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Brian Acklen

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Here for thoughtful discussion about Artificial Intelligence, and cybersecurity in government.

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A view of Guadalupe Street aka "The Drag" in Austin, 1924. Austin looks like a quaint, sleepy little berg back in those days. This is one of the most famous/infamous streets in the city, of course, being that it serves as the west boundary to the University of Texas campus. So…

TracesofTexas's tweet image. A view of Guadalupe Street aka "The Drag"  in Austin, 1924.  Austin looks like a quaint, sleepy little berg back in those days. This is one of the most famous/infamous streets in the city, of course, being that it serves as the west boundary to the University of Texas campus.  So…

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FSD 12.4.1 releases today to Tesla employees. If that goes well, then it will be released to a limited number of external customers this weekend. There are a massive number of changes to this build. It should arguably be called v13, but we’re sticking to 12 😂 Two other…


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🤯 The level of sophistication of the XZ attack is very impressive! I tried to make sense of the analysis in a single page (which was quite complicated)! I hope it helps to make sense of the information out there. Please treat the information "as is" while the analysis…

fr0gger_'s tweet image. 🤯 The level of sophistication of the XZ attack is very impressive! I tried to make sense of the analysis in a single page (which was quite complicated)! 

I hope it helps to make sense of the information out there. Please treat the information "as is" while the analysis…

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Please encourage your friends and family who may have a @Tesla to try this free 30 day trial of Supervised FSD. The progress being made by @Tesla_AI is “mind blowing” as @MartinViecha is fond of saying. Yes, I think you’ll buy or subscribe after the trial. But even for…

BREAKING: Tesla's FSD free trial is starting to roll out to Tesla owners in the U.S. that didn't previously purchase FSD. Within the next few weeks, over 1.7 million Tesla owners in North America will get to try FSD Beta for free for the first time via this trial.

SawyerMerritt's tweet image. BREAKING: Tesla's FSD free trial is starting to roll out to Tesla owners in the U.S. that didn't previously purchase FSD.

Within the next few weeks, over 1.7 million Tesla owners in North America will get to try FSD Beta for free for the first time via this trial.


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We're sharing our learnings from a small-scale preview of Voice Engine, a model which uses text input and a single 15-second audio sample to generate natural-sounding speech that closely resembles the original speaker. openai.com/blog/navigatin…


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ChatGPT can now create Mind Maps. No more wasting hundreds of hours making visuals for studying or simplifying complex ideas. Here’s how to do it for free in a few seconds:

HeyAbhishek's tweet image. ChatGPT can now create Mind Maps.

No more wasting hundreds of hours making visuals for studying or simplifying complex ideas.

Here’s how to do it for free in a few seconds:

Just noticed my odometer. I should probably go for a drive so that’s not sitting in the garage overnight.

brianack's tweet image. Just noticed my odometer. I should probably go for a drive so that’s not sitting in the garage overnight.

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I can’t believe my eyes


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Here’s your first glimpse of the new end-to-end Autopark with “Tap to Park” functionality using Tesla Vision.

Tesla autopark for vision only non-USS Model Y! At long last! So far I'm pretty impressed. It's way better than the old autopark. @AndyZeGerman @28delayslater



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After two days of owning a Cybertruck, I've realized that those of us who've received our vehicles are now the newest ambassadors for everything Tesla stands for. It's crucial to respond to inquiries thoughtfully, tailoring our answers to how the questions are posed. Sometimes, I…


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this is the most interesting year in human history, except for all future years


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I didn't quite understand what I was seeing at the time - but - this is the door opening and you can see the atmosphere blowing out, the narrow strip of illumination made it look a bit like the surface of water.


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Playing with LLMs today - both cloud hosted super-LLMs (GPT4 and Opus) and open source models running on my laptop. It's so crazy. This was impossible. But here we are. My laptop is a polymath polyglot with eidetic memory and encyclopedic knowledge. The cloud is even more.


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Today we're excited to introduce Devin, the first AI software engineer. Devin is the new state-of-the-art on the SWE-Bench coding benchmark, has successfully passed practical engineering interviews from leading AI companies, and has even completed real jobs on Upwork. Devin is…


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The base for the second of three tower cranes for the Capitol Complex expansion project arrived on site this morning. The crane is scheduled to go up 3/22 to 3/24.

TheATX1's tweet image. The base for the second of three tower cranes for the Capitol Complex expansion project arrived on site this morning.  The crane is scheduled to go up 3/22 to 3/24.

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Mom got me a new bed!  It's sooooo comfy! Love, Kai Berry ❤️🐾❤️ #dogsoftwitter #PuppyLove #sheltie

carrieberryss's tweet image. Mom got me a new bed!  It's sooooo comfy! Love, Kai Berry ❤️🐾❤️ #dogsoftwitter #PuppyLove #sheltie

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I was checking Austin projects awaiting FAA approval, and it looks like COTA is finally getting serious about building their COTALand amusement park. There are six apparent rides awaiting approval with start of construction listed as May 1st : Skyblazer -236' Drop Tower -…


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A 50-story, 575' mixed use project is planned south of the river: The Chevron site. From the ABJ: A New York-based real estate development firm is planning to transform a 6-acre site at the intersection of South Congress Avenue and West Riverside Drive with high-rise towers —…

TheATX1's tweet image. A 50-story, 575' mixed use project is planned south of the river:  The Chevron site.  From the ABJ:  
A New York-based real estate development firm is planning to transform a 6-acre site at the intersection of South Congress Avenue and West Riverside Drive with high-rise towers —…
TheATX1's tweet image. A 50-story, 575' mixed use project is planned south of the river:  The Chevron site.  From the ABJ:  
A New York-based real estate development firm is planning to transform a 6-acre site at the intersection of South Congress Avenue and West Riverside Drive with high-rise towers —…

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Good morning, you crazy Texans. Not sure how I managed to sleep through my alarm but I swear it had nothing to do with tequila! Today's Beautiful Texas photo is a gob-smackingly gorgeous shot of sunrise on Caddo Lake that TOT reader Hilary Landrum sent in. Hilary and her husband…

TracesofTexas's tweet image. Good morning, you crazy Texans. Not sure how I managed to sleep through my alarm but I swear it had nothing to do with tequila!

Today's Beautiful Texas photo is a gob-smackingly gorgeous shot of sunrise on Caddo Lake that TOT reader Hilary Landrum sent in. Hilary and her husband…

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CYBERTRUCK HELLTRAXX WTF


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