Domain expertise has always been the real moat
An argument that as AI commoditizes raw coding and content production, the durable advantage shifts to people who deeply understand a specific domain — the thing models can't synthesize from scratch.
The stack
4 picks · curatedThese AI models are free, private, and will never say 'no'
A look at the growing ecosystem of open-weight models that run locally with no guardrails — private and uncensored by design — and the safety questions that follow when refusal is no longer part of the stack.
Experimental pill promises new hope for deadly pancreatic cancer
Early results on an experimental oral drug show promise against pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest and most treatment-resistant cancers, where survival gains have been hard to come by for decades.
SoftBank to build up AI data centres in France with major investment
SoftBank is committing a major investment to expand AI data-center capacity in France, extending the global buildout of compute infrastructure into Europe.
Tech & capital
Hacker News · 153 c · 305 pts
Accenture to acquire Ookla
Reuters · today
First Windows PC powered by Nvidia chips to debut next week
Hacker News · 162 c · 443 pts
Openrsync: an implementation of rsync by the OpenBSD team
Hacker News · 84 c · 218 pts
Zig ELF linker improvements devlog
The wire
AP Wire · today
Hegseth tones down warnings about China but says US remains committed to Pacific security
NPR · yesterday
Judge agrees to review Trump's $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund
Reuters · today
Meteor fireball triggered loud boom across New England, NASA confirms
AP Wire · today
AI helped a musician with Parkinson's finish his album when he could no longer play guitar
Faith
Christianity Today · this week
Christian groups could lose property under India's 'dangerous' new bill
Christianity Today · this week
All Christians should listen to Pope Leo on AI
Mere Orthodoxy · this week
Community, character, and the governance of the social commons
Slow reads
Marginal Revolution · today
Lifestyle and living standards arbitrage
Astral Codex Ten · 9 min
Book review: The Dialectical Imagination
Mere Orthodoxy · this week
Agatha Christie is still worth reading
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