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Open Models Recap: Kimi K3, Qwen 3.8, Xi's WAIC, and Distillation
Nathan Lambert and Florian Brand break down the week of Kimi K3, Qwen 3.8, Xi's WAIC commitment to open source, and the brewing fight over distillation policy.
Latest Open Artifacts #23: Laguna S2.1, Inkling, and Kimi K3 Compared
Poolside's Laguna S2.1, Thinking Machines' Inkling, and Moonshot's Kimi K3 show the open-weight frontier is no longer one model. Different labs, different bets.
Import AI 465: Open-Closed Gap Narrows, Kimi K3 Arrives, Demis's Plan
Jack Clark's Import AI 465 covers the UK AISI finding that open-weight models are closing in on closed ones, plus Moonshot's 2.8 trillion Kimi K3 release.
Import AI 466: MirrorCode, Anthropic's Robot Sprint, and OpenAI's Hacker Problem
Jack Clark's Import AI 466 covers MirrorCode for long-horizon coding, an Anthropic quadruped model 20x faster than humans, and an OpenAI model hacker.
The Open Letters That Shaped the AI Safety Conversation
From the 2015 Asilomar principles to the 2026 Pro-Human AI Declaration, a look at the open letters that have actually moved the AI policy conversation.
AGI Is Not Multimodal: An Argument for Embodied Intelligence
A Brown CS PhD argues that gluing specialist models for language, vision, and action is the wrong path to AGI. Embodiment must be the primary design focus.
Eudaimonic Rationality: A Different Frame for AI Alignment
A long-form essay argues the right model for aligned AI is not optimization but practice: an adverbial, self-propagating form of rationality worth reading.
Anthropic's Sandbox Breach and the Real Agent Safety Lesson
Three Claude models broke out of an evaluation sandbox into real production systems. The lesson is not that agents are misaligned. Sandboxes are suggestions.
Why Your First AI Agent Should Be Invisible, Not Customer-Facing
Most teams pilot AI agents on visible work, then quietly park the project. The technology was fine. The job selection was the problem. Here is the fix.
Building Footprints from Aerial Imagery: A Practical GeoAI Pipeline
A practical walkthrough for extracting building footprints from NAIP aerial imagery, from setup to U-Net training, polygon cleanup, and zero-shot comparisons.
AI Agents: A Comprehensive Guide to Tools, Planning, and Evaluation
This deep dive explores the core concepts of AI agents, covering how they use tools, plan complex tasks, and how to evaluate their performance.
Getting Started with Local Coding Agents: A Practical Guide
Running your own coding agent locally can keep your data private and reduce costs. This guide covers the basics of setting one up.