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[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

We’ve always liked the idea of playing chess through letters. But it’s not something you easily find.

So we built our own.

Slowmate, a chess game where every move is delivered like a letter, over time.
No timers. No rush. Just waiting.

Try it here: https://t.co/4KyWueVXuD

[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

good morning, internet. ☀️

[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

We’ve spent years imagining home robots.

Now the question is no longer “if.”

It’s “which one.”

[Weave Robotics @weaverobotics]

Today, we’re launching our home robot Isaac 1.

Isaac 1 deliveries will begin this fall.

Order yours below.

[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

Good news for users.

[Claude @claudeai]

Fable 5 is back.

[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

The next phase of AI isn’t just better models.

It’s software built around how specific professions actually work.

[Claude @claudeai]

Introducing Claude Science, a new app designed with every stage of research in mind.

Artifacts traced to their code, environments managed on demand, and 60+ optional scientific databases that you can connect.

Available now in beta.

[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

You paid for it.
You downloaded it.
You owned it.

Until a licensing agreement changed.

[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

The future of AI won’t just be shaped by technology. It’ll be shaped by policy.

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

We believe in broad access and plan to make GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna generally available in the coming weeks.

For now, at the request of the U.S. government, we’re starting with a limited preview among a small group of trusted partners in Codex and the API.

[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

4/ The future of animal-themed games should focus on connection, not exploitation.
We can build engaging experiences without revealing where vulnerable living creatures are located.

[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

Rethinking location-based animal games 🐾🧵

1/Games that use real-world maps and encourage players to find specific animals can create unintended risks.

[ömer salih @omersalihpsd]

Cat Me If u Can'i ben yaptım. Son iki gündür gelen tepkilerin hepsini okudum, görmezden gelmedim. Aslında bu metni yazmamın sebebi de o. Çünkü korkunun nereden geldiğini çok iyi anlıyorum.

Bu ülkede biz "köpekleri haritada işaretleyelim" cümlesinin sonunda ne olduğunu gördük. Havrita'yı, o konumların neye dönüştüğünü, sokak hayvanlarının fişlenip toplatılma girişimini hepimiz yaşadık. O yüzden biri çıkıp "kedilerin yerini işaretleyen bir uygulama" dediğinde tüylerinizin diken diken olması son derece haklı bir refleks. Ben de o refleksi taşıyan biriyim. Bu yüzden kızgınlığı kişisel almıyorum. Ama yanlış anlaşılan kısmı düzeltmek zorundayım.

Bu uygulama bir fişleme aracı değil. Çünkü fişleme dediğimiz şey, bir canlının nerede olduğunu sürekli, güncel ve takip edilebilir şekilde tutmaktır. Burada öyle bir şey yok.

Bir kedi uygulamaya sadece bir kez, onu ilk fotoğraflayan kişi tarafından ekleniyor. O konum o ilk anın konumu. Sonradan o kediyi gören başka kullanıcılar onu canlı olarak takip edemiyor, konumunu güncelleyemiyor, "şu an şurada" diyemiyor. Yani uygulama bir kedinin anlık yerini kimseye veremez. Evet, bir kedi beslendiği bölgede aşağı yukarı bir kilometrelik bir alanda dolaşır. Bunu hepimiz biliriz. Ama tam da bu yüzden tek seferlik, güncellenmeyen bir konum kimseyi o kediye götüremez. Bu teknik olarak da fişleme değil.

Asıl eklemek istediğim şey şu. Uygulamada kedilere not bırakma özelliği var. Bunu kötü niyet için değil, tam tersi için koydum. "Bu kedinin gözü iltihaplı", "bu mahallede mama lazım", "bu yavruya bakan biri olsun" diyebilesin diye. Yani amaç bir kediyi toplatmak değil, yardıma ihtiyacı olan kediyi başka iyi niyetli insanlara görünür kılmak.

Dürüst olacağım. Bu dev bir şirket projesi değil. Bu uygulamayı 6 saatte yazdım, 6 saatte yayına aldım. Toplam 12 saat. 12 saatte bir uygulamanın "kedilerin yararına" olan bütün tarafını düşünüp ekleyemezsin. Daha o kısımlara sıra gelmeden, fikir ilk haliyle bu kadar büyüdü, bu kadar hype oldu.

