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Today in bad tech journalism: "AI agents" generating a C compiler.
They didn't though. They created a piece of it that didn't work properly (because LLMs are trained on a lot of C compiler code).
(Original title: Sixteen Claude AI agents working together created a new C compiler)

Sixteen Claude AI agents working together created a new C compiler
The $20,000 experiment compiled a Linux kernel but needed deep human management.

The Federal Trade Commission sent letters to 13 data brokers warning them of their responsibility to comply with the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (PADFAA).
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/pres…

FTC Reminds Data Brokers of Their Obligations to Comply with PADFAA
The Federal Trade Commission sent letters to 13 data brokers warning them of their responsibility to comply with the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (PADFAA).

from my link log —
Modern CI is too complex and misdirected.
https://gregoryszorc.com/blog/2021/04/07/modern-ci-is-too-complex-and-misdirected/
saved 2026-02-09

Databricks raised $5B in funding and $2B in new debt at a $134B valuation and says its annualized revenue exceeded $5.4B for the January quarter, up 65% YoY (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/09/databricks-completes-5-bil…

Databricks completes $5 billion funding round at $134 billion valuation
Databricks is prepared to go public "when the time is right," CEO and co-founder Ali Ghodsi told CNBC in an interview.

Ukrainian ombudsman gets over 6,000 complaints against enlistment officers in 2025 — 333 times more than at all-out war's start: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/09/ukrainian-ombudsman-gets-over-complaints.html

Patriots rookie first-round LT Will Campbell allows NFL season-worst 14 pressures in Super Bowl loss https://www.nfl.com/news/patriots-rookie-will-campbell-allows-nfl-worst-14-pressures-in-super-bowl-loss

"Plant sex life is more complicated than you probably imagine"
#Plants #Nature
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Plant sex life is more complicated than you probably imagine
The amazing variety of plant reproductive systems.

Tired: Seeing a logo redesign and immediately going to social media to complain about it
Wired: Seeing a logo redesign and immediately going to social media to complain about the people you assume must be complaining about it

Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Foreign Call About Person Close to Trump (Dustin Volz/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/whistleblower-complaint-addressed-foreign-intelligence-call-about-person-close-to-trump-0dfe8e9e
http://www.memeorandum.com/260207/p76#a260207p76

from my link log —
The IMP programming language and compiler.
https://www.ancientgeek.org.uk/EMAS/EMAS_Papers/The_IMP_language_and_compiler.pdf
saved 2025-12-07