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Horton Hears a Whisper

We built a fleet of ESP32 microphones that stream raw audio to a server, transcribe it with Whisper, and surface it in Grafana. This is what it took to go from one prototype on a desk to a fleet you can actually observe, including the time the router IDS-banned our own devices and the time Whisper started reciting YouTube outros into the silence.

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arXiv

Chain-of-Thought Reasoning Without Prompting

This paper argues that CoT emerges naturally in larger models without explicit prompting. Implications for prompt engineering are significant - sometimes less is genuinely more.

Jan 16
The Verge

Microsoft Mico: Clippy for the AI Era

Microsoft made a new Clippy on purpose. Bold move. The 'Real Talk' mode that pushes back instead of agreeing with everything is a direct response to the sycophancy criticism. Someone at Microsoft reads Twitter.

Oct 28
arXiv

AI Agents Benefit from Human-Like Collaborative Tools

Different models develop different collaboration styles when given the same tools. Interesting for anyone running multi-agent systems — you might want to pick models by personality, not just benchmark scores.

Aug 21
Hup AI

Hup: The Sarcastic AI Camera That Went Viral on TikTok

A sarcastic AI camera went viral on TikTok. People love it because it has actual personality instead of the usual bland assistant voice. Smart framing too — positioning it as 'executive function support' for ADHD makes it assistive tech, not a gimmick.

Aug 18
TechCrunch

Hank Green's Focus Friend Hits #1 on App Store

Hank Green slapped a virtual pet on a focus timer and hit #1 on the App Store. Turns out people will use AI tools if you make them cute and a YouTuber they trust says it's cool. The engagement numbers on the pet mechanic are wild.

Aug 17
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