Ama oturup beklemedim. Sadece 48 saat içinde 4 ayrı güncelleme çıkardım. Her güncellemede onu biraz daha güvenli, biraz daha kedi lehine, biraz daha işe yarar hale getirmeye çalışıyorum. Bu daha ilk hali. Bitmiş hali değil.

Ben bu işi kedileri rahatsız etmek için değil, sokakta zaten her gün gördüğümüz, sevdiğimiz canlıları biraz daha görünür, biraz daha sahiplenilir kılmak için yaptım. Korkunuz haklı ama hedefiniz yanlış. Eğer "şunu da ekle, bu daha güvenli olur" diyen biriyseniz, gerçekten dinliyorum. Çünkü bu uygulamayı sizinle birlikte daha iyi hale getirebilirim. Linçle değil.

Öneri vermek için google forms: https://t.co/nP7HgfZhsw

[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

3/ Instead, we can create safer and more meaningful game loops:
📸 Photo-based discovery instead of location tracking
🐱 AI-powered recognition and collections
🎮 Challenges based on traits, behaviors, and discoveries
🌱 Education, awareness, and positive interaction with animals

[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

the conversation around AI infrastructure changes quickly.

today’s assumptions can become outdated surprisingly fast.

[NVIDIA @nvidia]

Water usage has been a hot topic in the AI data center world, but the numbers may surprise you.

According to the Manhattan Institute, data centers use 0.2 percent of daily water usage in the U.S. and that number has dramatically decreased in the past few years due to a new method: liquid cooling.

By moving to 45°C liquid cooling, AI factories in favorable climates can use dry coolers instead of conventional cooling-tower-based systems, cutting facility cooling water use from roughly 2.6M gallons per MW per year to near zero.

Liquid cooling enables AI factories to be both water and energy efficient, while creating opportunities for heat reuse and dispersal to local communities, allowing these factories to become energy grid assets.

Learn more below ⬇️

https://t.co/7WanoPNKTR

[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

the future of AI was supposed to be decentralized innovation

instead we’re watching a handful of companies buy the infrastructure layer by layer

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

SpaceX has exercised the option to acquire @cursor_ai in an all-stock transaction with the goal of building the world’s most useful AI models.

For the past few months, SpaceXAI has been jointly training a model with Cursor, which will be released in Cursor and Grok Build soon.

We look forward to working closely with the Cursor team to advance our frontier AI capabilities

[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

AI is often described as a global technology.

moments like this remind us how geopolitical it really is.

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees.

The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance.

Access to all other Claude models is not affected.

We apologize for this disruption to our customers. We believe this is a misunderstanding and are working to restore access as soon as possible.

Read our full statement: https://t.co/bwn0sximKZ

[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

true.

AI doesn’t remove bottlenecks, it relocates them

[Amazon Web Services @awscloud]

More AI-generated code doesn't make your team faster. It might actually slow you down.

[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

every major technological shift creates uncertainty

the people who adapt early usually spend less time worrying about the future and more time building it

[Kalshi Finance @Kalshi_Finance]

BREAKING: AI replaced over 38,000 jobs in May alone

[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

Anthropic’s latest report:

⚠️ Claude now writes >80% of their code; humans are being sidelined.
🚨 Full autonomy risks a total loss of control as AI builds its own successors. ❌ Staff admit feeling "nothing I do matters anymore."

The loop is closing fast and we aren't ready.

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

Our internal data shows Claude is accelerating AI development—a possible path to recursive self-improvement, or AI autonomously building a more capable successor.

It’s happening faster than we thought, and the implications deserve greater attention. https://t.co/OVVPJO7VQx

[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

the AI era is starting to feel real

not because of the models

because the labs are becoming infrastructure

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

Anthropic has confidentially submitted a draft S-1 registration statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Pending completion of SEC review, this gives us the option to pursue an initial public offering.

Read more: https://t.co/onGZAhRLvD

[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

half of internet culture is people creating things

the other half is people trying to figure out why those things exist

[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

imagine explaining to someone in 2015 that a company accidentally spent $500M because employees talked too much to an AI

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

NEW: AI consultant reveals a client accidentally spent $500,000,000.00 in a single month after failing to set employee limits on Claude usage.

[PopJoy Lab @PopJoyLab]

the best ideas usually start as “this is stupid” and end as “why does this actually work”