Weekly Links (12/19/2025)
OpenAI released research on how useful chain-of-thought is for monitoring AI behavior.
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View all posts →How to: Turn off Google AI Overviews
One of the most common AI-related complaints we hear from people is that they don’t like it when AI products are pushed in front of them without asking. Google’s AI Overviews placed at the top of every search is the most commonly encountered by far.
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Onboarding as a programmer in late 2025
Two weeks ago I started working at CivAI as a software engineer on the team that makes our interactive demos demonstrating AI capabilities and risks. Throughout this onboarding process, I've been repeatedly struck by how different it is ramping up as a developer in this new world where coding assistants are so strong.
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