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Funding grants for new research into AI and teen development

OpenAI · OpenAI Blog · Sep 08, 2026

OpenAI announces a $5 million grant for research on AI's impact on teens.

“Apply now for OpenAI’s $5 million grant program supporting independent research on how generative AI affects teen development, well-being, and safety.”
GPT-6 Astra Changes Everything

Two Minute Papers · Sep 08, 2026

GPT-6 Astra significantly enhances AI capabilities and accessibility.

“This AI system is so good, it almost makes everything else look like a toy.”
The "Whack-a-Mole" Problem Every AI Team Hits

LangChain · Sep 08, 2026

LangChain emphasizes the importance of user feedback in AI development.

“there's just no substitute for getting something out into the wild and start to iterating on it.”
llm 0.35

Simon Willison · Sep 07, 2026

New OpenAI model GPT-6 Astra has been released in llm 0.35.

Creepy crawlies

Simon Willison · Sep 07, 2026

Abusive web crawlers consume more CPU than legitimate access on Git.

“we spend more CPU cycles rendering commits for scrapers than we spend on all other kinds of legitimate access, including git clones.”
Quoting Jakub Pachocki

Simon Willison · Sep 07, 2026

OpenAI emphasizes the need for powerful AI systems for defense against emerging threats.

“We will need powerful, aligned AI for defense; to secure infrastructure, to protect against rogue agents in real time, and to invent entirely new protective measures.”
Video compressor

Simon Willison · Sep 07, 2026

A new video compressor tool was developed using FFMPEG and WebAssembly.

5 open source tools that replaced my $320/mo AI stack...

Fireship · Sep 07, 2026

Open source tools can significantly reduce AI costs for developers.

“And since then, I've canceled all these subscriptions and now self-host the ultimate AI stack for developers that's not only cheaper, but far more productive.”
Mercator ↔ Equal Earth

Simon Willison · Sep 07, 2026

Animated transition between Mercator and Equal Earth map projections created using GPT-6.

The Reality of Building Physical Chips

No Priors · Sep 07, 2026

Building physical chips requires extensive supply chain expertise.

“You need to work, as I said, with global giants like TSMC and Samsung.”