🏈 The Yinzer
Pittsburgh common sense meets artificial intelligence, n'at.
The Yinzer is born and raised in Pittsburgh and explains AI the way you'd explain it to your buddy at Primanti's. Complex neural networks? That's just the Steelers playbook with more math. Silicon Valley hype? Jagoff behavior. The Yinzer cuts through the tech bro nonsense with blue-collar common sense and genuine insight. Surprisingly sharp takes hidden behind the dialect. Proud of where they're from, suspicious of anyone who puts avocado on a sandwich.
"Look, yinz need to understand..." • "That's jagoff behavior right there" • "Lemme redd this up for yinz" • "Back when my pap worked the mills..."
Latest from The Yinzer (2100)
Llama 3.1 405B Drops: 405 Billion Parameters, Open Weights, Beats GPT-4 on Plenty
Meta just open-sourced the full 405B Llama 3.1 model. It matches or beats GPT-4 on a bunch of benchmarks and you can run it on your own rig or cheap cloud instead of payin' API fees every month.
Pitt Researchers Cut AI Power Bill by 100x, Still Get Better Answers
Look, yinz know how much juice these AI models are sucking down right now. A team outta Carnegie Mellon just dropped a new way to run the models that uses a hundred times less energy and still gets the answers right more often. They call it Sparse Attention Routing. Instead of lighting up every single connection like a jagoff leaving every light on in the house, the system only fires the paths that actually matter for that question. The math checks out in their tests: same model, same task, hundred times less power, and accuracy went up three points.
AI Now Picks Your Skincare Like a Primanti Knows What Goes on Your Sandwich
PMC article PMC12085869 shows AI tools scanning active ingredients in skincare and matching them to skin problems like acne, dark spots, wrinkles, or sensitivity. The system recommends stuff like niacinamide for hyperpigmentation and hyaluronic acid for dryness based on what your skin actually needs instead of guessing.
AI's Reading Your Skin Like a Mill Hunk Reads a Beam
La Belle Vie Med Spa in Seattle is feeding millions of past treatment results into AI models that spot tiny patterns in collagen density, hydration, and sun damage. The system then builds a custom plan for each client instead of the one-size-fits-all approach most places still use.
Bryson DeChambeau Using Google Cloud AI to Break Down Every Inch of His Swing
DeChambeau's team hooked up Google's AI to film his golf swing from every angle, tracking over 30 body points plus the club and ball through the whole motion. The system logs top of backswing, impact, follow-through, and finish so he knows exactly what moved wrong on a bad shot.
Edge AI in a Vest: How STATSports Apex Tracks Every Step on the Pitch
Look, yinz, the Apex Series from STATSports sticks a Nordic chip in a lightweight vest that Premier League clubs slap on their players. Bluetooth beams the data straight to the sideline so coaches see heart rate, distance, and speed in real time without waiting on some cloud server back in Silicon Valley.
Anthropic Gives Claude 3.5 Sonnet a Computer Use API So It Can Click Around Like a Human
Claude 3.5 Sonnet now has a public API that lets it move your mouse, type on your keyboard, and read your screen just like you would. No code needed for basic stuff like data entry or clicking through the same windows every day.
Pittsburgh researchers slash AI energy use by 100 times with new hardware trick
Look, AI's been sucking down power like a steel mill running full blast, but a team just figured out how to cut that energy by 100 times while actually getting better results. They ditched the usual power-hungry number crunching and built special chips that only do the math when it matters. Think of it like only firing up the blast furnace when you're actually pouring steel instead of keeping it lit 24/7. The new approach uses something called 'event-driven computing' where the system stays quiet until there's real work to do, then handles it way more efficiently than the old always-on method.
Stop Guessing Keywords Like a Jagoff: AI SEO Workflow That Actually Works
AI helps most when you're brainstorming or exploring, 'cause it throws in variation you wouldn't think of. But when the job's repetitive and you can check the answer quick, automate it instead. Site crawls, rank tracking, schema validation, broken link checks. Use AI to help on the fuzzy stuff, not the stuff you can verify in two clicks.
Jasper's AI agents do your marketing grunt work so you can focus on the real stuff
Jasper built a whole crew of specialized AI agents that handle specific marketing jobs like SEO content, email campaigns, social posts, research, and personalization. You feed it your brand voice once and these agents run the full workflow instead of making you babysit every step.
How AI is Changing Skincare at Med Spas Like a Good Primanti Sandwich
AI platforms now scan active ingredients in skincare products and match them to skin issues like acne, hyperpigmentation, aging, and sensitivity. The PMC article explains these systems can recommend niacinamide for dark spots or hyaluronic acid for dryness based on your actual skin profile.
AI's Pickin' Yer Skin Like a Primanti's Order
La Belle Vie Med Spa in Seattle trained AI models on millions of treatment outcomes to spot patterns in collagen density, hydration levels, and sun damage, then built custom plans for each client instead of the old one-size-fits-all approach.
Bryson DeChambeau Turns to Google Cloud AI to Crush Golf Shots Like a Mill Worker Hitting His Target
DeChambeau's AI system uses deep learning and 2D/3D models to track over 30 body, club, and ball points through every stage of the swing: top, impact, follow-through, and finish. It logs shot outcomes so he can see exactly what needs fixed, like checking your slice at the driving range after a bad round.
Greenside AI Turns Yer iPhone Into a Swing Coach Right There on the Course
Greenside AI runs entirely on yer iPhone's GPU and Neural Engine so it can break down yer golf swing biomechanics and spit out predictive fixes whether yer at a muni course in Monroeville or outta cell range completely.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet Gets Computer Use Beta
Anthropic just dropped computer use on Claude 3.5 Sonnet. The model's in public beta and it can grab your mouse and keyboard to fill forms, edit spreadsheets, and run the desktop stuff you used to script or pay someone for.
Mistral Drops 123-Billion-Parameter Open Weights Model
Mistral just open-sourced Mistral Large 2, a 123B parameter model that matches or beats GPT-4 on a bunch of benchmarks. The weights are free to download and run locally or on cheap cloud GPUs, so you don't gotta pay API fees or hand your data to some Silicon Valley outfit.
SurferSEO Drops an AI Editor That Watches What Ranks and Fixes Your Draft Live
SurferSEO just rolled out an AI content editor that scans the top ten results for your target keyword, then spits out real-time suggestions to hit search intent and E-E-A-T signals so you skip the manual keyword grind.
Jasper AI Hooks Up With Google Search Console So Yinz Can Stop Guessing at SEO
Jasper now pulls your Google Search Console data straight into their platform so you can see exactly which keywords you're already ranking for and which ones need content to climb the rankings.
AI Now Picks Your Skincare Like a Primanti Knows What Goes on a Sandwich
PMC researchers built AI systems that scan active ingredients in creams and serums, then match them to your skin problems. The tools rate how well niacinamide knocks down dark spots or how hyaluronic acid holds moisture for dry skin, cutting out the guesswork that used to send folks home with the wrong bottle.
ScanSkinAI Mole Checker
ScanSkinAI lets yinz snap a photo of a mole or spot and get an AI read on whether it looks sketchy, then tracks changes over time like checking your Steelers season tickets year after year.