3D-printed interceptor aircraft counters drone swarms at 350 mph
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interestingengineering.com
IrregularChat: Counter UxV
13h ago
SkyDefense, a Colorado-based company, has unveiled CobraJet, an autonomous interceptor aircraft designed to stop hostile drones before they reach critical targets. Built for counter-drone defense, the
GLM 5.2 and the AI Margin Collapse Thesis - Developers Digest
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developersdigest.tech
IrregularChat: Full Stack Dev
1d ago
The article examines Martin Alderson’s “AI margin collapse” thesis and the debate it sparked on Hacker News. The core claim is that open-weights models like GLM 5.2 could pressure frontier AI labs’ pr
Black Relay 2026: Safehouse Systems
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IrregularChat: Tech
2d ago
Black Relay 2026 is a four-month hackathon-style engineering program running from August 15 to November 22, in partnership with Arrowhead Research Field Systems Program. It aims to build a portable, s
Claude Science beta | Claude by Anthropic
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IrregularChat: Full Stack Dev
1w ago
Claude Science is a public beta scientific research app from Claude, available on macOS and Linux. It is not a new model, but an environment built around Claude’s existing models to support end-to-end
partiful.com
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2w ago
Sundai Hack 128, hosted by Sundai Club, is a Sunday AI hackathon taking place on June 21 from 10:00am to 10:00pm ET. The event focuses on “coding harnesses” in AI coding—tools and workflows that help
Bigger models are not the way
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arrowtsx.dev
IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
2w ago
The article argues that the AI industry is reaching the limits of the “bigger models are better” mindset. It notes that major labs are becoming more skeptical of endlessly increasing parameter counts
Friends Don't Let Friends Use Ollama | Sleeping Robots
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sleepingrobots.com
IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
2w ago
The piece argues that Ollama became popular by making local LLMs easy to run, but that its real value has been overstated and its relationship to upstream open-source work has been poorly handled. It
Friends Don't Let Friends Use Ollama | Sleeping Robots
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sleepingrobots.com
IrregularChat: Full Stack Dev
2w ago
The piece argues that Ollama became popular by making local LLMs easy to run, but that its real value has been overstated and its relationship to upstream open-source work has been poorly handled. It
forbes.com
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forbes.com
IrregularChat: Tech
3w ago
Panthalassa, a Portland startup backed by major Silicon Valley investors, is developing floating data centers that sit at sea, generate their own power from wave energy, and use cold seawater for cool
The seductive unreliability of AI
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americanbazaaronline.com
IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
3w ago
The article argues that artificial intelligence, especially generative AI and large language models, is still too unreliable to be treated as a mature or trustworthy source of knowledge. The author de
awesome-selfhosted.net
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3w ago
The content is an excerpt from **awesome-selfhosted**, a curated directory of **free software web applications and network services that can be self-hosted on your own servers** rather than used throu
FPGA Accelerated Infrastructure Cloud
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IrregularChat: Tech
May 26
The FAbRIC (FPGA Research Infrastructure Cloud) project aims to make high-performance reconfigurable computing broadly accessible to researchers. Led by Derek Chiou and collaborators from UT Austin, M
Moroccan electronics engineer Nawfal Motii has open-sourced the Aeris-10, a DIY phased-array radar system that he says rivals commercial units priced around $250,000. The project is published on GitHu
The Role of Liquid Nitrogen in Enhancing RF Frequencies
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eureka.patsnap.com
IrregularChat: Dragon, RF, Comms
Apr 10
Technology & National Security Conference 2026
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technatsec.com
IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
Apr 3
The Technology National Security Conference 2026 will take place on April 3-4 at the MIT Kresge Auditorium and HBS Klarman Hall in Cambridge, MA. This student-run event, initiated in 2023, has grown s
"Collaboration" is bullshit.
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joanwestenberg.com
IrregularChat: Tech
Mar 23
The newsletter "Collaboration is Bullshit" by Westenberg critiques the modern obsession with collaboration in workplaces, arguing that it often leads to inefficiency and a diffusion of responsibility.
A tech hobbyist named Alisher Khojayev has created a shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype using a 3D printer, costing only $96 in parts. This Do-It-Yourself (DIY) system mimics military-grade mis
The AERIS-10 is an innovative open-source hardware radar system operating at 10.5 GHz, designed for tracking multiple objects up to 20 km away. It features two models: the AERIS-10N (Nexus) with a ran
Redox OS is a microkernel-based operating system designed to be a secure and reliable alternative to Linux and BSD, written entirely in Rust. Aimed at both cloud and desktop environments, Redox OS emp
experimental-history.com
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experimental-history.com
IrregularChat: Research/PAI
Mar 4
In a critical examination of the current academic publishing system, Adam Mastroianni argues for the urgent need to eliminate for-profit scientific publishers. He highlights the absurdity of taxpayers
Recent surveys reveal a disconcerting trend among corporate executives regarding the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on productivity and employment. Despite widespread optimism about AI's poten
AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It
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Feb 9
The article discusses the misconception that AI and machine learning will reduce the workload for employees. Instead, it argues that AI often intensifies work by complicating tasks and requiring more
Data 8 | Foundations of Data Science
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Feb 1
The Archive Team, formed in 2009, is a volunteer collective focused on preserving dying or deleted websites to ensure historical and digital heritage is maintained. The group's projects range from sin
ELIZA - Wikipedia
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Jan 31
ELIZA is an early natural language processing computer program developed between 1964 and 1967 at MIT by Joseph Weizenbaum. It was designed to explore human-computer communication, simulating conversa
Lumbra - Intent to Insight in Minutes
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Jan 16
Lumbra is a cutting-edge technology company focused on transforming decision-making processes within national security by enabling rapid insights from complex data. The platform allows teams to articu
The Army's AI Scholars program, designed to cultivate AI talent among officers, is facing significant challenges due to low promotion rates. Only four of seven recent scholars were promoted on time, c
The Army's AI Scholars program, designed to cultivate artificial intelligence talent among officers, is facing significant challenges, as evidenced by a sub-60% promotion rate for its recent graduates
How 2026 Could Decide the Future of Artificial Intelligence
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cfr.org
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Jan 13
The article discusses the pivotal role 2026 may play in shaping the future of artificial intelligence (AI), moving from speculation to governance and strategic competition. As AI technologies rapidly
Is AI Creating Incompetent Experts? | IE Insights
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ie.edu
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Jan 9
Generative AI may be undermining genuine expertise by enabling professionals to produce sophisticated outputs without the underlying knowledge or judgment. This phenomenon is exemplified by cases wher
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Jan 8
The MIT course MIT16.485 focuses on visual navigation for autonomous vehicles, covering key mathematical concepts like geometry and optimization. It explores state-of-the-art algorithms and software r
AI is Deskilling you. Here’s How to prevent It
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Dec 18
The article discusses the phenomenon of deskilling due to overreliance on AI, highlighting how tools like GPS and automated systems can diminish our cognitive and manual capabilities. It cites example
Natalia Quintero, now head of consulting at Every, reveals insights from discussions with over 100 companies about AI implementation, emphasizing a common challenge: while many have AI tools, they lac