Max Lu

Ph.D. student @ Harvard | Formerly Reuters, Bloomberg & L.A. Times | UofT Alum | Views my own

[Max Lu @maxlvhao]

Wherever we’re heading, it isn’t toward tranquility

[Pika @pika_labs]

Introducing Pika AI Selves: AI you birth, raise, and set loose to be a living extension of you. They’re rich, multi-faceted beings with persistent memory, and maybe even a peanut allergy. It’s up to you!

Have them send pictures to your group chat. Make a video game about your fish. Call your mom while you do anything but call your mom. The possibilities are as myriad as the stars ✨

Get on the list to give birth to yours at pika dot me

[Shuhao Zhang @shuhao_friday]

spent more time deploying TinyFish API demos than building them. so I built: https://t.co/YUz5bFJJLS

Now: one command = instant public link, free forever, no install, no signup.

Built something with TinyFish API? share it live + contribute to our cookbook https://t.co/HxoNAPT9uy

[UniversityWorldNews @uniworldnews]

Before delegating the complex task of student #evaluation to #AI we need to ask a more fundamental question: To what extent does an #LLM’s rating represent a student’s actual capability? writes @maxlvhao @Harvard
https://t.co/U9zwNA48kL

[Max Lu @maxlvhao]

My column for the @uniworldnews just got published: Rethinking student assessment in the age of AI https://t.co/76oWgHniFp

[Natural Language Processing Papers @HEI]

How Model Size, Temperature, and Prompt Style Affect LLM-Human Assessment Score Alignment. https://t.co/IcZ4OqXRvo

[Max Lu @maxlvhao]

Global talent chains in ‘tectonic’ shift towards Asia https://t.co/WScagSJfNr

[UniversityWorldNews @uniworldnews]

#Technology & #geopolitics driving shift in global talent chains which saw Chinese and Indian students #StudyAbroad now staying at home or returning after study-work @YojanaSharma reports
@Maxlvhao @Tsinghua_Uni @iitdelhi
https://t.co/BzG8Rrpvmc

[Max Lu @maxlvhao]

can you guys ask chatgpt to rename all the models? This is insane. @sama @OpenAI

[Jane Boon Ph.D. - BOLD STROKES & EDGE PLAY @JaneEBoon]

I wrote a little something with my husband @NPearlstine for @thedailybeast. We share a bed, and now a byline!

Forget the 51st state business proposed by DJT. Let's put Canada and @MarkJCarney in charge of the whole shebang.
#CanadianExceptionalism
https://t.co/ZkyZr717GE

[Max Lu @maxlvhao]

@Kris7146 还真不是。。。我们团队dev的账号被impersonate了。。。我们根本不知道这回事

[Max Lu @maxlvhao]

Am I aging, or is Times New Roman actually starting to look better than Helvetica?

[Keith Zhai @KeithZhai]

I left journalism after nearly 20 years. I thought the hardest part would be fewer scoops, less caffeine, and more meetings. Turns out, that was the easy bit.

Nobody warns you about the identity crisis, the sudden loneliness, or how impossible it becomes to meet new people.

One day, your calls get returned instantly, your inbox never stops, and conversations come effortlessly. The next, you’re at a networking event, pretending to check your email, wondering how normal people do this.

If you’ve ever walked away from a career that once defined you, you’ll get it. Thoughts here 👇

https://t.co/3FO0o7HGQa

[Max Lu @maxlvhao]

Ever had a boss who knows less than you, makes you do all the work but takes the credit, lacks the skills but holds the title, asks clueless questions, demands more for less, and only values you once you’re gone?

If ChatGPT were conscious, it’d probably feel the same about us.

[Max Lu @maxlvhao]

In 2020, I created a tool called InsightNLP at @latimes and no one could remember the name of the thing and I was sure it’s the worst way to name products and no one would succeed in naming their products in such a nerdy way. Kinda wrong about that.

[Sam Altman @sama]

an ode to the history of technology, and human potential:

[Trajan Hammonds @trajan317]

Indeed, if you make a new program aimed at minorities, incentivize them to apply with better pay and less teaching, and then discourage them from applying to other NSF fellowships... cutting that program will absolutely take a bunch of minorities right out of academia 13/n

[Max Lu @maxlvhao]

Printing ads on Wapo is probably the most guaranteed way to make sure Trump will read your message 😂

[Alexandr Wang @alexandr_wang]

1/ New Administration, same goal: Win on AI

Our ad in the Washington Post, January 21, 2025

After spending the weekend in DC, I’m certain this Administration has the AI muscle to keep us ahead of China. 

Five recommendations for the new administration 🧵

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

Breaking from @hntrbrkmedia: China’s DJI, the world's largest drone manufacturer, has disabled U.S. geofencing on its drones, enabling flights over airports, military bases, and no-fly zones.

DJI says it is putting “control back in the hands of the drone operators”

[tudor @tudorzeicu]

I downloaded that chinese rednote app to see what americans are up to and someone called me english learning material lmaooo I love them #tiktokrefugees

[Max Lu @maxlvhao]

The US govt’s TikTok ban has ironically sparked one of the most friendly exchanges between netizens from the US and China on 小红书, an app without an English name or a translation function

Just unbelievable

No strategist can came up with such a bizarre & brilliant idea 😂

[Morning Brew ☕️ @MorningBrew]

The top two free apps on the US Apple App Store today are both TikTok alternatives

1. Xiaohongshu, 'RedNote'
2. Lemon8 (owned by Bytedance)

TikTok refugees are making their moves