The best of AUX
23 tech links earned a place on the AUX Mainstage.
Top tech curatorsnature.com · curated by @polymatheist
Paper reporting field experiments that test routing-app interventions to reduce urban traffic congestion.
pollen-robotics.com · curated by @xingchenx
Product page for Microduck, a tiny teachable biped robot from Pollen Robotics for learning, prototyping and education.
arstechnica.com · curated by @ayokamayo
Report on a new service called "New Twitter" claiming Musk's X abandoned the 'Twitter' name after rebrand and legal battles.
paragraph.com · curated by @knownquantity
Longform essay exploring generative AI's implications for media, creativity and society, drawing on McLuhan and personal practice.
rainmaker.com · curated by @englishlitmajor
Report validating drone-based cloud seeding trials over glaciogenic clouds on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula conducted by Rainmaker.
youtube.com · curated by @helly
The page is a YouTube video page for DEF CON 34’s talk “Stalking the Wily Hacker: 40 years later” by Cliff Stoll, featuring the official DEFCONConference channel, video details, and viewer comments. It also includes a brief error notice at the top (“401. That’s an error”) indicating the server couldn’t process a malformed request.
surya.website · curated by @skelly
Personal post about using Qwen and code to generate painted images; experiments and examples with prompts and scripts.
cryptobriefing.com · curated by @knownquantity
Anonymous Ox Alpha model appears on OpenRouter with a 1 million-token context window and multimodal capabilities; community links it to Zhipu.
newsletter.semianalysis.com · curated by @knownquantity
Analysis comparing performance and capabilities of open-source vs closed frontier AI models across different eras.
lab.wildflow.ai · curated by @skelly
Wildflow Lab — web-based AI image generation and creative experiments by Wildflow.
youtube.com · curated by @skelly
This webpage is a YouTube video page for “Introducing GEN-1.5, a one-shot learner” by Generalist, describing a robot foundation model that can learn new physical tasks from a single example without fine-tuning. The page also shows standard YouTube interface elements, related videos, and an error notice at the top indicating a malformed request.
genbio.ai · curated by @skelly
AIDO Cell is a general-purpose, agent-based cell biology simulator for modeling cellular behaviors and interactions.
superioringredients.ai · curated by @knownquantity
Short demo page for 'SI 1 - Model Chess' from Superior Ingredients, presenting an AI model focused on chess.
techspot.com · curated by @knownquantity
Article about Carrier Pidge, an iOS novelty messaging app that sends texts via virtual pigeons that can get lost or die, affecting delivery times.
skate.ui8.dev · curated by @mike
Browser-based interactive demo showcasing Skate, a visual canvas for local web projects (Forge macOS app) and design experiments.
superioringredients.ai · curated by @knownquantity
An open league for open intelligence.
hipcityreg.substack.com · curated by @knownquantity
Substack essay arguing AI labs need creative directors to steer public-facing design, culture, and ethics around models.
softle.app · curated by @tomr
Softle is a physics-native design tool for creating interactive, physics-driven UI and prototypes in the browser.
businessinsider.com · curated by @knownquantity
Business Insider story on backlash after OpenAI hosted influencers at a luxury upstate New York retreat featuring beekeeping.
research.meta.ai · curated by @knownquantity
Meta Superintelligence Labs releases Muse Glimmer, a 30B open agentic model optimized to run locally for always-on agent workflows on consumer hardware.
youtube.com · curated by @squitsquirt
The Throwing Fits interview features Instagram head Adam Mosseri discussing his role, personal style, and how he uses the app, including his surprisingly low phone screen time and the fact that he was wearing his wife’s socks. The conversation also covers Instagram’s focus on creativity and safety, AI and content creators, menswear, tech culture, and how Instagram has shaped modern marketing and online culture.
404media.co · curated by @knownquantity
Article on companies sourcing out-of-copyright or pre-AI-era printed books to avoid AI-generated text contamination for training data.
blog.google · curated by @skelly
Google’s Nano Banana lets users generate custom images from Google Earth satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery to redesign locations.
