Anthropic Research & Claude
Anthropic research on training Claude to understand the reasoning behind instructions, aiming to improve the model's ability to generalize from guidance rather than just follow rules mechanically.
Anthropic presents research on extracting and representing Claude's internal reasoning as human-readable natural language, contributing to interpretability efforts.
Anthropic Research · www.anthropic.com
Anthropic is donating Petri, its open-source alignment testing toolbox, which can rapidly test AI models for alignment properties and was developed through the Anthropic Fellows program.
Anthropic Research · www.anthropic.com
A survey of 81,000 Claude users found that people in AI-exposed roles have more concerns about job displacement, with concerns highest among younger workers and those in lower-income countries.
AI's Impact on Software Engineering & Coding
Jack Richardson's personal blog · jackrich000.substack.com
Despite recent improvements, AI sycophancy remains a significant problem — a Stanford paper found sycophantic models led to worse decision-making, and the post explores how this affects daily work with LLMs.
A reflection on historical parallels to the current AI coding wave, examining what skills and practices were lost when previous technological shifts made code production cheaper.
Simon Willison · simonwillison.net
Simon Willison discusses the blurring line between casual "vibe coding" and professional agentic engineering, raising concerns about quality and responsibility as AI coding tools become more capable.
Research examining how large language models are measurably changing written language patterns, documenting specific linguistic distortions that LLM-generated text introduces into the broader corpus.
Advertising Technology & Adtech
A detailed breakdown of OpenAI's advertising attribution system inside ChatGPT, revealing the full loop from prompt-based ad placement to conversion tracking.
Cambridge University research finds gambling advertisements on social media platforms disproportionately reach men, raising concerns about targeted advertising practices in the gambling industry.
Financial Times · www.ft.com
TV advertising is experiencing a resurgence as streaming platforms introduce ad-supported tiers, making the format increasingly valuable for digital platforms seeking new revenue sources.