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A researcher begins eulogizing the transformer

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SpaceXAI and Cursor are shipping a joint efficiency model tuned to rival Opus 4.8, while OpenAI's Jerry Tworek began eulogizing the transformer as a prelude to its successor, on the argument that intelligence is just compression.

Reporting date: 2026-07-08 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to July 8, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A researcher begins eulogizing the transformer
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Reporting date: 2026-07-08
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-07-08-the-transformer-eulogized
Claim: SpaceXAI and Cursor are shipping a joint efficiency model tuned to rival Opus 4.8, while OpenAI's Jerry Tworek began eulogizing the transformer as a prelude to its successor, on the argument that intelligence is just compression.
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- Welcome to July 8, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-july-8-2026
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