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A company called Panthalassa has secretly developed massive floating data centers that autonomously sail to sea. These floating structures capture seawater to spin turbines and power GPU computing operations.

Coinbase is testing AI agents that appear in workplace communication platforms like Slack and email, modeled after former employees. The company plans to make it easy for employees to create their own agents and expects to have more AI agents than human employees soon.

A Replit Agent 4 hackathon is being held tomorrow at Network School in the Singapore/Malaysia area. The event includes a tutorial, a remote appearance by Amjad Masad, and a hackathon. Replit Agent 4 is described as an AI built for creative collaboration between humans and agents.

Balaji announced a Replit Agent 4 hackathon in Singapore/Malaysia at Network School, featuring a tutorial and remote appearance by Amjad Masad. The event includes a hackathon with details available through a provided link.

Balaji Srinivasan discusses how Satya Nadella accepted Microsoft's mobile losses to iOS and Android, then pivoted to supporting Linux on Microsoft hardware, running Office on competing mobile platforms, and moving to cloud-based Office 365.

AI serves as a useful shortcut that speeds execution but hides complexity. While users often love AI for its efficiency, readers frequently dislike AI-generated content. The key is to use AI appropriately without overusing it.

Balaji Srinivasan compares Keynesianism to communism, stating that while Soviet communism required armed confiscation of property, American Keynesianism achieves similar effects through monetary inflation that goes largely unnoticed by the public.

The author argues that both leftists and rightists have illusions about instant solutions: leftists think money can be created without work, while rightists think political power can be gained without building support. The article uses El Salvador's President Bukele as an example, noting he had to build political support through the internet rather than inheriting a "switch" to flip.

Network School is expanding and invites people to visit their website at http://ns.com. The announcement includes an image showing their growth.

A global map shows gas price increases since the Iran War began. The visual representation displays changes in fuel costs across different countries.

Balaji Srinivasan argues that AI verification is more difficult in the digital world than the physical world because the physical world is singular and observable, while digital environments are decentralized and subjective. He notes that physical tasks like moving boxes can be verified with high accuracy, while digital tasks like completing to-do lists are fuzzier and harder to verify.

Objection founder Aron Ping D'Souza is developing an AI tribunal for investigating media accuracy, backed by Peter Thiel and Balaji Srinivasan. The system aims to adjudicate factual disputes in days for as little as $2,000, using human investigators and AI juries to review news articles line-by-line.