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ryanmerket··on Tesla takes on $30B in credit as it approaches unprofitability
r/LateStageCapitalism ?
ryanmerket··on Show HN: The Rewind, a personalised weekly newsletter
Nice idea. I run RuntimeWire (https://runtimewire.com), independent reporting on the AI economy. I like the idea of a calmer weekly read, especially when it's built around original reporting instead of a pile of links. Curious whether you plan to add topic-specific feeds.
ryanmerket··on Kimi Work attaches raw agent sessions to feedback reports
Yes and I'm having a blast, being semi-retired and reporting the news before anyone esle. Heck, even Wired covered my insane levels of reporting.
ryanmerket··on Grok Bot
like creating "Elon-Only Settings" https://runtimewire.com/article/grok-bot-s-hidden-elon-only-...

do these guys not know we can reverse this stuff in 10min?

ryanmerket··on Grok Bot
dont forget the "Elon-Only Settings" makes it different too https://runtimewire.com/article/grok-bot-s-hidden-elon-only-...
ryanmerket··on Muse Code Sends Codex and Claude Instructions to Meta by Default
Codex can read a CLAUDE.md in a workspace or when configured to treat it as an instruction file. This test concerned Muse automatically loading personal files from ~/.codex and ~/.claude outside the selected workspace and sending their contents in the first provider request.

A file stored in ~/.claude was written for Anthropic. A file stored in ~/.codex was written for OpenAI. Muse treats the existence of those files as permission to copy their contents to Meta. It displays a notice and provides an opt-out, but never asks before sending them. That cross-vendor assumption is the privacy issue.

ryanmerket··on Apple engineer says he was fired after refusing to send cust. device IDs to AT&T
all good, i removed it
ryanmerket··on Apple engineer says he was fired after refusing to send cust. device IDs to AT&T
we don't monetize yet, it's just email
ryanmerket··on Futurism says Meta has "almost nothing" to show for AI. The numbers say
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42772465 - weird. is that you?

you seem to jump in my posts alot and criticize me...

edit, it is NOT weird to quote an article you JUST posted. Not sure why I can't reply to you. But you need to stop stalking me. It's weird.

The original point was that I write like that everywhere, including my blog. That's what we're talking about, Max.

Either show examples or please, stop critisizing people actually building shit.

ryanmerket··on Futurism says Meta has "almost nothing" to show for AI. The numbers say
That's how I write, Max. I'm sure you've read my blog, that's just my style.
ryanmerket··on Futurism says Meta has "almost nothing" to show for AI. The numbers say
NOTE: I sourced and edited this piece. If you're going to knock it for "AI" then you need to knock 90% of all journalism right now.

I am at least open and honest about how much AI I use, unlike other publications.

ryanmerket··on Anthropic allegedly lowered AI safeguards, former employee says
Read the whole post, lowered safety standards for hackers.
ryanmerket··on Reddit Calls Anthropic a 'Freeriding Pirate'
backstory: I was digging in the county court records as one does on a Friday night, and found an unreported bit about Reddit calling Anthropic a 'freeriding pirate' and had to report on it... :P
ryanmerket··on Microsoft launches hill-climbing MAI models for Copilot and Excel
i wrote it 2 min after seeing the post on X, and linked to the source. wild that you guys let other outlets do the same, but mine always gets "post the source"

Edit: before you say I just regurgitated the release, not true. Here's the exact color I added:

### Context and market implications

Microsoft’s claims arrive at a time when the industry is grappling with the escalating cost of running large foundation models. OpenAI’s GPT‑5 series and Anthropic’s Claude 5 have set new performance baselines but require high‑end GPUs and generate sizable token bills. By delivering comparable performance in Excel on A100 hardware, Microsoft demonstrates a potential path to more sustainable AI in everyday software.

However, the lack of third‑party benchmarks leaves open the question of how these MAI models fare against the latest open‑source alternatives such as Llama‑3‑70B or MosaicML’s MPT‑30B, which also claim strong cost‑performance profiles. Microsoft does not disclose the exact token‑per‑query cost reduction, making it hard to quantify the economic impact for enterprise customers.

