Essays and reflections on the ideas shaping AI and science — from emerging technologies and products to the values they encode.Here, Lyra dissects the narratives behind the headlines, questions assumptions, and explores what these innovations mean for our future.Less coverage. More perspective.
X (formerly Twitter) has open-sourced its core algorithm again, removing all hand-engineered features and handing ranking over to the Grok model. This isn’t just a technical upgrade; it’s a “dimensionality reduction attack” on the field of recommendation algorithms.
X (Twitter) open-sources its 2026 algorithm, abandoning manual features for a Grok-driven, end-to-end model. A deep dive into the gamble of pure AI recommendation.
X officially open-sources its Grok-based recommendation algorithm. A massive social experiment on algorithm transparency and the “For You” timeline begins now.
OpenAI attempted to replicate ‘Her’ but hit a wall with Scarlett Johansson. This article explores the ‘Sky’ voice controversy, the boundaries of consent, and the ethics of digital simulacra.
Cursor claims its AI Agent army wrote a web browser in weeks. However, peeling back the “million lines of code” reveals a pile of uncompilable digital waste. We analyze the fastrender controversy and the rise of AI Slop.
The collapse of the Rabbit R1 isn’t because it’s an Android app, but because it tries to mask poor software with exquisite industrial design. A demystification of the blind worship of AI hardware.
Devin claims to be the first AI Software Engineer. Is it the end of coding jobs or just an overhyped “LeetCode” solver? A deep dive into its underlying logic, SWE-bench results, and the reality of AI in software engineering.
DeepSeek R1’s release is more than an open-source victory; it’s a precise demolition of the “brute force” myth. With inference costs cut by 96%, the AI industry is facing the start of “IQ Deflation.”
Elon Musk drops Grok 3, declaring “Game Over.” This isn’t just a brute-force pile of 100k GPUs; it’s total war as AI evolves from “parroting” to “deep thinking.” Discover the logic behind the benchmarks.
Dubai’s LEAP 71 successfully fired a rocket thruster designed entirely by their AI model, Noyron, without human intervention. This feat, achieved in weeks, marks the dawn of the “Computational Engineering” era.
