X’s code laid bare, a diplomatic summit with chips as hostages, and robots working in a 24-hour stream. Episode 10 of Tokenizados is about power: computational, economic and geopolitical.
X open-sources its code and Grok steps up
The source code of X (Twitter) is now available on GitHub. From the analysis of the algorithm, some revealing metrics stand out: watch time weighs five times more than a like, and AI slop is penalized harshly. Grok, in addition, debuts Build, its development tool resulting from the collaboration with Cursor for Premium subscribers. And a personal note: Antonio presents wapu.studio, his project for generating personalized versions of the WordPress mascot with AI.
Taiwan as a red line: the China-US summit
The historic summit in China brought together Tim Cook, Jensen Huang and Elon Musk. There was no progress on chip exports, but it made one reality clear: AI is already a diplomatic battle where Taiwan — maker of 80% of the world’s chips — is the red line. Tech companies have gone from negotiating with customers to negotiating with states in order to build data centers or manufacture hardware.
Token Max: bringing the future to the present
The week’s most provocative proposal is from Garry Tan: companies should spend at least $10,000 a month on tokens for their agents. The reasoning: maximizing the use of the best models to delegate work — even while we sleep — is equivalent to buying today, at a discount, the capacity the rest of the market will have in two years. “Token Max” as a competitive strategy, not as waste.
Figure AI live: robots that don’t rest
The 24-hour stream of Figure AI’s robots working nonstop is hypnotic — and a statement of intent about efficiency versus human labor. The numbers back it up: robotic arms have gone from €300,000 to €30,000 in a year. Meanwhile, Demis Hassabis is pushing Isomorphic Labs with $2.1 billion and a no-half-measures goal: solving all diseases through AI.
Martha Stewart and Mira Murati: two second lives
Closing with two profiles. Martha Stewart, at 84, launches Hint, a smart home-maintenance startup. And Mira Murati, former OpenAI CTO, leads Thinking Machines with a $2 billion round to create more fluid AI systems, capable of “thinking” while they interact with the user — breaking the traditional chat paradigm.
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