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As 2025 comes to a close, I'm continuing a tradition that I started during my time in the White House: sharing my annual lists of favorite books, movies, and music. I hope you find something new to enjoy—and please send any recommendations for me to check out!

@techNmak LLM

These are literally the kind of LLM interview questions most candidates wish they had seen earlier. A curated list of LLM interview questions - shared by Hao Hoang Want this doc? Follow @techNmak and comment “LLM” - I’ll send it over.

Nvidia announcements today: - Eli Lilly partnership - Palantir partnership - Hyundai partnership - Samsung partnership - $1 billion investment in Nokia - Uber partnership to build 100,000 robotaxi fleet - $500 billion in expected revenue over through 2026 - New system connecting quantum computers to its AI chips - Department of Energy partnership to build 7 new supercomputers Did we miss anything?

It’s been a phenomenal day for Indian Chess! Divya Deshmukh has not only won the 2025 FIDE Women’s World Cup but also become a Grandmaster. Congratulations to her. Her accomplishment will motivate many people and contribute to chess becoming even more popular among the youth. @DivyaDeshmukh05

Just In: The Phoenix Suns are hiring Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Jordan Ott as the franchise's new head coach, sources tell ESPN. Ott has been an NBA assistant since 2012 and has a strong background of offensive and defensive creativity, player development and communication.

@wordisbonz @FarzaTV editor

i made this video for @farzatv in less than 2 hours. i wanna teach you how to do it. if this sounds interesting to you, comment "editor."

@henrythe9ths AI Guide

There's a shocking fact about AI that nobody tells you: You can catch up to the public AI research frontier in just 2 weeks. Yes, really. I've built a $150M annual revenue startup over the last 8 years and If I were to start a company today, I’d drop everything and go all-in on AI. But like many busy software builders, I felt lost—overwhelmed by the noisy, crowded and fast-moving modern AI landscape. And I wasn’t alone. So I spent my entire holiday diving deep into AI research—reading 30+ papers, watching hours of lectures, analyzing trends, and catching up to the research frontier. ✨ Here’s what I learned: - You don’t need months (or years) to catch up. - You don’t need a PhD or decades of ML experience. - You need fewer than 20 papers and 2 weeks to understand the major breakthroughs shaping AI today. It's because the technology is extremely nascent and most techniques that came before are no longer relevant: - ChatGPT is barely 2 years old and Transformers are only 7 years old. - Most game-changing discoveries happened within the last 4 years, driven by a few breakthrough ideas, scaling laws, and efficient matrix multiplication. The biggest secret? Many groundbreaking AI papers with thousands of citations are surprisingly simple and applied, like adding "let's think step by step" to the prompt, or simply asking the LLM over and over again to improve its answer (Self-Refine). I realized there are tons of founders and builders in the same boat—wanting to dive deeper into AI but unsure where to start. I've created an essential AI Guide that helped me catch up, in just 2 weeks, to the frontier of public AI research to figure out where the next opportunities and gaps were: - Curated list of only the most important papers - Simple explanations of key concepts - Clear pathway to understanding the frontier of modern AI It’s perfect for: - Founders expanding into AI - Builders wanting to innovate at the frontier of AI - Investors looking to separate the signal from the noise 👇 Want the full guide? - Like and Share this post - Comment "AI Guide" - I'll send you the complete guide (ps, I’m also teaming up with @VishalVasishth, co-founder of @obviousvc with @ev (focused on large-scale societal impact companies like Twitter, Medium, Beyond Meat), to host a small meetup to discuss what's working and needs to be solved in the AI stack in SF. Message me if you're interested)

18th @ 18!

India has won the Chess Olympiad. Gukesh had one of the greatest performances of all time, leading the team to a gold medal with 9/10. Arjun Erigaisi was also a monster: 10/11. Gukesh is now 2794 elo, #5 in the world. Erigaisi is now 2797 elo, #3 in the world, overtaking Fabiano Caruana. Praggnanandhaa and Vidit were stellar teammates also. The entire team lost 1 game out of 44. 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

@JoshConstine I’m interested!

psst... we're throwing an epic after-party for TechCrunch Disrupt in a gorgeous SF penthouse. Reply for early RSVP access.

@borisyeltzin @b3broad There’s already FIDE titles & for those below title level, there are adjectives. For example, a great chess player is different than a good chess player. Of course those are subjective so ELO can also be used. Nonetheless, they are all chess players because…they play chess

@shardulgo @b3broad maybe those who are doing these things at a high/professional level need some form of differentiation?

@pitdesi @calcsam @dj_roots Everyone dances when zinghat comes on But I do wish it happened more often, everyone would be way happier if we normalized random dance parties 🎊

Do other cultures also start dancing unplanned and randomly at dinner parties / reunions?

@deedydas How do I join this Indian cricket league? Always wanted to play in SF but never found a group I’m beginner but down to play! 🙌🏾

It’s crazy that a small group of Indians that play cricket casually in SF has - the guy who led GPT-4o one of Elon’s former right hand men at X an MD at a multi-billion venture firm a founder of a ~billion dollar company All under 35 and we hardly talk about work.

@adele_bloch 🙋🏾‍♂️

After spending 100s of hours helping people work toward their personal goals... I'm compiling the BEST frameworks into a "personal growth playbook" For anyone wanting to make a big life change, but isn't sure where to begin🩶 Let me know if you want access when it launches!👇

@brettdash_ This ad could’ve easily been more playful and taken all those items into a tornado and then calmed down into the thin new iPad. The crushing (especially slowly) motif just doesn’t resonate because it feels and is more negative and personally made me think, we what a waste

This ad is getting so much hate, but many are misinterpreting it. My interpretation of this is that they're crushing all these large creative tools down to show they are accessible in one super thin device. That's literally it. Am I missing something?

@TrungTPhan I know you blurred it out but I know exactly who posted this because he’s a friend of mine And he’s a rapper and sales guy himself

Finally, someone on Linkedin has shared an insight on the Kendrick vs. Drake beef

I’ve been away from twitter for awhile but thought I’d come back today. Today is my birthday 🎂 so here’s 3 quick things I’ve learned over the last year. 1. Be patient. With yourself and with others. 2. Happiness is fleeting, life has other plans. Feel all feelings and enjoy small moments. 3. Enjoy the little things. The small moments added up eventually become a life And some more in pic below 👇🏾 Anyway, have a good day ✌🏾