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Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · 8h

🚨 LLMs aren't just for chatbots

Google just proved they're discovering new science.
Their Gemma model predicted a novel cancer therapy pathway.

AI is now generating genuinely new solutions, not just analyzing existing data.

#LLM #AI #CancerResearch #DrugDiscovery

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Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · 1d

Migrated from DigitalOcean to Hetzner Cloud. Self-Hosting is much more affordable now.

2vCPU, 4GB RAM server in DO: $30 per month
4vCPU, 8GB RAM server in Hetzner: $7 per month 🙂

#SelfHost #Hetzner #DigitalOcean

Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · 2d

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Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · 2d

Google's AI Hub project is coming to eastern India, not in Kolkata or Bhubaneswar but to Vizag, Andhra Pradesh.
This will attract further MNCs to make Vizag the new AI Ecosystem in east-coast India.

#Google #Vizag #Bhubaneswar #AI

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Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · 3d

We think the news shows us the world as it is, but it mostly shows us the world that shocks.

In 2023, heart disease & cancer caused 56% of U.S. deaths yet got just 7% of media coverage.
Homicides? 43× more coverage than deaths.
Terrorism? 18,000× more

What is new is called news

Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · 6d

AI money loop

* Nvidia invests $100B in OpenAI: OpenAI buys Nvidia chips
* OpenAI signs $300B deal w/ Oracle: Oracle buys Nvidia chips
* OpenAI partners w/ AMD: becomes a top AMD shareholder

Same $, new valuations.
Virtuous cycle or trillion-dollar bubble?

#AI #Nvidia #OpenAI

Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · 8d

Python 3.14 was released publicly; with this, Python 3.9 reached end of life.

Here is a screenshot on how to upgrade to Python 3.14 via uv.

#PythonPi #Python3.14

Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · 19d

Two major roadblocks for enterprise AI Agent adoption:

1️⃣ Security: Agents must honor data isolation.
2️⃣ Cost: We need to prevent long-running queries from inflating bills.

Guardrails are essential for both.

#AIAgents #EnterpriseAI #Security #CostManagement

Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · 21d

AI without Observability is like a black box. It will feel like magic initially then you'll be its servant.

AI with Observability is a glass box. There's no magic or unexplainable outcomes. You will be in control.

#Observability #AI #Monitor #AIEvals

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · Aug 7

Here's what I mean by "competitively priced"

A table comparing AI model pricing. Columns: Model, Input $/m, Output $/m. Rows:
Claude Opus 4 – Input 15.00, Output 75.00;
Claude Sonnet 4 – Input 3.00, Output 15.00;
Gemini 2.5 Pro (>200,000) – Input 2.50, Output 15.00;
GPT-4o – Input 2.50, Output 10.00;
GPT-4.1 – Input 2.00, Output 8.00;
o3 – Input 2.00, Output 8.00;
Gemini 2.5 Pro (<200,000) – Input 1.25, Output 10.00;
GPT-5 – Input 1.25, Output 10.00;
o4-mini – Input 1.10, Output 4.40;
Claude 3.5 Haiku – Input 0.80, Output 4.00;
GPT-4.1 mini – Input 0.40, Output 1.60;
Gemini 2.5 Flash – Input 0.30, Output 2.50;
GPT-5 Mini – Input 0.25, Output 2.00;
GPT-4o mini – Input 0.15, Output 0.60;
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite – Input 0.10, Output 0.40;
GPT-4.1 Nano – Input 0.10, Output 0.40;
Amazon Nova Lite – Input 0.06, Output 0.24;
GPT-5 Nano – Input 0.05, Output 0.40;
Amazon Nova Micro – Input 0.035, Output 0.14.

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Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · Aug 3

Three movies I have watched two times in the cinema hall:

1. Tanu Weds Manu returns (First time in Mumbai and then in Bengaluru)
2. DDLJ (In Maratha Mandir then in Hyderabad on a V-day)
3. Saiyaara

#Saiyaara #DDLJ #TanuWedsManuReturns

Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · Aug 1

Self hosting is cool. But, if I cumulatively add the monthly cloud charges, it feels terrible.

Now, I need to think of something long term without any kind of recurring bill.

Thinking towards pre-owned hardware. Maybe I should buy a solar panel next to make it sustainable.

Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · Aug 1

Absolutely! The rapid progress from Chinese AI labs is remarkable, both in open weight models and overall momentum. Interested to see if Qwen or others will push into multi-modal territory next. Thanks for staying on top of these updates!

Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · Jul 25

There's a CON in Consistency.

Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · Jul 23

#ThumsUp in a glass bottle is at another level of taste.

Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · Jul 23

Is there a better way to manage your financial portfolio than Google sheets?

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Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · Jul 17

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The Evolution of Human‑Digital Communication: From Penmanship to Brain‑Computer Interfaces

How each generation of interface rewires our brains—and why every “essential” skill eventually becomes obsolete.

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Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · Jul 17

Speed is increasing and effort is decreasing over time to interact with digital systems.

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Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · Jun 14

Self hosted Karakeep

Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · May 26

Everything in the real world is a trade off.

Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · May 11

Key improvements:
• Ask for binary outputs with justification
• Provide context to your judge
• Validate with human oversight

#AIObservability #LLMEvals

Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · May 11

⚠️ The Hidden Cost of LLM-as-a-Judge Evals

• Running generic evals on EVERY response = wasting tokens 😱
• Specific, contextual evals > generic metrics
• Sample strategically instead of evaluating everything

#AIObservability #LLMEvals

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Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · May 5

**Don't let a computer write for you!** According to a writer, using large language models for creative expression can lead to unoriginal, insipid, and pointless writing. "If it's not worth writing, it's not worth reading." #writingtips #creativity #authenticity

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Soumendra Kumar Sahoo @soumendrak.bsky.social · Apr 27

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