We’ve all heard it before: “Let’s wait and see how things play out.”“It might be too soon to act.”“The timing isn’t right just yet.” These statements sound strategic. They feel cautious. They…
🧠 Local RAG Chatbot with Ollama on Mac
Lightweight, private, and customizable retrieval-augmented chatbot running entirely on your Mac. Based on the excellent work by pruthvirajcyn and his Medium article. ⚙️ About This Project This is my personal…
Mistral Unveils Voxtral: The New Contender Outperforming Whisper
https://mistral.ai/news/voxtral Mistral has unveiled Voxtral, an exciting new AI audio model that positions itself as a strong open-source competitor to Whisper, the reigning champion of speech recognition. With claims of…
OpenAI’s Crown Is Under Siege — And the AI Race Is Just Getting Started
https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-meta-ai-talent-poaching-spree-leaked-messages/ It’s still too early to declare a winner in the AI arms race, but one thing is clear: the competition is accelerating, and OpenAI may struggle to maintain its…
Be Smart, Avoid a Vision-Only Self-Driving System When Visibility Is Low. Simple.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg75zv4gny2ohttps://electrek.co/2025/03/23/everyones-missing-the-point-of-the-tesla-vision-vs-lidar-wile-e-coyote-video/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W1JBAfV4Io Not here to debate whether Elon Musk is right to insist on self-driving using vision-based AI only, but the logic is straightforward: if it’s a vision-based system, avoid using…
Rewriting History: The Impact of AI and Blockchain on Historical Records
https://www.ted.com/talks/audra_a_diptee_the_records_the_british_empire_didn_t_want_you_to_see In his thought-provoking book Nexus, Yuval Noah Harari explores the concept of historical records being erased as a means of political change. This phenomenon is not new; throughout history,…
Reasoning vs. Elaborating: Unpacking the Chain of Thought in AI
https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/illusion-of-thinkinghttps://futurism.com/apple-damning-paper-ai-reasoning While it may seem that Apple is disrupting the AI industry by releasing this paper, it’s crucial for everyone to understand the limitations of large language models (LLMs). A…
My #WWDC25 Wishlist
Starting to write my WWDC25 wishlist #WWDC25 Wishlist: Can Apple fix m4b import into Books app? ePub works fine and can sync across to all devices with iCloud, but not…
Profit Over Service: The Subscription Model’s Dilemma
https://www.creativebloq.com/photography/photo-editing-software/after-25-loyal-years-adobes-price-hike-has-forced-me-to-say-goodbye We have become accustomed to the reality of rising costs. However, we often fail to consider the broader implications of these price increases, especially when it comes to subscription…
Trapped in the Doom Loop: Key Takeaways from BBC1 Panorama: “Is Britain Broke?”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002d37n This documentary paints a stark picture of the UK’s current financial predicament, arguing the nation is stuck in a “doom loop” of low growth, rising costs, and unmet public…