Really good explanation of text diffusion models here. Rather than generating one token at a time, this technique continually refines a bunch of tokens. Thanks for this, Maarten Grootendorst https://newsletter.maartengrootendorst.com/p/a-visual-guide-to-diffusiongemma

Stuart Thompson sold his home with a chatbot as his realtor and it went … totally fine?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/technology/sell-house-with-ai-no-realtor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.l1A.TZvQ.CsMeJ7HiwK4t&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Every chart I could think to make for this AI slop story looks the same. ChatGPT comes out, line goes up. https://wapo.st/4dncIVu