The Amped Journal

Plus and Pro users also now have a slider to choose how much reasoning effort ChatGPT puts into each response. We think it’s easier to use, and we’re listening to your feedback.

The new GPT-5.6 Sol powers all chats for paid users, including Instant, creating one consistent experience. In our high-stakes factuality evaluation covering finance, medicine and law, the new GPT‑5.6 Sol produced 68% fewer responses with factual errors than GPT‑5.5 Instant.

We’re making better intelligence easier to access in ChatGPT for everyone: - GPT-5.6 Sol now powers both Instant and deep reasoning for Plus & Pro users, delivering more factual, focused responses. - Free & Go users get unlimited text chats with GPT-5.6 Luna starting tomorrow.

Plus and Pro users can access the updated version of GPT‑5.6 Sol in ChatGPT along with the new slider starting today. This version of GPT-5.6 Sol is for everyday chats, so it will only be available in the Chat experience in ChatGPT. The version of GPT-5.6 Sol that powers Work

In addition to the upgrade in intelligence with GPT-5.6 Luna, Free and Go users can now use the “Think” button for more reasoning on harder questions.

Cursor Router keeps improving from millions of in-product user interactions each week. We intelligently classify and route requests, lowering latency and reducing cost based on the task.

Devtools must be 1️⃣ open source and 2️⃣ universally extensible. AI coding agents are the most important devtools in the history of our industry. The Plugin standard lets anybody extend them uniformly. This is huge for the ecosystem. Build a Plugin → get exposure to the tidal

So I sadly discovered @airthings now limits you to pulling sensor data from the air sensors you own to just 120 requests per hour, or 2 request per minute, but that's a limit over ALL your air sensors. I have one for each floor so that's 40 requests per hour, so I can't even poll https://t.co/i4Db0AKvO1

Meta is doing heavy heavy heavy scraping on all my sites this week too (and seemingly everyone else's sites now) So much so that I got load average alerts for it today on one VPS The fact that they're hitting url2og (my own screenshot service for all my sites) might they're https://t.co/LWqdMMEUEb

Don't forget to take your 10g of creatine today

FreeAI

I'm spotting lots of very rich people on here, like $500M net worth to multi-billionaires, buying 𝕏 followers in the last ~6 months Like they had very very steady follower growths of maybe 5,000/mo to 10,000/mo new followers before that for yeaaaaaaarssss And then suddenly in

The next generation of startups will be built by smaller teams than ever before. At Startup School 2026, YC's @garrytan explains why we're we're entering the era of personal AGI: AI agents that run on your own infrastructure, compound your knowledge over time, and dramatically

Tune in: https://t.co/u8dxaUQdN2 Full transcript: https://t.co/0G1W3dXZDZ

The Patek 27-460, one of the great automatic movements of all time. 60 years later they can still be regulated to within 2-5 seconds/day.

Jessica bought a new Tesla today. Her experience with self-driving was the usual religious revelation. Impressive that a 23 year old company can still generate that kind of reaction.

14 yo asked me if I thought NYC would do well under Mamdani. I told him that he seems well-meaning and not stupid, and that if the experience of trying to compete with grocery stores' margins teaches him about economics, he could be good.

1. Your token costs when using LLMs to generate code should be lower in a more abstract language. 2. LLMs aren't afraid of prefix notation. I'm just saying...

BREAKING: South Korea says North Korea has launched an unidentified projectile toward the waters off the North’s east coast. North Korea has been focusing on enlarging its nuclear and missile arsenals since diplomacy with the U.S. collapsed in 2019.

BREAKING: A Senate committee votes to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions at COVID hearing.

BREAKING: Police are responding to a shooting at a high school in Thailand’s Nonthaburi province, northwest of Bangkok, where several injuries were reported.

A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial the social media giant lost in March.

Devyn Dalton is the 4-foot-6 stunt performer who doubled for Matt Damon in "The Odyssey." Damon called her arms the “greatest” he’s ever seen, and she hopes her journey inspires more women to pursue stunt work.

The Tupac Shakur murder mystery is finally headed to trial. Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis. Prosecutors say he orchestrated the 1996 Las Vegas drive-by shooting that killed the rap icon. #Tupac #2Pac #KeffeD

The foundations for an exciting future are being built in Texas. Next up: Terafab → https://t.co/jGg52Zhn5I

Terafab

Terafab Texas will be the largest and most valuable building on Earth by far. And it will be stunningly beautiful.

Terafab will be 50 times the size of the Pentagon when complete

It will be awesome 😎

Easy to tell who the bad guys are by looking at who has to build a wall to keep people from escaping!

Local Tech Workforce Initiative Evolves. The Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce is shifting its approach to a regional tech workforce initiative. Initially formed by the Cape Fear Collective using American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding, the Tech Talent Collaborative launched in 2022 to bolster Wilmington’s tech workforce pipeline. In 2022, city of Wilmington leaders unanimously approved using $2.5 million in ARPA funds to launch DigitalBridge Wilmington. The initiative, developed in partne…

State Panel OKs Financing Plan For Solomon Towers Project. The Local Government Commission on Tuesday approved a Wilmington Housing Authority request related to downtown housing complex Solomon Towers. Built in 1972, Solomon Towers is a 150-unit, 11-story low-income housing structure at 15 Castle St. that houses older and disabled adults. The WHA sought approval from the LGC for $20 million in bond financing for the project, including money to go toward the rehab itself and to facilitate the re…

Legal Aid Of North Carolina To Relocate Wilmington Office. Legal Aid of North Carolina is preparing to move into the Harrelson Center. According to Rebekah Garcia, regional managing attorney for Legal Aid’s Wilmington office, the organization expects to relocate by Oct. 1. In 2025, the nonprofit law firm received a $1.1 million grant from the New Hanover Community Endowment to relocate staff from its current North Front Street location to the Harrelson Center. The organization is upfitting 3,90…

LINC Inc. Welcomes Four New Board Members. LINC Inc., a Wilmington-based nonprofit, recently announced the appointment of four new members to its board of directors: Dorian Cromartie, Lynn Fulton, Cindy Pershia and Miriam Thompson. According to a news release, Leading Into New Communities (LINC) aims to educate and motivate youth "to make positive life choices and empowering men and women returning from incarceration to become productive members of the community. ... The addition of these accom…

Duke basketball has announced its Dec. 8 Jimmy V Classic matchup against Georgia, adding another marquee game to its 2026-27 schedule. https://t.co/73qNrgK4Sk [LINKED ARTICLE] Duke basketball announces Jimmy V Classic matchup against Georgia. Duke basketball has announced its Dec. 8 Jimmy V Classic matchup against Georgia, adding another marquee game to its 2026-27 schedule.

Nonprofit seeks over $3 million from state to conserve Brunswick forest | Exclusive https://t.co/YfZFyHLxJt [LINKED ARTICLE] Nonprofit seeks over $3 million from state to conserve Brunswick forest | Exclusive. A Brunswick County town is hoping a partnership with a conservation group finally earns state funding to protect hundreds of acres.

These factors shape Wilmington's hurricane risk, climate report says

Port Takes Part In Chilean Grape Pilot Program, Adds Treatment Capability. The Port of Wilmington added new fumigation capabilities to support a pilot program earlier this year aimed at reducing bottlenecks in the transport and treatment of grapes grown in Chile. Led by global integrated logistics firm Maersk, the pilot program, which included collaboration with produce supplier Oppy, was developed in response to concerns from Maersk customers about delays at some East Coast ports, said Le Harl…