Keir

[Keir @keirskoel]

We just hacked game dev:

[Rosebud AI @Rosebud_AI]

Upload an image, get a game. Watch it happen👇

[Jason Agbebaku @AgbebakuJason]

Vibe coded this VR game in VR. I used speech to text so I didn't even need to type.

@threejs @Rosebud_AI

[Lisha @lishali88]

My feed has been inundated with posts of Grok 3 making basic arcade games. But llms from years ago could make decent arcade games, not news. So I ran a one-shot test to determine how well it fared again other frontier models in creating a 3D game with room for it to come up with gameplay and aesthetics. I tested Grok 3, O1, Sonnet 3,5, Llama4, DeepSeek, and Gemini using the following prompt.

Make Dune x Minecraft 🏜️

Imagine a sandbox survival game set on a desert planet. Players mine ‘spice’ and must build defenses against roaming sandworms. Design the main gameplay loop, crafting system, and survival challenges in one complete description.

✏️tldr O1, Grok 3, and Sonnet 3.5 were the most impressive. Aesthetically, Grok nailed the best vibes (it even produced a surprisingly cool-looking spice mining truck), but the game lacked functionality. O1 took the top spot imo with a functional and visually appealing experience, and Sonnet 3.5 followed closely. This is obviously just one test, but you can see the generated code and games in the thread (and even try forking them on Rosebud).

Longer summary:

@OpenAI O1: Best vibes to function balance. Looked good, working controls, I could mine spice.

@xai #Grok3: Excelled at generating vibes for dune. I especially liked the Dune-inspired spice mining car—though it wasn’t entirely a complete game. I could move around, but none of the crafting mechanics worked.

@AnthropicAI Sonnet3.5: produced something in space that had dune vibes. More functional than Grok because I could mine spice. However vibes were worse than the first two.

@deepseek_ai : Managed to generate code that worked, but the game was so hard it always ended seconds after it started, and despite requests for better visuals, it looked VERY ugly.

@GoogleDeepMind Gemini 2.0 flash and @metaai LLaMA: Sadly landed at the bottom of the list; after multiple prompts (this was supposed to be one shot and none of the others failed in the first shot), I couldn’t get them to produce working code for this prompt.

All of these were tested on @Rosebud_AI . An obvious limitation with these frontier models in their chat interfaces is that you can only get them to regenerate code from scratch each time you prompt them, making it tough to refine or extend a single project. Rosebud, on the other hand, lets you iterate on one project (we do diffs), deploy with one click, share your project, and even allow others to remix it.

This was just a single test, so it’s obviously not scientific. I wanted to create it to see how these frontier models handle more complex game prompts—rather than retrying the same arcade games that earlier generations of LLMs have already mastered.

[Keir @keirskoel]

@ChKashifAli i'm omw

[Keir @keirskoel]

@ramzobhai @skull8888888888 @garrytan @AlexReibman @michelleefang you're too kind, Rameez! SF wouldn't be the same without you my friend

[Lisha @lishali88]

🌹 What excites me most about building @Rosebud_AI is massively expanding the kinds of games we get to enjoy once it's possible for anyone, not just developers, to make games. 🚀

🙅‍♀️No gatekeeping of who can be creative with making immersive, interactive content!

[Keir @keirskoel]

So great to see @Rosebud_AI next to @midjourney , @pika_labs, @runwayml and @elevenlabs 🌹

[Konstantine Buhler @Konstantine]

The sixth annual Forbes AI 50 list is now live.

There were many impressive companies that didn't make this year's top 50. We had over 1,900 applicants for just 50 slots.

The process from 1,900 to top 100 is fully algorithmic based on metrics like revenue scale, revenue growth, Glassdoor reviews, and product reviews. For the first time, nearly all winners had impressive financial metrics, a great sign for the AI industry. From the top 100 to final 50 we then have a panel of judges from the AI and VC industry vote.

When we started the list in 2019, there were maybe 200 applicants (the industry was much smaller). Now, with 1,900 and I think we should make it the AI 100 next year in 2025! If there is a company you think should make the list next year, please tag them below so we can reach out when we put the next list together!

