jack

no state is the best state

[jack @jack]

We reject: kings, presidents, and voting.
We believe in: rough consensus and running code.

—David Clark, 1992

[Igor Babuschkin @ibab]

We are releasing River API, our first product, in early access. The API gives you access to the same battle-tested tools that we’re using internally at River for post-training, reinforcement learning and continual learning. Check it out and let us know what you think!

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The World Cup begins tomorrow, and many will watch the matches. Soccer reminds us of something we must not forget: life is not a race to show off on our own, but a path we learn to walk together. Anyone who does not know how to pass the ball, even if they have talent, has not yet understood the game. Anyone who does not know how to live with and for others has not yet understood life. #ApostolicJourney

[alphaXiv @askalphaxiv]

As believers of open research, we are disappointed to see Anthropic silently degrading Fable 5 for AI development

"Any topic related to building pretraining pipelines, distributed training infrastructure, or ML accelerator design... may have limited effectiveness through Claude via methods such as prompt modification, steering vectors, or parameter-efficient fine-tuning."

Not only do they get to decide what you use LLMs for in research, but this also enables them to silently intervene in your research without you knowing.

This sets a dangerous precedent. If a model refuses openly, users can understand the boundary. If a model falls back to another model, users can still evaluate the difference. But if a model silently modifies or weakens its own answers while still pretending to help, researchers lose the ability to know whether a failed result came from their own idea, their implementation, or an invisible intervention by the model provider.

That is not safety. Safety policies should be transparent, auditable, and user-visible.

On top of that, the people most harmed by this are not the largest labs with massive teams and proprietary infrastructure. It is the independent researchers, academic groups, startups, and open-source builders who rely on public tools to compete, innovate, and pioneer AI for everyone else.

[jack @jack]

@nachunja no more single points of failure

[jack @jack]

congrats to @ibab and team!

[River AI @river_ai_inc]

We are incredibly excited to announce River AI. Our mission is to create personal AI that is owned and shaped by you.

Today’s best AIs are controlled by a few large corporations. We are building the alternative: a new, personal stack for AI that works entirely for you, shares your values, and operates on your terms.

[Cash App @CashApp]

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[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Thanks @beeple, I’ve been a fan of your art for a long time. This is my new favorite.

When I decided to sell my art I wanted every piece on the blockchain and to accept Bitcoin as payment.

“The Internet of Money” by Andreas Antonopoulos really opened my eyes.

[jack @jack]

the pay wand is just the first...

[Cash App @CashApp]

First drop of The Wand = SOLD OUT 🪄

More Tags are dropping this summer. Stay tuned.

[cam worboys @camworboys]

And we’re sold out.

Don’t miss the next @CashApp Tag.

Coming soon 💚

[Cash App @CashApp]

🪄 TADA.

The Cash App Wand is here. Tap it. Lock it. Style it.

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[jack @jack]

@joshuatopolsky guess the raver in you died

[jack @jack]

yes 🪄

[Cute Baby @nachunja]

$XYZ
1 in 5 teens have a Cash App Card

Isn’t this a crazy stat?
🤯

[Square @Square]

A new set of Square releases drops next week ⚡️

A few highlights:
→ Allergy and dietary preferences by seat — staff can flag allergens and diet notes per guest on tickets and the Kitchen Display System
→ Bitcoin tap-to-pay on Square Register — customers tap their phone on the display to pay with Bitcoin at checkout
→ Square Savings now offers up to 3.50% APY, with balances of $10,000 or more automatically qualifying for the higher rate

See everything in the full release notes: https://t.co/c50SigzNzG

[jack @jack]

yes

[andy @andy8052]

This is going to do EXTREMELY well

[Vicky @victoria_framer]

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This was so good that I’m literally setting up a @CashApp account right NOW.

[⚪️ sierra catalina @sierracatalina]

ATTN MUSICAL FRIENDS & RANDOS ON THE FOR YOU:

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[Kyle Fletcher 🐀 @kyleluvsew]

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[Cash App @CashApp]

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[The Verge @verge]

Cash App made a magic wand for contactless payments https://t.co/rkhcBzDSIg