The end of 2024 saw consensus build around the slowing pace of AI improvement, but don't confuse that with a steady state on where value lies in the AI stack| www.theangle.com
New research (paywalled): Editor’s summary: Cephalopods are one of the most successful marine invertebrates in modern oceans, and they have a 500-million-year-old history. However, we know very little about their evolution because soft-bodied animals rarely fossilize. Ikegami et al. developed an approach to reveal squid fossils, focusing on their beaks, the sole hard component of their bodies. They found that squids radiated rapidly after shedding their shells, reaching high levels of diver...| Schneier on Security
