Shikhil Sharma is the Founder of Astra Security – a continuous pentesting platform. At the very onset of his career, Shikhil consulted a number of businesses, startups & banks on cyber security. After helping some top businesses secure their websites & apps, Shikhil noted how in-effective…
Perplexity AI “Uncensors” DeepSeek R1: Who Decides AI’s Boundaries?
In a move that has caught the attention of many, Perplexity AI has released a new version of a popular open-source language model that strips away built-in Chinese censorship. This modified model, dubbed R1 1776 (a name evoking the spirit of independence), is based on the…
What DeepSeek Can Teach Us About AI Cost and Efficiency
With its cute whale logo, the recent release of DeepSeek could have amounted to nothing more than yet another ChatGPT knockoff. What made it so newsworthy – and what sent competitors’ stocks into a tailspin – was how little it cost to create. It effectively threw…
Google’s AI ‘Co-Scientist’ Tool: Revolutionizing Biomedical Research
In the field of biomedical research, transforming a hypothesis into a tangible discovery is often a lengthy and expensive process. On average, developing a new drug can take over a decade and cost billions of dollars. To address these challenges, Google has introduced the AI Co-Scientist,…
The What If Machine: Bringing the “Iffy” Future of CSS into the Present
My thesis for today’s article offers further reassurance that inline conditionals are probably not the harbinger of the end of civilization: I reckon we can achieve the same functionality right now with style queries, which are gaining pretty good browser support.
The What If Machine: Bringing the…
Working With Multiple CSS Anchors and Popovers Inside the WordPress Loop
I know, super niche, but it could be any loop, really. The challenge is having multiple tooltips on the same page that make use of the Popover API for toggling goodness and CSS Anchor Positioning for attaching a tooltip to its respective anchor element.
Working With Multiple…
From Generative AI to Reliable AI: High Stakes in Manufacturing
The AI hype cycle exploded in 2023 with the debut of generative AI and subsequent funding injections. With it came a sense of blind AI optimism, where organizations championed the technology without a clear understanding of its ROI and practical use cases. Some merely followed the…
LLMs Are Not Reasoning—They’re Just Really Good at Planning
Large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s o3, Google’s Gemini 2.0, and DeepSeek’s R1 have shown remarkable progress in tackling complex problems, generating human-like text, and even writing code with precision. These advanced LLMs are often referred as “reasoning models” for their remarkable abilities to analyze and…
AI is the Perfect Teaching Assistant for Any Educator
Schools, universities, and other educational institutions around the world are facing a crisis. There simply aren’t enough teachers to meet the educational needs of a growing student population. UNESCO’s recent global report on teachers reveals that 44 million additional teachers are needed globally to provide sufficient…
Seth Forsgren, Co-Founder and CEO of Riffusion – Interview Series
Seth Forsgren, Co-Founder and CEO of Riffusion, leads the development of an AI-powered music generation tool that creates audio tracks from text prompts. Riffusion allows users to experiment with different musical styles and sounds in real-time, making music creation more accessible. Designed for both creativity and…