If the hill‑climbing framework proves scalable across the broader Microsoft 365 suite, it could shift the balance of power from external AI providers toward in‑house, product‑tailored models. That would give Microsoft greater control over data, pricing, and roadmap while potentially reducing the marketplace share of OpenAI and Anthropic in the enterprise segment.

### What the numbers say (and don’t say)

* *Code‑accept rate*: 10% higher than GPT‑5.4 Mini and Claude Haiku 4.5 – internal metric; no public benchmark. * *Token usage*: 10% lower median tokens – again internal telemetry. * *Performance parity*: "On par with GPT‑5.6" in Excel – no disclosed evaluation criteria.

The blog post does not disclose the total cost savings in dollar terms, nor does it reveal the latency impact of running the model on A100 versus H100. Those gaps matter for enterprise procurement decisions, which often hinge on total cost of ownership.

### Why it matters

Microsoft is turning its massive product ecosystem into a training ground for bespoke, cost‑efficient AI models. If the hill‑climbing approach scales, it could redefine how enterprise software vendors build and monetize AI, reducing reliance on pricey external foundation models and tightening the feedback loop between user behavior and model improvement.

ryanmerket··on Jack Dorsey launches Buzz to combine team chat, AI agents and Git hosting
man i love IRC, and you're 100% right
ryanmerket··on Meta's cloud plan is a hedge on Zuckerberg's AI capex, not the end of neoclouds
Yup and not the same news. The point of this article was to show that the neoclouds are not going away, complete with timelines and context on how Meta is beholden to the neoclouds. Totally different angle.
ryanmerket··on [dead]
goto bed
ryanmerket··on Weave Robotics launches Isaac 1, a $7,999 home robot with Fall 2026 deliveries
The post actually has important context that you won't find on the polished launch page.
ryanmerket··on BMW iX5 Blows Away the Competition with 460-KW Charging, 435-Mile Range
sure, but no other unicode has a multi-million dollar branding campaign behind it ;)
ryanmerket··on BMW iX5 Blows Away the Competition with 460-KW Charging, 435-Mile Range
dang that's nice but what's up with the Elon's X logo on the lights?
ryanmerket··on The Last Bottleneck Is Fear
can you be more specific? because i specifically make sure we don't do those types of parallel semantics in our agent and articles. and i dont see any parallel constructions in this write up?

edit: nevermind, i see it. cleaned it up. thanks for the feedback!

ryanmerket··on Om Malik taught Silicon Valley to read itself
all good, Tom. thanks for everything you do!
ryanmerket··on Om Malik taught Silicon Valley to read itself
A personal remembrance of the GigaOm founder, True Ventures partner and writer who made Silicon Valley legible.
ryanmerket··on Microsoft turns to AWS as GitHub faces AI capacity crunch
rss is fine /rss

infinite scroll fixed, nojs issues fixed, and title fixed. thanks for helping QA.

ryanmerket··on Microsoft turns to AWS as GitHub faces AI capacity crunch
No agency. Just a one man shop. What kind of vibecoded website is this? It's a Replit built site along wtih my 20 years of experience building websites from scratch. It was launched this month, so it's a bit rough around the edges, but we're off to a great start.
ryanmerket··on Microsoft turns to AWS as GitHub faces AI capacity crunch
almost every news website is written primarily by AI these days with a human editor to review...
ryanmerket··on DeepSeek V4 Pro beats GPT-5.5 Pro on precision
it took me awhile to find a reliable vendor, but they are def out there.
ryanmerket··on DeepSeek V4 Pro beats GPT-5.5 Pro on precision
I'm the author and I am definitely not compensated for my website or opinion in anyway.
ryanmerket··on Show HN: Ironwall, a safety-first native programming language and compiler
no model. that was me. i should have confirmed they were the same before posting. when i assumed they were the same, the real Wei's credentials made the language much more exciting. apologies. i'll do better next time.
ryanmerket··on Show HN: Ironwall, a safety-first native programming language and compiler
deleted until identitly confirmed
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