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On the podcast today we have Damon cook to talk about WP Trend Watcher, a locally run tool that aggregates, summarises, and curates WordPress news using AI and human review. We discussed the challenge of keeping up with the rapid, ever-changing WordPress ecosystem, and how automation can help cut through information overload. We also explored the workflow that combines AI-generated summaries with a "human in the loop" approach for quality and context, transparency about editing time, and the potential for trend analysis over time. Towards the end we got into possible broader applications beyond WordPress.

"Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks."

Trump: The Democrats caused affordability

There are certain types of players that just are not coming back. Some of these guys have been written out of the story by changes in the game's rules; future generations will be unable to comprehend the wealth of saturnine lefty specialists whom the world once watched trudg...

Welcome back to Minor Dilemmas, where a member of Defector's Parents Council will answer your questions on surviving family life. Have a question? Email us at minordilemmas@defector.com.

This week, Albert answers a question about a kid who might be a little bit of a mess.

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A couple of blocks from my office is a steep hill. Sometimes at lunch I go out into the sun and walk up the hill. The hill is very California: asphalt so newly laid that it looks AI generated; a handful of wheeling turkey vultures; golden dried grass edging up to fortress-li...

“President Trump hasn’t settled on a replacement for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, whose last day is Friday,” CBS News reports. “Responsibilities for holding White House press briefings will rotate for now, with top administration officials heading to the podium, not members of the White House press and communications staff.”

“Meta Platforms agreed to an $18 billion settlement with 48 state attorneys general, bringing an end to a massive federal trial over social media’s harm to teenagers and ushering in a new era of tech companies having legal responsibility for their platforms,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “As part of the settlement agreement, Meta will […]

“About a year ago, cuts to the nation’s largest food assistance program went into effect as part of the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill, affecting about 4.5 million Americans. Nearly all House Republicans voted for reductions to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, despite pleas from food banks and anti-hunger organizations,” the Washington Post reports. “On […]

Say a test starts failing and a developer hands it to a coding agent. It digs into the relevant files,

The post When AI agent traces become application data appeared first on The New Stack.

Agentic reinforcement learning has been suffering from a disconnect, an uncoupling, and a misarticulation. The polarity arises from how a

The post Microsoft just released Agent Lightning v1.0. Here’s why it matters for platform engineers. appeared first on The New Stack.

Timothy Snyder: How was Mass Killing Possible?

NEW: In Idaho, prosecutors can't file neglect or manslaughter charges against parents who say their faith prohibited giving lifesaving medical care to their children.

Until the early 1970s, that wasn’t the case.
https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-law-faith-healing-exemption?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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Lesson seven in my new lecture series

Time: “The backlash is stealthily turning midterm elections across the country into referendums on anxieties about an economy overrun by A.I., and specifically the role of those data centers that appear to be sending both electricity bills and NIMBY-ism spiking. The shift also sets in motion a messy collision between the GOP candidates adjusting to […]

“The U.S. economy expanded at an unrevised 1.5% pace in the second quarter, though underlying details showed stronger consumer spending and business investment than initially reported,” Bloomberg reports. “The annualized gain in inflation-adjusted gross domestic product compares with a 2.1% advance in the first quarter.”

Dolly Parton has passed away at 80, but did you know the country music legend performed right here in the Hudson Valley? We're looking back at her local appearances Continue reading…

Last week, Donald Trump announced he had “concluded a deal” to screw American ranchers by importing 300,000 metric tons of beef, which he claimed to be doing for the sake of lowering prices. But only temporarily. The plan is to lower prices for 90 days, just long enough to ...

In this episode, Adam and Nate discuss WordPress's evolution amidst AI's rise, emphasizing challenges like security and the need for developer intent and standards.