January 2026
Apple Took Years to Catch Up. Kilo Code Took 6 Weeks--and It's Coming for Lovable, Cursor, Replit
This week brought major AI industry shifts with XAI's massive $20 billion funding round and Apple's surprising partnership with Google for AI models. The AI landscape is consolidating into just four...
The Key to AI Readiness? Train for Skills, Not Just Jobs!
The traditional job-based career model is becoming obsolete in the AI era. Instead of thinking in terms of fixed job roles, professionals need to shift toward continuous skills development that can...
MiniMax Agent: The Claude Cowork Killer That's 10x Cheaper!
MiniMax Agent is an open-source AI desktop agent that competes with Claude Co-work by offering similar file management and automation capabilities. The platform features a unique "experts" system...
Rethink AI Research: Avoid the 'Slop Crisis' Now!
The AI research community is facing a "slop crisis" where the sheer volume of formulaic and low-quality papers is overwhelming review systems. Leading venues can no longer reliably separate genuine...
Wilson Lin on FastRender: a browser built by thousands of parallel agents
Cursor's research team built a functional web browser from scratch using thousands of autonomous AI agents working in parallel. The project demonstrates AI agents can now coordinate on complex,...