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Reflections on AI at the end of 2025
by Salvatore Sanfilippo aka antirez (2 mins)
Summary: The article explores the shifting perspectives in artificial intelligence as large language models (LLMs) evolve beyond being viewed as “stochastic parrots.” It highlights how chain of thought (CoT) reasoning has become central to improving LLM performance, combining internal search with reinforcement learning to produce more coherent and purposeful outputs.
Ideal for: AI researchers, technologists, and industry leaders who want to understand the practical and philosophical shifts in AI development—particularly around reasoning, reinforcement learning, and emerging paths toward AGI.
Why It’s Worth Your Time: It offers a grounded reflection on how far AI reasoning and learning methods have advanced, explaining why the next breakthroughs are likely to come from reinforcement learning and architecture diversification.
State of Consumer AI 2025
by Olivia Moore and Justine Moore (9 mins)
Summary: The article reviews the 2025 landscape of consumer AI, highlighting that while many major labs launched new tools, from OpenAI’s Sora and ChatGPT features to Google’s Gemini models like Nano Banana, usage remains heavily concentrated among a few dominant players. OpenAI continues to lead in scale and engagement, but Gemini’s growth trajectory and innovation in products like NotebookLM show rising competition.
Ideal for: Tech leaders, founders, and product managers interested in the evolving AI consumer ecosystem, platform strategy, and competitive dynamics between major AI labs. It’s also valuable for startup founders exploring white-space opportunities in AI applications.
Why It’s Worth Your Time: It provides data-driven insights into user adoption, product differentiation, and emerging market opportunities, revealing how AI assistants are evolving into full platforms, and where startups can still innovate amid the dominance of large model providers.
How To Be A Better Reader (Do This To Your Books)
by Daniel Pink (9 mins)
Summary: Daniel Pink shares seven techniques to become a better reader: actively engage with books by annotating and summarizing, create a system to store and retrieve insights, reread key works at different life stages, read both deeply and broadly (T-shaped reading), quit books that don’t resonate, and focus on reading for pleasure rather than pressure.
Ideal for: Lifelong learners, students, writers, and professionals seeking to improve comprehension, retention, and the practical application of what they read—especially those who want to turn reading into an active, idea-generating habit.
Why It’s Worth Your Time: It offers actionable strategies for transforming reading into a tool for growth and creativity—showing how reflection, summarization, and strategic use of AI can enhance understanding, memory, and personal development while keeping reading joyful and meaningful.
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This was a great reminder that meaningful learning is less about passive consumption and more about deliberate engagement. The three pieces connect nicely—from how AI is learning to reason, to how consumers adopt new tools, to how we as humans can read more actively and retain what matters. I especially appreciated the emphasis on capturing and revisiting insights over time—it turns learning into a compounding habit rather than a one-off activity. Thanks for the thoughtful curation, and happy holidays to the Glasp team 🎄
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