Here are some rising trends we noticed in this year's list:

General productivity
Five productivity apps, @OpenAI’s ChatGPT, @AnthropicAI’s Claude, @DeepLcom, @NotionHQ and @magicaltome are now catering to customers at the consumer, prosumer and enterprise levels. Productivity has always been a focus of AI, but we saw huge gains revenue growth and user engagement this year.

Applications for creators
Image editor @photoroom_app, video generation app @pika_labs and game-builder @Rosebud_AI show that the lines are blurring between consumer and prosumer for creative software. Products like OpenAI's Sora are mind-blowing, and just the beginning of the next generation of applications for creators.

AI in the physical world
@Figure_robot in robotics, @tractian in industrial maintenance and @Waabi_ai in self-driving are beginning to show how the integration of AI software with hardware will transform work in the physical world. Our guess is next year's list will have many more companies in the AI robotics trend. It seems right around the corner.

Infrastructure
@MistralAI is an amazing new entrant in foundation models. In many ways Mistral has taken leadership in the Open Source community alongside list veteran @huggingface. @langchain established itself in a category of its own as an all-purpose application development framework for working with LLMs.

Thanks for reading. Tag any companies we should include for next year's list, as well as any other trends or ideas you noticed this year!

https://t.co/QT05fZ40sp

[Keir @keirskoel]

@ChKashifAli @IsaMacedaAli @kuldip @rexRomanum @frankjunyulin @heyaleksandr @sea_sharp_ @sahilabro_ @nicholaswclouse @hellovarinder @k11kirky Great office @ChKashifAli 🔥

[Keir @keirskoel]

And we're just getting started 🚀

[Lisha @lishali88]

🌹Hackernews #1 !!!!! 🚀 @Rosebud_AI https://t.co/OKQBgkUNOt

[Keir @keirskoel]

@michelleefang @brackin here for it!🚀

[Keir @keirskoel]

SF FTW

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

At YC we hope to fill every office tower with new high paying jobs by the next Airbnb, Stripe, Dropbox, Coinbase, Cruise, DoorDash and Instacart.

Decacorns will start from nothing, born in lofts in Cerebral Valley to fill skyscrapers downtown, born of AI and grit.

[Keir @keirskoel]

Do you feel unsafe in SF? Let’s protest what’s happening and save this city. Against crime. Against drugs. City hall, 11am, Sunday 4/16.
Come, it matters. #saveSF

[Keir @keirskoel]

Only in SF. Love this city

[Keir @keirskoel]

Снова прошли полгода — снова Catch Up вместе с Дашей Центер.
Как всегда, интересные книги, сериалы, кино и музыка, а также английский, трезвость, немного спорт и питание, важные новости о моём подкасте, политика в США и многое другое.
https://t.co/7tb3o8BKJs

[Keir @keirskoel]

Новый выпуск с Михаилом Портновым — видеоблогером и основателем школы «Portnov Computer School».
Говорили об иммиграции, антисиметизме в СССР, системе в России, тестировании ПО, работе в IT, жизни в долине, счастье и разрушительной силе ненависти.
https://t.co/EAJUinwtcU

[Keir @keirskoel]

@CaseyNeistat Yep, straight from Russia

[Keir @keirskoel]

@alpersert_ Nope, too many plans till the end of the year

[Keir @keirskoel]

@alpersert_ maybe next year!

[Keir @keirskoel]

@kopsozboqsoz Всё возможно :)

[Keir @keirskoel]

Новый подкаст с Андреем Курпатовым — врачом-психотерапевтом, автором книг о мышлении и работе мозга.
Говорили о современной науке, базовых потребностях человека, критике, проблемах цифрового общества и многом другом. https://t.co/LrS8phwuwM

[Keir @keirskoel]

@loovemiami Хотел бы согласиться, но тут могут быть исключения — экстренные ситуации у близких

[Keir @keirskoel]

Каждый раз убеждаюсь, что брать телефон, когда звонят без предупреждения с незнакомого номера — абсолютно бесполезное дело. Основных варианта 2:
1) Спам
2) Человек неадекватен