General AI News

Grammarly signed a deal to acquire Superhuman to expand its AI-powered productivity suite.

Superhuman was last valued at $825 million in 2021 and generates about $35 million in annual revenue.

The acquisition follows Grammarly’s $1 billion funding and aims to diversify beyond grammar correction.

Spegel is a proof-of-concept terminal web browser that uses an LLM to transform and render HTML content as markdown in the terminal.

Users can personalize views with custom prompts for different purposes, such as simplifying content or extracting specific information.

Configuration is managed via a TOML file where users define views, prompts, and hotkeys.

OpenFile is a free tax tool forked from IRS Direct File.

The tool runs using Docker with a single command: docker compose up -d.

The client interface is available at localhost:3000/df/file.

Small language models (SLMs) can handle specialized, repetitive tasks in agentic AI as effectively as large models.

SLMs are more cost-efficient and suitable for many agent deployments due to lower computational requirements.

For tasks requiring general conversational abilities, combining multiple different models in heterogeneous agentic systems is recommended.

OpenFLOW is an open-source Progressive Web App for creating isometric infrastructure diagrams in the browser.

It automatically saves work every 5 seconds and stores all data locally for privacy.

Users can import and export diagrams as JSON files and work offline without an internet connection.

Chronic low-grade inflammation linked with aging is found only in industrialized populations.

In Indigenous populations, inflammation levels are driven by infection rather than age.

Despite high inflammation, Indigenous groups do not experience chronic diseases common in industrialized societies.

Cloudflare launched Pay Per Crawl, allowing content owners to charge AI crawlers for access.

Content owners can choose to allow, charge, or block crawlers using HTTP status codes.

Pay Per Crawl uses HTTP 402 Payment Required and standard authentication to handle pricing.

Rust's strong, static type system allows defining command-line interfaces with type-based contracts.

The clap crate simplifies CLI argument parsing using both builder patterns and derive macros.

Derive-based definitions map Rust structs and enums directly to command-line options and subcommands.

Fabrice Bellard released the original LZEXE v0.91 source code under the MIT license.

The compressor logic is implemented in x86 assembly and its frontend in Pascal for maximum performance.

This released code may not exactly match the version used in Mega Drive Sonic games due to historical bugs.

Most email startups target non-problems because core email protocols work reliably and universally.

Building real email infrastructure involves complex SMTP delivery, spam filtering, storage, authentication, and deliverability challenges.

Email’s massive network effects and standardized protocols make it nearly impossible for new clients to displace established providers like Gmail or Outlook.