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I wonder if this is an alternative (and better) revenue stream vs ads for search engines: Offer a competing web search for LLMs as an alternative to Google, and charge enterprises and LLM providers for it.
I know Brave do this already. Not sure about DDG (I wonder if their agreement with Bing would allow it?)
The fact that these Chinese models are getting close to “Opus-grade” despite costing 6x-8x less is huge.
As the token bills start to come in, those economics will be harder to ignore (regardless of the origin of the LLM); especially as there will be many CIOs sweating over their quick and costly AI initiatives showing little ROI.
My hope is that the EU also steps up their own competition in the frontier model space so that it’s not just China v USA.
I read the same thing! As someone that has followed Rossmann for years now, I am beyond disappointed that he would do something like this.
I could understand if it was drug smuggling, but maple syrup? That crossed the line for me.
I hope Louis can pull himself together and come back from this.
“Working as intended” one might even say.
This is really interesting! Congrats on the Series A!
Are there any plans to offer a simple/configurable WAF either as an included feature or as an optional add-on?
EDIT: Removed one of my questions as it’s answered on the website, and apparently I need to learn to read.
The duality of man: I actually like them!
(To be clear: I am no fan of OpenAI)
Next they’ll slowly reduce how much CC usage you can get out of the $100 Max plan, then introduce a new $300 “Max Plus” plan with “40x” usage. “You asked, and we listened: Introducing Max Plus, our biggest plan yet, designed for those…” blah blah
I use Arch btw.
Next they’ll slowly reduce how much CC usage you can get out of the $100 Max plan, then introduce a new $300 “Max Plus” plan with “40x” usage.
“You asked, and we listened: Introducing Max Plus, our biggest plan yet, designed for those…” blah blah
DDLC is one of those once in a lifetime gaming experiences. Like most people commenting - I had no interest in the style or genre, but I am immensely glad I played it!
I distinctly remember sitting there in silence with my mouth open at a number of points during the game.
I went down the ~~MONIKA~_ route, though I was intrigued by %]~JUST_MONIKA%]€_ - She seemed like an interesting character.
Cool app. It takes a lot of courage to share here, so well done. I’d definitely highlight a bit more prominently what languages it supports though. The interface is very “Claude” so I’d be keen to hear about:
- How did you go about developing this?
- Was the entire thing vibe coded or just part of it? No shade either way, just curious.
- How long did it take?
- What were some of the harder hurdles to overcome?
- Given the use of AI, what’s your approach to security of your users data? How did you review any generated code?
Wow the opening to this could have been written by me!
Solitude in your 30s (particularly as a DINK or SINK household) is dangerously addictive.
No need to leave the house… but it does lead one to feel disconnected more broadly over a prolonged period.
They’ll have to pry WFH out of my cold, dead hands; but I must say, the times I do travel to the office and spend a day chatting with people are incredibly energising (though also very unproductive!)
How do you find your typical daily battery life with it always on?
I’ve tried this in the past and had to revert as I found it made a noticeable difference in my day-to-day.
Curious to hear the experience of others.
You’re absolutely right! It’s not just pestilence—It’s the death of the internet as we know it. …I’m sorry, I couldn’t help myself.
Edit: I forgot HN strips emojis.
Brave is great, but I just wish it wasn’t Chromium based.
It’s always been ironic to me that a Privacy browser is dependent on source code primarily controlled by a company that derives the majority of its revenue from ads… exactly what the browser itself was spun off to shield its users against.
I actually prefer it this way.
When I use Frinkiac, I already know the quote (or at least a few words from it), and I simply want a still or short gif of it (with a customized caption typically).
YMMV of course.
You’ve really embiggened this post with your cromulent comment.
IMO Frinkiac is hard to beat if you just want to caption a Simpsons image (or gif) and share it directly; particularly with a few words modified to fit the situation.
comb.io is good for those occasions where you need the actual clip with audio.
Just my own opinion of course!
Absolutely! Australian Millennial year. Grew up watching S2-8 every night over dinner on Channel 10 (IIRC), and I sometimes think I could communicate exclusively in Simpsons quotes from that era.
Thank you for putting together and maintaining Frinkiac!
I use Frinkiac multiple times a week to share memes with friends. We all grew up watching S1-8 weeknights over dinner and can quote those episodes almost flawlessly.
Would love to read some blog posts on how the site works, anecdotes from 10 years of maintaining it, legal troubles faced (etc)!
I was surprised (and frustrated) that OpenAI’s and Perplexity’s browsers are both Chromium-based. I would have thought that they would have gone with a Firefox (or WebKit) fork given:
1. That Google is a competitor to them in the AI space.
2. That Google has such a strong stranglehold over the web, and Chromium/Chrome is a big part of that. I mean, why ultimately help your competitor here?
Agreed. I just don’t want to have to use a Chromium-based browser given Google’s grip on the project - but what alternatives are there if Mozilla goes under?
Safari? Orion?
100% agree. I would happily run a dedicated enterprise browser that blocks downloads, has DLP, has watermarking (etc) if it meant I could use my own PC. Not Browser Isolation or VDI - An actual enterprise browser.
My job is pretty much 100% in browser though, so I realise this isn’t viable for everyone.
Yes. The acronym is “ZTNA” (Zero Trust Network Access).
It is an alternative to a traditional corporate VPN that addresses a few architectural issues; namely:
- L3 connectivity (which allows for lateral movement) to the corporate network. - Inbound exposure to the VPN gateway (scaling can become a challenge, not to mention continuous vulnerabilities from… certain vendors) - Policy management can get convoluted if you want to do micro-segmentation properly.
ZTNA is essentially an “inside-out” architecture and acts (kind of) like a L4 proxy. I’m going to butcher this explanation, but:
1. Company installs apps/VMs/containers throughout their network. These must have network reachability to the internal apps/services the company wants to make available to its users.
2. These apps/VMs/containers establish TLS tunnels back to the company’s tenant in the vendor’s cloud.
3. Company rolls out the vendor’s ZTNA client to user devices. This also establishes a TLS tunnel to the vendor’s cloud. Hence the vendor’s cloud is like a MitM gatekeeper.
4. Company creates policies in the vendor’s cloud that says “User A can access App X via app/VM/container Z”
5. Even if App X is on the same LAN segment as App Y, App Y is invisible to User A because connectivity to the internal apps happens at L4.
It is an interesting architecture. That being said, ZTNA solutions have their own issues as well (you can probably already spot some based on my explanation above!)
(Note: I worked for a security vendor that sold a ZTNA solution as part of their ~4-5 years ago. Things could be different now.)
You’re absolutely right! It’s not just grating—it’s professionally reckless!
I've cancelled my Max 20x plan after hitting this and will try out Cursor Ultra or ChatGPT Pro + Codex for a month. Both are also $200/month.
The best thing to do is vote with your wallet; particularly if you're leveraging the tool for work.
That was my experience with them as well. There is a noticeable latency rendering the search results with Kagi as opposed to alternatives.
Firewalls and endpoint security are important, and Little Snitch is pretty good, but this feels like an ad being posted.
It’s just a link to the main page of their website: nothing specific to warrant discussion.
Oh wow, it supports directly specifying a Pydantic model as an output schema that it will adhere to for structured JSON output. That’s fantastic!
https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai?tab=readme-ov-fil...