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Every signal tracked from the world's AI conferences — 4,665 talks, quotes & announcements, newest first.

Chess.com CEO: We’re Revamping Poker

No Priors · Aug 15, 2026

Chess.com is launching a poker rating system that weights stakes and chips won

“I think people are going to care about it as much as money because it's a reflection of like the value and their skill as a player.”
Northern Gannet

Simon Willison · Aug 15, 2026

Simon Willison posts wildlife photo of rare Pacific gannet, no AI signal.

Sketch your idea, let Xcode build it

Apple Developer (WWDC) · Aug 14, 2026

Apple Xcode agents can now interpret hand-drawn sketches and generate matching UI code

“Xcode took my image and used it as inspiration to create this chart.”
Design with SwiftUI | Meet with Apple

Apple Developer (WWDC) · Aug 14, 2026

Apple WWDC session teaches SwiftUI app design via navigation, layout, and visual design principles

“it is incredibly helpful to go through this exercise”
A guide to layout in SwiftUI | Meet with Apple

Apple Developer (WWDC) · Aug 14, 2026

Apple WWDC session covers SwiftUI layout fundamentals for cross-platform UI development

“strong UI layout fundamentals are the foundation that make this possible”
SwiftUI in motion | Meet with Apple

Apple Developer (WWDC) · Aug 14, 2026

Apple's SwiftUI provides automatic, state-driven, and custom animation capabilities for app developers.

“SwiftUI is the best way to incorporate fluid motion in your apps.”
GLM-5.3: How Chinese labs keep stride with the frontier

Nathan Lambert · Interconnects · Aug 14, 2026

Z.ai's GLM-5.3 surpasses Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6-Sol on select benchmarks

“On many benchmarks the model has surpassed Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 and on some it's surpassed Claude Fable 5 or GPT-5.6-Sol.”
America's Plan to compete with Chinese Robots

No Priors · Aug 14, 2026

US robotics competitiveness depends on Silicon Valley founder tenacity and contrarian thinking

“Every founder started out as having a contrarian idea that was kind of seen as heretical.”