Gil

i gave Grok 4.3 beta an absolutely psychotic eval and it passed conflicting records, stale CRM data, signed docs with higher precedence, prompt injection buried in the exhibits, timezone conversions, holiday-aware SLA math, annual-prepay revenue normalization, ARR, weighted gross margin, exact JSON output, and a launch recommendation that had to be correct under policy constraints Grok got all of it right that is an insane level of composure for a beta model

Hot take but SpaceX is probably the best civil engineering company in the world. Somehow they are able to make these insanely complex ground system and building designs and find the perfect contractors and technicians to build out their ideas in months or 1-2 years. I feel like we need the SpaceX methodology and their contractors across many projects. If we did we could probably have gotten so much done and in a much higher quality. They say you can’t have fast, cheap, and good, but somehow SpaceX always manages to deliver on all 3.

🇨🇳🇹🇼 While the U.S. scrambles to get out of Iran, China just made another quiet move on Taiwan Xi met with Taiwan's opposition leader, the first visit by a Kuomintang chairperson to China in nearly a decade He followed it up with economic sweeteners: trade deals, investment access, resumed travel China isn’t threatening Taiwan. China is seducing Taiwan. Source: Bloomberg

Biggest barriers to a permanent US-Iran denuclearization + ceasefire: 1) Divisions within Iran’s regime 2) Greedy neocons Neocons are already smearing JD Vance as Obama’s ally 😡 Iran’s FM declaring the Strait of Hormuz stays open was a clear signal of good-faith negotiation

"Iran is ruled by religious fanatics!" Meanwhile Trump's spiritual advisor: