Luke McAlpine

Modernising payments at B4B Payments. Finance + Tech + Science + Art + Culture. All views are my own.

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

I can now probably say this:

Two months ago, inside Anthropic someone suggested building a token leaderboard.

A heated internal debate followed and the decision was made to *never* ever do it… because several people inside Anthropic simply thought ahead of the consequences

[Claude @claudeai]

Also new in Claude Code: dynamic workflows (research preview).

For the hardest tasks, Claude makes a plan, runs hundreds of parallel subagents, and verifies its work before reporting back. Think a migration touching hundreds of files.

Read more: https://t.co/7gt06kGkDN

[Claude @claudeai]

Introducing Claude Opus 4.8: it builds on Opus 4.7 with sharper judgment, more honesty about its own progress, and the ability to work independently for longer than its predecessors.

Available today at the same price.

[Luke McAlpine @LukeBDMcAlpine]

@Suhail A Lovable clone that does slides competently would be handy though

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@itsalfredw Listen

Looks interesting, would be keen to test

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@itsalfredw @sequoia @ListenLabs @Microsoft @canva Listen

Looks interesting, keen to test it out

[Sam Altman @sama]

1) What

[Luke McAlpine @LukeBDMcAlpine]

Whoa

https://t.co/Piq7qfbRQ2

[Luke McAlpine @LukeBDMcAlpine]

@sytaylor Congrats @sytaylor

[Luke McAlpine @LukeBDMcAlpine]

@pmarca @bhorowitz Do you think there will be a tipping point at which audiences will readily and knowingly consume AI generated content, and at volume, especially if the marginal cost and effort for production is low? Thinking about authenticity of human connection vs. compelling AI content

[Luke McAlpine @LukeBDMcAlpine]

Thought Machine goes global with latest hiring spree https://t.co/OmteaIR8rL via @Finextra

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@NicholasGotts @porksmith Can’t beat the classics

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.

The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

.@deewhock, creator of Visa, died this week at 93. A very underrated innovator and someone who inspired me and @collision.

David Stearns, author of the definitive book about Visa, works at Stripe and shared the below.

RIP.

[Luke McAlpine @LukeBDMcAlpine]

@elonmusk @JeffBezos @NicholasGotts

[Luke McAlpine @LukeBDMcAlpine]

An incredible visit to see the Muir Woods Californian redwoods yesterday. An old growth forest with trees over 1,000 years old in a complex and delicate ecosystem. Very serene and helps with appreciating the… https://t.co/qtbTRovAYP

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Morning run past the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge @ The Embarcadero San Francisco https://t.co/yLh0L2LWwX

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@benedictevans @albertwycheung @NicholasGotts

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British Columbia passes emissions law banning sale of gas-powered cars by 2040 https://t.co/g4qGobnm50 via @Verge

[Luke McAlpine @LukeBDMcAlpine]

Great fun mentoring today at the #visasmallbiz Design Hack with @Visa in London. Fantastic to see some creative ideation and high energy levels and excited to see the final pitches tomorrow #visa #LifeatVisa #fintech #payments #AKQA @founders_future