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When will average people feel AI’s impact?

Nathan Lambert · Interconnects · Sep 09, 2026

AI's impact remains minimal in everyday life despite ongoing advancements.

“It’s a remarkable breath of fresh air to pop out of the bubble and realize how little what is happening really matters today.”
Quoting Terence Tao

Simon Willison · Sep 09, 2026

Open problems in research may become scarce due to AI incentives.

“the incentives may now be pointing in the direction of no longer sharing any promising research directions with the broader community.”
On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem

Simon Willison · Sep 08, 2026

OpenAI claims to have resolved the Navier-Stokes problem using an unreleased model.

“I asked whether the model had been trained on, or had access to, our sessions in Codex.”
Introducing ChatGPT Images 2.5

Simon Willison · Sep 08, 2026

ChatGPT Images 2.5 improves image generation capabilities.

“Choose Sunburst for workflows where editing precision matters most, and Flare for fast, high-quality everyday image generation.”