Cybersecurity mostly works because good hackers are expensive and few, not because things are actually secure. Utilities, hospitals, banks, governments, and basically every other organization with significant IT infrastructure are just not prepared for AI driven cyberattacks of the next 6-12 months. Imagine you’re hospital IT. The last guy who really understood the hospital network retired 10 years ago, you survived the ransomware era by buying expensive software that scans for phishing emails, and now you’re being asked to defend against AI swarms that have been *accidentally* poking holes in tech companies with sophisticated infosec teams. I don’t buy the *existential* nature of the threat yet, but I think pacing is one of the better tools in the toolbox to help the transition go smoothly. How else can we do it better? Handing out open source cyber hand grenades to everyone all at once won’t end the world but it sure will cause chaos.

Jalapeno beats VR200 in A0 silicon with a vibe-ported, non-specdec implementation of DeepSeek 🌶️ 🌶️ And with much faster program execution than VR200, and with a B0 update landing imminently Congrats to the Jalapeno team!!!

Personal update: I’ve decided to leave OpenAI. I’m proud to have been part of the custom chip program and grateful to everyone I got to build with and learn from along the way. The density of hardware talent on that team is extraordinary, and I don't think there's a better chip design team anywhere. It's been a wild journey from second hardware hire, 2.4 years ago, to now, and I'm excited to watch these chips become one of the most important engines of AGI. At the same time, I haven’t been able to shake the pull to climb a new mountain from the bottom again! I joined @AnthropicAI this week because I was deeply impressed with the team’s talent, values, and ambition, and I'm already energized by the pace and intensity of the past few days. It’s time to build.