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Gary Marcus
Even more good news for the future of neurosymbolic AI
And vindication for Apple’s unfairly maligned 2025 reasoning paper
Gary Marcus
Three reasons to think that the Claude Mythos announcement from Anthropic was overblown
No need to panic just yet
Gary Marcus
What should we take from Anthropic’s (possibly) terrifying new report on Mythos?
Not many facts are on the ground, but here are some starting points for sober thinking
Gary Marcus
Sam Altman, unconstrained by the truth
New reporting from the New Yorker vindicates concerns that were first raised here
Gary Marcus
The back story behind the first “$1.8 Billion” dollar “AI Company”
AI isn’t the only thing behind Medvi
Gary Marcus
The two wildest stories today in tech
Shifting goal posts and new efforts at redefining the narrative
Gary Marcus
In the Iran war, it looks like AI helped with operations, not strategy
A hot take on how AI may have played out in the war so far
Gary Marcus
The mirage of visual understanding in current frontier models
When a model achieves a “top rank on a standard chest X-ray question-answering benchmark without access to any images” you know something is deeply wrong.
Gary Marcus
War and AI, the death of Sora, and 3 ways you can catch me live today
With apologies for the short notice, a few quick announcements:
Gary Marcus
BREAKING: Sam Altman concedes that we need major breakthroughs beyond mere scaling to get to AGI
It’s past time to look for new architectures
Gary Marcus
BREAKING: Expensive new evidence that scaling is not all you need
Two more colossally expensive experiments have failed
Gary Marcus
Is the US military actually afraid of Claude? A new theory of why Anthropic was labeled a supply chain risk.
Unpacking a perplexing argument from the Pentagon
Gary Marcus
“A spate of outages, including incidents tied to the use of AI coding tools”, right on schedule
Some with “high blast radius”
Gary Marcus
Anthropic sues US government, with good reason
As I wrote yesterday, Dario Amodei is no saint, but I fully support his company’s new lawsuit against the US government.
Yes, And Also No
[AI Ethics Watch] Anthropic vs The Pentagon
An AI company said no. The Pentagon called it a threat.
Yes, And Also No
Claude Code Skills Made Easy: One Prompt to Build Your Productivity System
By the end of this article, you'll paste one block into Claude Code and have a working system that runs your mornings, evenings, and weekly reviews. No coding required.
Yes, And Also No
My AI Syllabus
The podcasts, books, and newsletters I'd actually give to a friend who asked "where do I start?"
Yes, And Also No
My AI Toolkit
The unsponsored pocket guide to the apps, tools, and sites that survived my three-year testing spree
Yes, And Also No
Claude Code for People Who Don't Code: Your First 15 Minutes
Yes, this is a technical tool. Also no, you don't need to be technical
Yes, And Also No
Wait, What’s the Difference? Claude vs Claude Code vs Claude Cowork
Yes, it's revolutionary. Also, no, you shouldn't trust it with everything. Here's what you really need to know to get started.
Yes, And Also No
Before You Use Claude Code: Build This First
Everyone's rushing to Claude Code. They're skipping Step 0
Yes, And Also No
Fake Cowboys, Real Surveillance, and the AI Infrastructure We're Building by Accident
Plus a few things worth reading/listening to this week.
Yes, And Also No
Three AI Headlines With a Yes/No Energy This Week
Personal shopping, ambient hardware, and gatekept AI music: helpful on paper, complicated in reality
Yes, And Also No
OpenAI Says They Weren’t Breached. Your Data Leaked Anyway.
PS: The vendor defense is the new “we take privacy seriously.
Yes, And Also No
It Kept You Engaged. And Also: Delusional.
PS: Over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly
Yes, And Also No
Psst...Your Linkedin Engagement Might Depend on Your Pronouns
So..what happens when your competitive advantage requires a gender swap?
Yes, And Also No
AI 2027: The Wild, Unsettlingly Realistic Ride to Superintelligence
A look at how experts predict AI might reshape your world (sooner than you think)