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• A Dogecoin recruiter wants AI bots running your government.
• LatAm coders are the new fuel for U.S. LLMs.
• Pigeonholes just rewired computer-science brainwaves.
• Robots tackle volcanoes, sand dunes, and burger joints.
• Trump’s AI pope pic ruffles Vatican feathers.

🚀 Today in Tech

From DOGE to DoD: Musk-y recruiter plots AI agent army for Uncle Sam

<Source: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/a-doge-recruiter-is-staffing-a-project-to-deploy-ai-agents-across-the-us-government/>
TL;DR: Startup exec claims decentralized AI “civil servants” could replace tens of thousands of federal workers, kicking off a sprint to embed chatbots deep inside agencies while watchdogs yell “procurement nightmare ahead.”

Nearshore or Never: Revelo’s Latin dev network surges on AI boom

<Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/04/revelos-latam-talent-network-sees-strong-demand-from-us-companies-thanks-to-ai/>
TL;DR: U.S. firms hunting post-training LLM talent are flooding Revelo with requests, pushing 22 % of the startup’s 2024 revenue into AI gigs and fueling more acquisitions across Brazil-to-Chile coder hubs.

Mind-bending Math: Empty pigeonholes unlock fresh complexity puzzles

<Source: https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-problem-about-pigeons-powers-complexity-theory/>
TL;DR: A Quanta/Wired deep-dive shows how flipping the classic pigeonhole principle may map new classes of “must-exist” problems—proof that even pigeons can teach computers new tricks, unlike my dad’s diet, which still can’t solve the mystery of disappearing cookies.

Video Friday goes full Mad Max

<Source: https://spectrum.ieee.org/video-friday-robots-extreme-environments>
TL;DR: IEEE Spectrum’s weekly robotics reel features wheeled-legged bots conquering rubble, open-source humanoids, and ABB’s burger-flipping automation—proving the apocalypse will be catered and filmed in 4K.

AI Pope? Cardinal says ‘nope’

<Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-york-cardinal-says-trump-ai-pope-image-wasnt-good-2025-05-04/>
TL;DR: New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan calls President Trump’s AI-generated papal selfie “not good,” sparking a holy row over deepfakes and decorum—because when memes go to heaven, moderation turns truly divine.

🎲 Link Grab-Bag

• <Source: https://spectrum.ieee.org/data-center-cooling-xmems> — MEMS “fans-on-chips” promise cooler, greener data centers.
   

• <Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/659563/uber-may-mobility-autonomous-ridehail-partnership> — Uber + May Mobility aim to unleash robotaxi swarms in Texas.
  

• <Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43845089> — Hacker News debates whether “AI-first” is just RTO in disguise.
  

• <Source: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/google-funding-electrician-training-ai-power-crunch-intensifies-2025-04-30/> — Google bankrolls 100 k electrician apprentices to keep AI lights on.
  

• <Source: https://spectrum.ieee.org/optics-gpu> — Optical interconnect startups inch GPUs toward light-speed futures.

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