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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moReconstruct, Practice, Go Real: Guided Self-Improvement for Embodied AgentsBuilding reliable robot capabilities across diverse tasks requires substantial human effort to develop and maintain skills, design rew…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moEmbedding Prediction Helps Image GenerationIn diffusion transformers, a class label or a text prompt is embedded once, and the same condition is reused at every denoising step.…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moScholarCatalyst: A Benchmark for Retrieving Papers That Inspire New ResearchWhat makes great scientists great? Even as AI systems start to make progress on open problems, scientists remain far ahead of them at…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moSILSA: Sliding-Window Slice Latents for Topology-Preserving High-Resolution 3D GenerationHigh-resolution 3D generation increasingly relies on voxel latents and multi-stage pipelines that first predict active structure and t…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moVISTA: A Visual Harness for Reasoning in an Interactive WorldWe show that multimodal models possess strong reasoning abilities and that an appropriate harness can unlock their potential to solve…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moTACO: Ternary Absolute-max Column-wise One-sparse Optimizer for LLM Fine-TuningFull-parameter fine-tuning of large language models (LLMs) incurs substantial optimizer state memory overhead, limiting the model size…
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hn
hn-ai
1moShow HN: The Zoomist – looking and listening to ordinary things more closelyI’ve been building a small project called The Zoomist.<p>The idea is to take ordinary things that we normally see or hear without thin…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moFERPO: Forward Entropy-Regularized Policy OptimizationSeveral state-of-the-art methods for online reinforcement learning in continuous control improve policies using action gradients of a…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moHierarchical Continuous Diffusion Language ModelsDiscrete diffusion language models offer a compelling alternative to autoregressive generation for tasks demanding bidirectional reaso…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moCost-augmented Schrödinger bridges on graphs are exactly solvable: a Feynman-Kac tilt replaces learned controlThe generalized Schrödinger bridge on a graph moves mass between two distributions while charging a cost for the states visited. It ha…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moThe Missing Primitive: Diagnosing and Repairing Mathematical Reasoning in Large Language ModelsWhile Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated striking capabilities on frontier mathematical problems, it remains unclear wheth…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moTrust the Direction, Search the Step: Zero-and-First-Order Methods for LLM Fine-TuningStep-size selection remains a central challenge in large-scale neural network optimization; conservative steps slow convergence, while…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moGenerative modeling of intrinsically disordered protein regions by reinforcing sparse autoencoder featuresIntrinsically disordered protein regions (IDRs) play central roles in cellular processes such as transcriptional regulation, signal tr…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moDMAD: Distribution Matching as Adversarial Distillation for Fast Visual GenerationDistribution Matching Distillation (DMD) trains a few-step student from the difference between separately estimated target and student…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moHigher-Order Molecular Grammars for Generative and Foundation Models in ChemistryMolecular learning models are strongly shaped by their underlying representations. Yet standard sequential and graph formalisms strugg…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moDecoding Looped Transformers Better for (Almost) FreeLooped Transformers achieve parameter efficiency by repeatedly executing a shared block across recurrent loops. Each loop yields an in…
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hn
hn-ai
1moShow HN: Breadcrumb – A flight recorder and context manager for your AI (Mac)🔧 Ollama🔧 Gemma 3Hi HN, Justin here!<p>Breadcrumb records everything you do on your Mac (screen + meetings + AI transcripts + what you and your AI deci…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moSoftServe: A Scalable Quasi-Newton Method for Deep LearningQuasi-Newton (QN) methods have long been among the most effective methods for large-scale unconstrained convex optimization. Two obsta…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moGenerative Cinematographer: Composing Camera and Object Motion in 3DCurrent controllable video generation systems often rely on 2D motion trajectories or sparse drag signals for object motion. These con…
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bluesky
bluesky-ai
1moit would be pretty cool to just have an agent go search for the cheapest airline tickets for you and present the options, but how can you e…it would be pretty cool to just have an agent go search for the cheapest airline tickets for you and present the options, but how can…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moFrom Gradients to Capabilities: Understanding Multi-Teacher On-Policy DistillationMulti-teacher on-policy distillation (MOPD) aims to combine the strengths of RL-trained teachers in a single student, but how teacher…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moEffective Resistance and Graph Neural Network Reliability in Tissue-Specific InteractomesProtein function annotation needs to know which predictions to distrust, not only what a model predicts. We ask whether tissue-specifi…
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bluesky
bluesky-ai
1moHave you been chiming in on AI discourse despite having no clue what linear algebra is? Let the AI version of me explain it to you. Claude…Have you been chiming in on AI discourse despite having no clue what linear algebra is? Let the AI version of me explain it to you. C…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moEvery Ablation Is a Dose: Counterweights and the Semblance of Self-RepairAblate a component of a language model, and other components often appear to adjust and compensate. This phenomenon, termed self-repai…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moWatch, Infer, Coordinate: Inferring Robot Partner Constraints for Zero-Shot CoordinationRobots operating in the physical world will increasingly need to coordinate with other robots, particularly in manipulation tasks wher…
