Data Science Briefing #309 — A practical roundup for staying current on data science and applied AI, with a useful pointer to production-ready mult… https://data4science.kit.com/posts/data-science-briefing-309#309%20-%2020996969&sh_kit=2c5b2d342145036e7b2cb3cfadd1e1387e710aa01042f5dd3d4e56d60e39ecd1
One week out — last chance to plan it into your calendar. Gemini API with VertexAI for Developers. Register: https://learning.oreilly.com/live-events/-/0642572299484/
One week out — last chance to plan it into your calendar. Gemini API with VertexAI for Developers. Register: https://learning.oreilly.com/live-events/-/0642572299484/
One week out — last chance to plan it into your calendar. Gemini API with VertexAI for Developers. Register: https://learning.oreilly.com/live-events/-/0642572299484/
One week out — last chance to plan it into your calendar. Gemini API with VertexAI for Developers. Register: https://learning.oreilly.com/live-events/-/0642572299484/
One week out — last chance to plan it into your calendar. Gemini API with VertexAI for Developers. Register: https://learning.oreilly.com/live-events/-/0642572299484/
One week out — last chance to plan it into your calendar. Gemini API with VertexAI for Developers. Register: https://learning.oreilly.com/live-events/-/0642572299484/
One week out — last chance to plan it into your calendar. Gemini API with VertexAI for Developers. Register: https://learning.oreilly.com/live-events/-/0642572299484/
Untangling the Hairballs of Multi-Centered, Small-World Online Social Media Networks | Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications — A clear, technical look at how multi-centered “small-world” social networks are structured, with methods that… https://jgaa.info/index.php/jgaa/article/view/paper370
Your LLM Doesn't Write Correct Code. It Writes Plausible Code. — A useful reminder that LLMs optimize for plausibility, not correctness—especially in code. The suggested database “sanity test” is a quick check worth adding to your… https://blog.katanaquant.com/p/your-llm-doesnt-write-correct-code
Why language models hallucinate | OpenAI — Clear, research-backed look at what drives LLM hallucinations and how better evaluation methods can reduce them. Worth a read if you’re building with AI and need more reliable, honest outputs. https://openai.com/index/why-language-models-hallucinate/
Can coding agents relicense open source through a “clean room” implementation of code? — Useful framing on whether agent-generated “clean room” rewrites can actually sidestep open-source licensing obligations. Worth a read if you’re relying on coding… https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/5/chardet/
How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills \ Anthropic — Worth a read on how AI assistance changes the way coding skills form—useful framing for when to lean on tools and when to practice unaided. Good reminder to treat… https://www.anthropic.com/research/AI-assistance-coding-skills
[2603.05344] Building Effective AI Coding Agents for the Terminal: Scaffolding, Harness, Context Engineering, and Lessons Learned — Solid, experience-driven notes on what actually makes terminal-based coding agents work: scaffolding, harness design, and disciplined… https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.05344
Data Science Briefing #308 — A solid roundup for staying current on applied data science, with a practical focus on production-ready multi-agent sy… https://data4science.kit.com/posts/data-science-briefing-308#308%20-%2020934242&sh_kit=d699feb21b624dc218ed662c6c5565dffe6053f1e042c10fd7a09d8afbc4be0d
Global Warming has Accelerated Significantly — Worth a look if you want a careful take on whether recent record-hot years reflect a real acceleration in warming or just natural variability. The authors try to control for major variability… https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6079807/v1
Can the Most Abstract Math Make the World a Better Place? — A thoughtful look at applied category theory and the practical question of whether even very abstract mat… https://www.quantamagazine.org/can-the-most-abstract-math-make-the-world-a-better-place-20260304/?mc_cid=2f6471fac1&mc_eid=0bb2af09bd
How to Network As A Scientist — Practical advice on networking for scientists, with a focus on building real relationships rather than collecting contacts. Worth a watch if you’re figuring out how to reach out without feeling awkward or salesy. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t3ulUtmGChM
Academics Need to Wake Up on AI — A clear-eyed follow-up on how academics are reacting to AI—especially the backlash—and what that reveals about the incentives and anxieties shaping the conversation. Worth reading if you… https://alexanderkustov.substack.com/p/academics-need-to-wake-up-on-ai-part
Surprising gender biases in GPT — Worth a read; the useful bits are usually in the examples and edge cases. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451958824001660
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The largest open-source humanized voice library — A substantial open-source voice library with 4,065 humanized voices across 44 languages, released under CC-BY-SA 4.0. Handy if you need multilingual TTS assets with clear licensing for reuse and remixing. https://github.com/jaymunshi/open-swara
Who Writes the Bugs? A Deeper Look at 125,000 Kernel Vulnerabilities
pebblebed.com/blog/kernel-...
Evaluating Theory of Mind and Internal Beliefs in LLM-Based Multi-Agent Systems
arxiv.org/abs/2603.00142
AgentConductor: Topology Evolution for Multi-Agent Competition-Level Code Generation
arxiv.org/abs/2602.17100
Who Pays for Tariffs Along the Supply Chain? Evidence from European Wine Tariffs
www.nber.org/papers/w34392
