👀Using an autonomous agent based on o3-mini and GPT-4.1, a team from Harvard, MIT & other institutions reproduced and updated an entire issue of Cochrane Reviews in two days… saving 12 person-years of work! The AI reviews captured more papers & were more accurate than humans.

This very importantly generalizes internationally!

I just came back from a seven day Jhourney meditation retreat and I hit Jhanas 2, 3, and 4. Right afterward I wrote in my journal: "The New York Times did a profile on me and Every 📧 a couple weeks ago, and this felt better." A few notes on the retreat: 1. I've done a fair

Balloons are easier and cheaper. caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2023/06/06/we-… CC: Casey Handmer

Join us in D.C. for a happy hour on fair compensation in clinical trials! Meet the authors of the new American Journal of Bioethics open letter on ethical pay for participants & connect with changemakers over drinks. Registration link below (1/2).

Over the last year, those of us who follow China's AI governance have been carefully watching whether China would establish an AI Safety Institute (AISI) to match those in the UK, US, and globally. That institution has now emerged, and it tells us a lot about the state of debate

Planetary just delivered the world's first verified carbon removal tons via ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE). We think OAE is hugely promising. Part of what's made it tricky is the measurement/verification piece. Planetary's delivery represents some big strides forward here:

This is a great idea.

Thanks to the wonderful Ekta Batra for this short feature about PopVax 🇮🇳 on CNBC-TV18 highlighting our open-source broadly-protective COVID-19 vaccine, our mission to develop vaccines that collectively save 1 million lives per year, and our new cancer immunotherapy work!

This to me is the most important political fact about the last 10-15 years of left-wing politics. Left elites (myself included) became increasingly impassioned about antiracism, but the people this was supposed to benefit moved rightward. Left identity politics has been a losing

If you're in NYC and obsessed with the Zohran/Cuomo race, please remember to give some thought to the downballot races. Mark Levine is extremely pro-housing and would make a great comptroller. I'm voting Keith Powers for Manhattan borough president for the same reason.

Two weeks ago I helped launch @Aerolamp, a far-UVC lamp that we hope will set a new standard for price, performance, and longevity. (Pictured: my very serious and professional demo at a local brewery) Here’s the backstory:

The discussion around falling TFR in India (avg is now below replacement) is unlike anywhere else. Not only do slowing birth-rates take on a positive tone in all types of media but the phenomenon is occurring despite high-coupling and and relatively stagnant female LFPR (1/4)

Today, lenacapavir was approved by the FDA as a twice yearly preventive shot! Here's how it happened:

Underrated part of donating a kidney (and being public about it) is stories like this - the benefits compound over time!