Y Combinator's guide to being an AI-native company: tokenmaxx, don't headcountmaxx

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Y Combinator partner Diana Hu said that maximizing token usage will be "the critical shift."

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AI is opening doors for philosophy majors

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Philosophy majors are landing lucrative roles shaping AI, but their real influence is still up for debate.

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Ukraine says it's training drone pilots in 'Grand Theft Auto V'

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A Ukrainian drone pilot fits with goggles and a controller. A small drone flies in the sky near him.
Gamers have a lot of applicable skills for piloting drones, including hand-eye coordination and familiarity with controllers and screens.

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Sam Altman asked GPT-5.5 to plan its own launch party. Its requests were 'beautiful' but 'strange.'

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Sam Altman said he's planning on throwing a party for GPT-5.5. So he asked the system what it wants at the celebration.

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How Google made peace with war

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On April 27, more than 600 Google employees signed a letter urging CEO Sundar Pichai to prevent the Pentagon from using the company's AI products for classified operations.

I read my boyfriend's ChatGPT and it ended our relationship

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Lindsey Hall said she didn't regret reading her boyfriend's ChatGPT despite getting backlash online.

Lindsey Hall

Sam Altman says Elon Musk can come to his GPT 5.5 party: 'World needs more love'

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OpenAI cofounders Sam Altman and Elon Musk are in the middle of a court battle.

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I was in the room when Warren Buffett gave a surprise interview at Berkshire's annual conference. The mood swung from excited to gloomy, then hopeful.

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Warren Buffett called out "gambling" and the dangers of deepfakes in a surprise interview.

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Ask.com shuts down after 30 years

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Ask.com, originally founded as the Y2K stalwart Ask Jeeves, is officially dead.

My 4-year-old was a picky eater. Allowing him to cook dinner changed that.

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The author shares how letting her 4-year-old cook helped with his picky eating.

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