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hn
hn-ai
1moWorktrunk: A CLI for Git worktree management, designed for AI agent workflows—
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bluesky
bluesky-ai
1mothese are not scientific conclusionsthese are not scientific conclusions
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bluesky
bluesky-ai
1moThis is already happening with brands. Ever Google help on something, and find a 6 year old reddit thread with brand new comments recommend…This is already happening with brands. Ever Google help on something, and find a 6 year old reddit thread with brand new comments reco…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moAutoCompact: Learning When to Compact Context in Long-Horizon Coding AgentsCoding agents solve repository-level software engineering tasks through long trajectories of code inspection, search, editing, and tes…
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bluesky
bluesky-ai
1moAnd AI is going to make this problem SO MUCH WORSE. Another thing that AI is going to have to break is double-blind reviews. That's a grea…And AI is going to make this problem SO MUCH WORSE. Another thing that AI is going to have to break is double-blind reviews. That's a…
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bluesky
bluesky-ai
1mohe's probably using dictation too which raises the question of how any LLM (not just gork) handles his garbage-stream way of talking. also…he's probably using dictation too which raises the question of how any LLM (not just gork) handles his garbage-stream way of talking.…
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bluesky
bluesky-ai
1moOutrageous. OpenAI has reportedly fired three safety researchers for sharing information with an outside AI safety group. This looks like …Outrageous. OpenAI has reportedly fired three safety researchers for sharing information with an outside AI safety group. This looks…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moDuoMind: Enabling Distributed Multi-Robot Coordination with Semantic CommunicationVision-language models (VLMs) and vision-language-action models (VLAs) have recently driven rapid progress in general-purpose robots,…
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bluesky
bluesky-ai
1moToday in nonconsensual shit being done to us by tech and media: Audible is ramming genAI LLM text to speech as a "feature" on audiobooks! …Today in nonconsensual shit being done to us by tech and media: Audible is ramming genAI LLM text to speech as a "feature" on audiobo…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moWhen Do Intrinsic Rewards Lead to Exploration?Intrinsic rewards are designed to guide exploration in reinforcement learning by assigning value to an agent's experience, for example…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moMuon meets Tamed Langevin: Momentum Preconditioning beyond Convex and gradient-Lipschitz PotentialsWe consider the problem of sampling from Gibbs distributions on matrix spaces whose potential energies are neither convex nor globally…
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hn
hn-ai
1moIn-House Counsel Is About to Get Good—
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rss
techcrunch-ai
1moOpus 5.5 loves to tell you ‘this matters’ (and other AI writing tells)Opus 5.5’s biggest tell is the word “dependable,” which pops up 23 times more often than in human samples.
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moFrom Knowledge Access to Source Learning: Developing Source-Specific CompetenceLarge language model (LLM) agents increasingly rely on persistent external sources to solve sequences of knowledge-intensive tasks. Ex…
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bluesky
bluesky-ai
1moAs if Stephen Miller’s Goebbels impression wasn’t enough, Trump now has the LLM that once called itself “MechaHitler” advising him. All the…As if Stephen Miller’s Goebbels impression wasn’t enough, Trump now has the LLM that once called itself “MechaHitler” advising him. Al…
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rss
arstechnica-tech
1moMemory executives expect RAM shortage to continue through 2028Prices for memory sold for 2027 "are much higher than 2026 prices."
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moFaynt: Scaling and Optimizing Policies for Competitive MeleeWe introduce Faynt, a family of 10M- and 75M-parameter Transformer policies for Super Smash Bros. Melee, each controlling all 26 chara…
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hn
hn-ai
1moExplainDB: A Database System Built for Understandability—
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bluesky
bluesky-ai
1moI think there's a fundamental misconception here; LLM fiction is not "robot, write me a book." It's working up an outline in tandem with th…I think there's a fundamental misconception here; LLM fiction is not "robot, write me a book." It's working up an outline in tandem wi…
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moKeyword Harnesses Fail Open: A Cheap Diagnostic Ladder for Tool-Use Claims in Small Language ModelsKeyword-matching benchmarks can credit small models for tool use they never perform. We document such a false positive in a matched-ar…
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hn
hn-ai
1moShow HN: I built an app that scours the internet to create a daily news briefing—
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bluesky
bluesky-ai
1moBecause another person can spend a couple hours or days fleshing out an idea and you can spend $1 to read it fresh? The issue is mostly tha…Because another person can spend a couple hours or days fleshing out an idea and you can spend $1 to read it fresh? The issue is mostl…
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bluesky
bluesky-ai
1moGenuinely impressive digital history application of LLM: an unsolved - and untranscribed - enciphered Napoleonic era letter was broken usin…Genuinely impressive digital history application of LLM: an unsolved - and untranscribed - enciphered Napoleonic era letter was broken…
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bluesky
bluesky-ai
1moThe promise of the LLM seems to be that every day your job will be a little worse until one day you can be laid off.The promise of the LLM seems to be that every day your job will be a little worse until one day you can be laid off.
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arxiv
arxiv-ai
1moFinetuning with Sampling: SFT Learns Better Than You ThinkIntroducing new capabilities to frontier models has long been the goal of posttraining, which predominantly employs supervised finetun…
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