Stop using ChatGPT for everything: I use these AI models for research, coding, and more (and which I avoid)

Obsessing over model version matters less than workflow.

From Pebble to the Index 01: Why Eric Migicovsky built a button for his finger

“A lot of the things that I do are designed to be frictionless,” Eric Migicovsky, founder of Pebble and Beeper, told me ...

I tested GPT-5.2 and the AI model's mixed results raise tough questions

Subjected to my battery of 10 text tests and 4 image challenges, OpenAI's latest model barely edged out GPT-5.1. What are Plus subscribers actually paying for?
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Why Lab-Grown Brain Cells Might Never Become Conscious

Brain organoids can be a good step forward, assuming they are grown from induced human pluripotent stem cells. That allows us to sidestep ethical concerns about the use of human embryos, thereby ...

Nous Research just released Nomos 1, an open-source AI that ranks second on the notoriously brutal Putnam math exam

Nous Research's open-source Nomos 1 AI model scored 87/120 on the notoriously difficult Putnam math competition, ranking ...

San Diego students outraged after high school gym used to film questionable adult content

The first thing I see is a full-grown adult, an adult man wearing a baby costume and being fed milk from a baby bottle. I was ...

OpenAI launches GPT-5.2, claiming it hallucinates less and responds better to mental illness

OpenAI launched the newest models in its GPT‑5 series on Dec. 11. OpenAI announced today that it's launching GPT-5.2, the ...