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Jacquard — The Programming Language That Wants to Fix AI’s Biggest Problem
So there’s this programming language called Jacquard that I can’t stop thinking about. Not because it’s another language you need to learn — we’ve got enough of those. But because it’s the first language I’ve seen that’s designed from the ground up with the assumption that AI is writing most of the code. And that…
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From Chai to Croissant: How UPI Quietly Conquered the Streets of Paris
Let me paint you a picture. It’s a chilly Tuesday evening in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. A young Indian tourist walks into a tiny boulangerie near the Pantheon. She points at a perfectly golden pain au chocolat. The baker smiles. She pulls out her phone. The baker expects a card, maybe some crumpled euros.…
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Google’s Nobel-Winning AI Researcher John Jumper (AlphaFold) Is Leaving for Anthropic
Another heavyweight is reportedly leaving Google DeepMind for Anthropic — and this time, it’s a Nobel Prize winner. John Jumper, the scientist behind AlphaFold — arguably the most significant AI breakthrough outside of large language models — is said to be moving from Google DeepMind to Anthropic. If true, it’s a signal that the AI…
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Meta Leads ₹8,550 Crore Investment in CRED — Kunal Shah to Lead WhatsApp
Meta Leads ₹8,550 Crore Investment in CRED — Kunal Shah to Lead WhatsApp In what’s being called Meta’s biggest bet on the Indian market yet, the social media giant has led a staggering ₹8,550 crore (~$1B+) investment round in fintech startup CRED. The deal reshapes India’s fintech landscape overnight, but the bigger headline? Kunal Shah,…
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This Startup Pays Workers $1/Hour to Wear Cameras and Train AI — and Honestly, I’m Conflicted
Imagine getting paid a dollar an hour to wear a camera on your head while you fix someone’s AC. That’s the deal Human Archive is offering India’s gig workers. And depending on who you ask, it’s either a smart on-ramp to the AI economy — or something that sounds way too dystopian to ignore. I…
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Claude Is Now Inside Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook — Here’s What You Can Do With It
If you spend your day flipping between Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint — and let’s be honest, who doesn’t — Anthropic just gave you a reason to stop copy-pasting context into a chat window. Claude is now inside all four Microsoft 365 apps. Not as a browser tab you switch to. As a sidebar that…
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Google Gemini Omni Leaked — Native Video Model Shocks AI World
Right now, inside the Gemini app, there’s a new option. A tab that says “Video Generation.” And if you tap it, you see: “Start with an idea or try a template. Powered by Omni.” That’s the leak. And it changes the video AI game more than any model release this year. What Actually Happened It…
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AI Agent Wars Heat Up: Hermes Tops OpenRouter & DeepSeek V4 Flash Runs Locally on MacBook
The AI agent landscape just witnessed two major shifts this weekend. Hermes Agent — an open-source, self-learning AI agent from Nous Research — has overtaken OpenClaw to claim the #1 spot on OpenRouter’s global token consumption leaderboard. Meanwhile, Redis creator Salvatore Sanfilippo (antirez) released ds4, a dedicated inference engine that runs DeepSeek V4 Flash entirely…
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Meta Just Opened Its Ad System to Claude and ChatGPT — Here’s What It Means
Something interesting happened at the end of April. Meta flipped a switch that most people barely noticed — but it changes how advertising on Facebook and Instagram works. Meta launched something called Meta Ads AI Connectors. It’s an official MCP (Model Context Protocol) server at mcp.facebook.com/ads that lets you manage your entire Meta ad account…
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Airbnb Says AI Writes 60% of Its New Code — Are Developers Becoming Managers?
Airbnb Says AI Writes 60% of Its New Code — Are Developers Becoming Managers? Last week on their Q1 2026 earnings call, Airbnb dropped a number that made the tech world do a double-take: 60% of their new code is now written by AI. CEO Brian Chesky didn’t just slip it in as a footnote.…
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