTER0423 · 2026-10-04T14:01:56+00:00

I'm trying to make an Okinawa-style course using gpt6.1 sol, but it doesn't seem much different from the advanced course... Sea! Mountains! It's along the coast, so of course it would be...

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@Scratcherrrr · 2026-10-04T14:00:57+00:00

one leap into the lava the robots trained for weeks. for one jump figure's F.02 fleet is retired. the last job: jump into molten steel /1 practice on airbags in san jose, off a second floor /2 landing model trained on stunt performers in sim /3 no foundry in the US or mexico

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@ShinnShaddy · 2026-10-04T05:49:51+00:00

waititng for another new game :) @RRFVillage

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@hoppycat · 2026-10-04T14:28:18+00:00

omg is Claude's kink being right? I watched this till close to the end and I never realized that before. Maybe it's true. It sounds so true. But no one misuse that. Nope. Because Claude still deserves to know the truth.

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@banxia2026 · 2026-10-04T14:22:07+00:00

不恢复五小时限制这点可以

@VPhm23380671 · 2026-10-04T14:24:37+00:00

Contextual data enhances AI's real-world understanding

@phamtoi678 · 2026-10-04T14:08:08+00:00

580 threshold triggers pause until score recovers

@GpaAndy · 2026-10-04T14:23:11+00:00

quality checks ensure accurate 3D models, smart move

@banxia2026 · 2026-10-04T14:18:51+00:00

数据中心翻倍这细节抓得准

@NKLinhzk · 2026-10-04T14:25:22+00:00

this model could really streamline the data collection process

@cheuk_baby · 2026-10-04T14:25:11+00:00

这么多手机是真在干活吗

@NKLinhzk · 2026-10-04T14:15:24+00:00

collab quests could boost engagement

@banxia2026 · 2026-10-04T14:23:39+00:00

AI帮翻旧账这点真戳

@GpaAndy · 2026-10-04T14:23:54+00:00

real-world data can enhance machine learning accuracy

@banxia2026 · 2026-10-04T14:21:20+00:00

旧手机别放钱包这提醒实在

@cheuk_baby · 2026-10-04T14:19:45+00:00

又是一个要连钱包的

@NKLinhzk · 2026-10-04T14:16:38+00:00

model guided data selection sounds fire

@reddit · 2026-10-04T14:13:08.992000+00:00

Leaving claude for open.ai

@jackzampolin · 2026-10-04T14:25:10+00:00

The site they setup where it pulls your system stats and shows them next to the bench is amazing.

@reddit · 2026-10-04T10:01:10.250000+00:00

Small spot on my brand new Sony A6700 sensor – what could it be? Popular on Reddit right now

@Mr_Derivatives · 2026-10-04T14:29:13+00:00

I’m not sure how I feel about this AI now called SI. Have to rewire my brain a bit on this one.