Structured AI data pipelines score 10.9 points below free-form code — DataFlow-Harness closes the gap

Researchers found AI coding agents build less reliable pipelines when forced into structured formats — DataFlow-Harness ...

How to build a keyword clustering tool with Python

Automate the process of grouping thousands of search queries into coherent topics for faster, more scalable content planning.
HackerNoon

From Python Script Hell to a Modern Data Integration Framework

Every Data Team Eventually Ends Up with a Collection of Python Scripts. Almost every enterprise data platform follows a similar evolution. At the beginning of a project, data inge ...
IndieWire

‘Gail Daughtry’: Inside the 7-Day Writing Exercise That’s Produced Three Feature Films

David Wain and Ken Marino break down how they went from having “no concept” to a completed first draft of “Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass” in a week. “The exercise is sourced out of the idea ...
InfoWorld

Write cleaner and faster Python code

Check out Python’s powerful new linters and profiling tools, and learn how virtual environments can save you time and trouble. Meta’s long-awaited Pyrefly linter is out in a 1.0 version, and the ...
The Atlantic

The Biggest Tell That Something Was Written by AI

A few weeks ago, where I live in Johannesburg, a man ran a stop sign and crashed into my Subaru. At the scene he was frantic, unable to gather his thoughts. Half an hour later, I received a lengthy, ...
The New York Times

What 370,000 College Essays Tell Us About A.I.’s Effects on Creativity

Ms. Winthrop is the director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution and led its global task force on A.I. and education. I am a big fan of technology. I’ve blissfully given ...
New Scientist

A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began

Early writing is a tale of two scripts. Egyptian hieroglyphs and Mesopotamian cuneiform both emerged independently about 5300 years ago. The political powers of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia ...
The New York Times

How A.I. Killed Student Writing (and Revived It)

High school and college teachers are watching students write, in the classroom, in order to protect against the incursion of artificial intelligence. Credit...Video by Lauren Lancaster For The New ...
Los Angeles Times

Stephen Colbert goes from late night to ‘Lord of the Rings’: Host set to co-write new movie script

Peter Jackson, the visionary filmmaker who adapted author J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy for the big screen in the early aughts, teased “very special partner” Colbert’s involvement in a video posted to ...
ZDNet

How to use your Android phone to master Linux Bash scripts (instead of doomscrolling)

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...