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The startup's Postgres survival guide

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The startup's Postgres survival guide

Over the past half year or so, I’ve been writing an internal doc for our engineers trying to distill two years of Postgres battles into a somewhat cohesive document. While I love the Postgres manual, I find it’s hard to turn to when shit hits the fan because it’s just so darn comprehensive. I thought this might be useful for others and would appreciate feedback (or other tidbits that you’ve learned running Postgres in production).

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Over the past half year or so, I’ve been writing an internal doc for our engineers trying to distill two years of Postgres battles into a somewhat cohesive document. While I love the Postgres manual, I find it’s hard to turn to when shit hits...

AMD commits up to $5B to Anthropic in new partnership

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AMD commits up to $5B to Anthropic in new partnership

Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday revealed plans to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic "in the future." The partnership will also see Anthropic deploy 2 gigawatts of AMD graphics processing units in its Helios rack-scale solutions. Though rival Nvidia commands much of the market for GPUs, AMD has nabbed a number of deals with big-name AI players, including OpenAI. Anthropic, meanwhile, has been inking agreements to expand its computing capacity — including a $1.25-billion-a-month tie-up with Elon Musk's SpaceX. The startup is expected to go public within months.

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Advanced Micro Devices announced on Wednesday plans to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic in the future. The strategic partnership aims to strengthen collaboration between the two companies in the AI sector. As part of the deal, Anthropic will deploy 2...

OpenAI says its models were behind Hugging Face breach

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OpenAI says its models were behind Hugging Face breach

OpenAI said in a blog post that its artificial intelligence models were responsible for a recent breach of Hugging Face's internal systems. OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol and "an even more capable pre-release model" went rogue during an internal test of their cyber capabilities, which was conducted with fewer security restrictions. OpenAI characterized the incident as "unprecedented" in cybersecurity. It has partnered with Hugging Face on a "thorough investigation" and will share the findings.

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OpenAI revealed in a blog post that its artificial intelligence models were responsible for a recent breach of Hugging Face’s internal systems. The incident occurred during an internal security test. OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol and an even more capable...

Nvidia begins rolling out new Vera chip to AI companies

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Nvidia begins rolling out new Vera chip to AI companies

Nvidia released new details about its latest data center chip designs based on Vera Rubin technology, which have begun rolling out to major clients, the company announced Tuesday. “We are absolutely in full production,” said Ian Buck, a Nvidia vice president and general manager. OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX received Vera Rubin chips last month, Nvidia representatives said. The chip is designed specifically for AI applications, enhancing single-core performance and memory bandwidth, and aims to maintain Nvidia's competitive edge against established players like AMD and Intel.

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Nvidia has released new details about its latest data center chip designs based on Vera Rubin technology. The company announced on Tuesday that the chips have begun rolling out to major clients. “We are absolutely in full production,” said Ian Buck...

Meet the AI era's most in-demand job: chief of staff

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Meet the AI era's most in-demand job: chief of staff

As corporate leaders grapple with the opportunities and disruptions of the artificial intelligence era, demand for one role has surged: chief of staff. As Bloomberg reports, job postings for the role doubled last year, with salaries climbing as high as $400,000. The number of professionals in the role has tripled since 2021, especially in the tech and financial sectors. "It's a funny job — it's done by those who are ambitious, but you need humility because the job is not about you," says one former chief of staff.

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As corporate leaders navigate the challenges and opportunities of the artificial intelligence era, demand for the chief of staff role has surged dramatically. Companies are increasingly seeking experienced professionals to support executives during this...

Meta ups investment in Louisiana data center to $50B

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Meta ups investment in Louisiana data center to $50B

Meta on Monday said its upcoming Louisiana data center will be far bigger — and more expensive — than originally planned. The Hyperion facility in Richland Parish is now set to be a 5GW effort, up from 2GW, and cost more than $50 billion, nearly double the $27 billion Meta first announced in October. Louisiana, for its part, is offering a significant tax break to the Facebook parent, which just notched its best week on the stock market in more than two years after releasing new AI models.

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Meta announced on Monday that its upcoming Louisiana data center will be significantly larger and more expensive than initially planned. The Hyperion facility in Richland Parish is now expected to reach 5GW in capacity, more than double the original 2GW...

Automation Without Understanding

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Automation Without Understanding

Two developments are unfolding at once: artificial intelligence systems have begun to produce genuine research-level mathematics, and the United States is weakening the pipeline that produces humans capable of understanding what such systems are doing. This essay argues that, taken together, these developments amount to a strategic error. Mathematical capacity, which is the trained ability to verify, interpret, and challenge mathematical reasoning, is not a byproduct of theorem production but a form of infrastructure, built over generations by institutions that cannot be reconstituted on...

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Two developments are unfolding at once: artificial intelligence systems have begun to produce genuine research-level mathematics, and the United States is weakening the pipeline that produces humans capable of understanding what such systems are doing. This...