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// Tech news at terminal velocity

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Poisoning AI Scrapers, xAI's Empty Nest, and Bluesky's Custom Feeds

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• xAI loses its last original co-founder as Ross Nordeen departs, leaving Elon Musk as the sole remaining founder.

• Bluesky introduces 'Attie', an AI assistant powered by Claude that lets users build custom algorithms and feeds.

• Developers are fighting back against AI scrapers with 'Miasma', a tool that traps bots in an endless poison pit.

Headlines & Launches

🚪 xAI's Last Original Co-Founder Departs

Ross Nordeen, the last of the original 11 co-founders of Elon Musk's xAI, has officially left the building. With his departure, Musk is now the sole remaining member of the original 2023 founding team.

Source: TechCrunch

🦋 Bluesky Unveils 'Attie' for Custom AI Feeds

Bluesky isn't just a social network anymore; it's an algorithm playground. Their new AI assistant, Attie, uses Anthropic's Claude to let users design custom feeds and eventually vibe-code their own apps on the AT Protocol.

Source: TechCrunch

🎵 Suno v5.5 Lets You Clone Your Own Voice

The AI music generator just dropped a massive update focused on customization. You can now train the model on your own voice and songs, proving that the future of music is just you collaborating with a machine version of yourself.

Source: The Verge

⚖️ Meta Takes a Hit in Child Safety Trials

Juries in New Mexico and Los Angeles have held Meta liable for the impact of its platforms on child safety. It's a landmark moment that asks whether tech giants should literally pay for the psychological design of their apps.

Source: The Verge

Deep Dives

🧠 The Dangers of AI Therapy

A new Stanford study attempts to measure the harm of AI sycophancy when users ask chatbots for personal advice. Turns out, having a yes-man algorithm validate your worst life choices might not be the psychological breakthrough we hoped for.

Source: TechCrunch

🧮 Better Math, Not Just More RAM

As the industry obsesses over scaling compute and memory, some researchers are asking if we're brute-forcing a problem that requires elegance. This piece explores whether fundamental mathematical breakthroughs could replace our insatiable appetite for hardware.

Source: Substack

Engineering & Research

🪤 Trapping AI Scrapers in a Poison Pit

Meet Miasma, an open-source tool designed to trap aggressive AI web scrapers in an endless, resource-draining loop. It's the digital equivalent of a roach motel for bots that ignore your robots.txt.

Source: GitHub

🕸️ Agent Lattice (Lat.md)

A knowledge graph for your codebase written entirely in Markdown. It wires up wiki-links into a directed graph, making it easier for both humans and AI agents to navigate complex project contexts.

Source: GitHub

📊 Google Sheets as a CRUD Backend

Because sometimes you just want to vibe-code without setting up Postgres. Sheet Ninja turns Google Sheets into a fully functional CRUD backend, proving that spreadsheets will outlive us all.

Source: Hacker News

Odds & Ends

🤝 Zuck Offers Elon Help with DOGE

The cage match is off, and the bromance is on. Mark Zuckerberg reportedly texted Elon Musk to offer his assistance with the Department of Government Efficiency.

Source: TechCrunch

🍻 Polymarket Opens a Pop-Up Bar in DC

The prediction market platform has opened a 'Situation Room' pop-up bar in Washington DC. Because nothing pairs better with degenerate prop betting than a cold pint in the nation's capital.

Source: Ars Technica

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