Reflections on AI at the end of 2025

Reflections on AI at the end of 2025 For years, despite functional evidence and scientific hints accumulating, certain AI researchers continued to claim LLMs were stochastic parrots: probabilistic machines that would: 1. NOT have any representation about the meaning of the prompt. 2. NOT have any representation about what they were going to say. In 2025 finally

http://antirez.com/news/157 · December 20, 2025

Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work

Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/18/code-proven-to-work/#atom-entries · December 18, 2025

15 TB of VRAM on Mac Studio - RDMA over Thunderbolt 5

15 TB of VRAM on Mac Studio - RDMA over Thunderbolt 5 Apple gave me access to this Mac Studio cluster to test RDMA over Thunderbolt, a new feature in macOS 26.2. The easiest way to test it is with Exo 1.0, an open source private AI clustering tool. RDMA lets the Macs all act like they have one giant pool of

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/15-tb-vram-on-mac-studio-rdma-over-thunderbolt-5/ · December 18, 2025

Plugins case study mdBook preprocessors

Plugins case study mdBook preprocessors

https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2025/plugins-case-study-mdbook-preprocessors/ · December 17, 2025

Gemini 3 Flash

Gemini 3 Flash

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/17/gemini-3-flash/#atom-entries · December 17, 2025

I ported JustHTML from Python to JavaScript with Codex CLI and GPT-52 in 45 hours

I ported JustHTML from Python to JavaScript with Codex CLI and GPT-52 in 45 hours

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/15/porting-justhtml/#atom-entries · December 15, 2025

Happy Chanukah

Happy Chanukah This (taken in Kiel, Germany in 1931 and then colorized) is one of the most famous photographs in Jewish history, but it acquired special resonance this weekend. It communicates pretty much everything I’d want to say about the Bondi Beach massacre in Australia, more succinctly than I could in words.

https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=9416 · December 15, 2025

JustHTML is a fascinating example of vibe engineering in action

JustHTML is a fascinating example of vibe engineering in action

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/14/justhtml/#atom-entries · December 14, 2025

OpenAI are quietly adopting skills now available in ChatGPT and Codex CLI

OpenAI are quietly adopting skills now available in ChatGPT and Codex CLI

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/12/openai-skills/#atom-entries · December 12, 2025

CM0 - a new Raspberry Pi you cant buy

CM0 - a new Raspberry Pi you cant buy This little postage stamp is actually a full Raspberry Pi Zero 2, complete with eMMC storage and WiFi. But you can’t get one. Well, not unless you buy the CM0NANO development board from EDAtec, or you live in China. This little guy doesn’t have an HDMI port, Ethernet, or even USB. It’s

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/cm0-new-raspberry-pi-you-cant-buy/ · December 12, 2025