Politico quoting Trump’s remarks at the UN:
From this point forward, all United States documents and hopefully the world’s will be changed to use the much more accurate term, super, as opposed to artificial. So it’s super intelligence.
No. As usual this is just a distraction. 🇺🇸
Lots of AI news today. Opus 5.5, and GPT-6 Sol and Luna. Luna is very affordable. 1/100th the price of Astra. The only cheaper model from OpenAI is the old GPT-5 Nano, which I’m still using for some server work because of the price.
OutPost is a new Micropub client for Mac, with full compatibility with Micro.blog-hosted blogs. It’s a public beta now. Initial testing looks good! In fact I’m typing this microblog post using it.
Following up on my home server minor dilemma… The problem is best illustrated with this summary:
That is quite the price difference. I feel like the M5 Pro is wasted here.
Thinking more about what I need for home NAS or OpenClaw server. I have an old Drobo that has important files I need to transfer before it stops working. Could get a Synology, Mac mini that solves multiple problems, or… nothing. I don’t love maintaining extra hardware.
Flipping through news channels over breakfast like I usually do, the Today Show actually had a pretty good segment on AI technology to help with air traffic control. Good balance of facts and humor. I think that’s largely going to be the mainstream response: “Interesting. And yet life goes on.”
AI tends to over-engineer more than I would. It’s kind of nice, because the code is often robust today, but it’s a lot to maintain tomorrow. I usually have to walk it back after a first pass, streamlining things, simplifying database changes. There’s a cost to doing too little and doing too much.
Reviewing the latest draft of the LOLA portability spec for ActivityPub. Micro.blog supports a bunch of import and export formats, as well as the “move” activity. Planning to add LOLA too.
OpenAI blogs about a new advisory group for math and AI. On their new internal model:
In addition to resolving the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize problem, this model has now resolved more than 100 long-standing open problems across most areas of mathematics. The pace of its progress in mathematics has surprised the mathematicians within OpenAI.
I think OpenAI realized they rushed out Navier–Stokes, creating controversy that overshadowed the achievement. This post sounds like a good reset.
Caleb Hailey responded to my comment about a MacBook Neo-class Mac:
When the redesigned Mac Mini was announced I had hoped for it to be USB-C powered. But a Mac Nano (or Mac Neo) would be an even better fit for a USB-C powered Mac that could be used in all the ways you can use a Raspberry Pi. I bet they could beat the old Mac Mini pricing for a device like this, and ship it at $299-399.
I wouldn’t expect Apple to go that low, but even $499 would be great. It could literally be the same components as the Neo except no screen, no keyboard, and no battery.