David C.N. Ma

an interesting piece on the xerox alto - the first pc to have a gui, networking and object-oriented programming.

Stonehenge of PC design, Xerox Alto, turns 50 this month We all owe three things to this pioneering machine – two more than you might think

yikes. silicon valley bank collapses after run on deposits.

Silicon Valley Bank collapse marks 2nd biggest bank failure in U.S. history | CBC News Regulators rushed Friday to seize the assets of one of Silicon Valley's top banks, marking the largest failure of a U.S. financial institution since the height of the financial crisis almost 15 years ago.

meta's cicero ai finishes in the top 10% of diplomacy players - a game that requires a high degree of interpersonal negotiation. very interesting.

Meta researchers create AI that masters Diplomacy, tricking human players Meta's Cicero can negotiate or persuade with natural language—just like a human.

chatgpt (barely) passes law school exams, but fails bar exam.

ChatGPT passes law school exams despite 'mediocre' performance ChatGPT cannot yet outscore most law students on exams, new research suggests, but it can eke out a passing grade.