When I was a kid, I was interested in a number of professions that are now either outdated, or have changed completely. One ...

OpenAI’s frontier model may not have astounded when it arrived earlier this year, but research indicates it’s now much better than others at writing code with fewer vulnerabilities. One area where GPT ...

Tech CEOs are making ambitious claims about AI's coding capabilities. In March, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said "we'll be there in three to six months — where AI is writing 90% of the code." Meta's ...

If you live in Wisconsin and shop on Amazon, you’ve probably used the return system at least once. The good news? It’s still pretty easy. The caveat: small changes in 2024 and early 2025 mean you’ll ...

And if I may add a somewhat related question: is there any reason we don't have physical-axis tactics (flip-x, flip-y) in addition to the logical flip-inline and flip-block? Given that position-area ...

Google Colab, also known as Colaboratory, is a free online tool from Google that lets you write and run Python code directly in your browser. It works like Jupyter Notebook but without the hassle of ...

With so many wild predictions flying around about the future AI, it’s important to occasionally take a step back and check in on what came true — and what hasn’t come to pass. Exactly six months ago, ...

Lately, everyone’s talking about using AI for coding, and ChatGPT is right at the center of it. It’s like having a coding buddy who can help you out with all sorts of tasks, from writing small bits of ...

Writing good code requires close attention to detail and lots of will power and discipline. Good habits are half the battle. Last week, I talked about the relationship between polishing forks and ...

Google Gemini has a problem with self-criticism. “I am sorry for the trouble. I have failed you. I am a failure,” the AI tool recently told someone who was using Gemini to build a compiler, according ...

Norms for professionalism have evolved over the past century — and rapidly so in the last five years. In 2019, Wall Street saw Goldman Sachs relax its dress code. On Capitol Hill, Congressperson Rosa ...