Kimi K3.1 removed cyber data from training before release and published the score it cost. Why open weights no longer mean unrestricted, and what to ask a model vendor now.
Open-Source
The open-weight model that was trained to know less about security
Cheap to fork, costly to keep: AI redraws build versus buy
AI collapses the cost of maintaining software you didn't write, so part of the buy column becomes buildable. The catch is the forks you now have to govern.
The Internet Doesn't Need a Second YouTube
A small open-source video platform shipped a major release this week, and the online reaction split into 'nice tech, doomed to fail' versus something more interesting. The argument reveals how badly we've let one company define what a successful video platform even looks like.
Paying for the tools that power everything
Mitchell Hashimoto pledged $700k of his own money to a programming language he partly disagrees with. It's a rare honest answer to who actually pays for the tools the software industry depends on.