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Remaking old computer graphics with AI image generation

Can AI Image generation tools make re-imagined, higher-resolution versions of old video game graphics? Over the last few days, I used AI image generation to reproduce one of my childhood nightmares. I wrestled with Stable Diffusion, Dall-E and Midjourney to see how these commercial AI generation tools can help retell…

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Machine intelligence, part 1

This is going to be a two-part post—one on why machine intelligence is something we should be afraid of, and one on what we should do about it. If you’re already afraid of machine intelligence,...

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It's Not Just X. It's Y

Against the Quantification of Integrity When the measure of language becomes its target, it ceases to be good language. 💡Nerd Rating: 1/5. I discuss the origins of certain linguistic tics in LLMs and what it means for writing, student assessment, and thinking. "It's not x, it's y.

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Kagi Assistants

TL;DR Today we're releasing two research assistants: Quick Assistant and Research Assistant (previously named Ki during beta). Kagi's Research Assistant happened to top a popular benchmark (SimpleQA) when we ran it in August 2025. This was...

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Dream-1

Today, we're releasing Dream-1, a World Action Model that controls robots it has never seen, performs tasks it was never shown, and runs from $3/hour.