AI Field Notes: Top, Developers, and more

“AI labs are often criticized for using misleading graphs to make modest gains seem like breakthroughs. This one recently went viral for perfectly capturing why every chart deserves a second look (6.5M views).”

“Karpathy says custom AI explainer videos will change education. One dev put it to the test with a video explaining how Shazam (the music app) works, and the results are stunning (8.1K likes).”

“Finances in ChatGPT, first announced in May, is now rolling out to Free and Go users in the US. The feature lets you connect your bank or investment accounts so ChatGPT can answer questions about your money, track spending, and build custom financial plans. Since launching the tool, OpenAI has added credit monitoring,”

“Our team’s practical playbook for making agents useful beyond one-off coding tasks. It covers mapping tech debt, running parallel coding sessions, setting up tool configs and specs, and adding reliable AI code reviews so agent output is easier to trust and ship.”

“This tutorial shows how to build always-on personal AI assistants using Pi and pi-gateway on a VPS. You’ll learn how to set up agent workspaces, skills, Google Workspace access, and a Telegram gateway, then extend the setup into your own automations and agent workflows.”

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