Unknown Number by Azure
A beautifully-written story told through text messages and published as a Twitter thread. Now nominated for a Hugo.
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Notable links: January 2, 2026
Looking ahead: humans are cool again.
What is Instagram’s Adam Mosseri really saying in his year-end memo?
"Instagram no longer believes it can beat AI by making more or better content. It wants to be the referee, to decide what is real and what is not, and to build systems that can do it at scale."
2025: The year in LLMs
Simon Willison breaks down what happened in the LLM space in 2025. Some of it has the potential to transform tech forever.
The next big thing in 2026 will be...
This year's predictions from tech experts and decision-makers are notably pro-human.