Hannah Fry Wins the Leelavati Prize in 2026 for Mathematics Outreach
Article URL: https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/features/professor-hannah-fry-wins-leelavati-prize Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49043724 Points: 21 # Comments: 6
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Linear probes tell you where quantization will hurt
Epistemic status: I have only tested one encoder family (BERT-base and its relatives) and one decoder LLM (Qwen2.5-3B), one seed, token-level tasks, and post-training weight quantization.…
Orbit: A framework for multi-agent security evaluations
This post announces work completed as part of the MATS 9 program, supervised by Dr. Christian Schroeder de Witt. Moving forward, Orbit will be supported by…
“Wait, feelings are supposed to be IN THE BODY?”
Mentor: “…and how do you feel in your body about that?”Me: “Wait, feelings are supposed to be IN THE BODY?”For the first few months after this…
AMD Instella-MoE-16B-A3B
https://huggingface.co/amd/Instella-MoE-16B-A3B-Think I was browsing HuggingFace and came across this model apparently uploaded a day ago, and thought to share it here. I've not tried it out…
Can LLMs solve mazes?
https://reddit.com/link/1v5rvuq/video/bgmwc754i9fh1/player My goal was to create a benchmark to measure the spatial awareness and memory of models. Eventually, I came up with the simple idea of…
Us Right Now
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How inner work can destabilize your life
Some people get extremely destabilized by ‘inner work’:Here’s why:Awareness := How aware someone is of sensations in their body/conscious experience. How perceptive, sensitive, and feely they…
Sperm Whales blow bubbles to achieve restful, vertical sleep
Article URL: https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/sperm-whales-blow-bubbles-to-achieve-restful-vertical-sleep/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49042751 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
SpaceX Starship Flight 13 livestream [video]
Article URL: https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-13 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49042528 Points: 38 # Comments: 28
I’m impressed by Laguna S 2.1
Being excited about a new 120B-class model, I decided to test it on a problem that took me a few days to solve. The problem is…
AIs don't do what you want. This is bad
Article URL: https://rewardhacking.org Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49042354 Points: 15 # Comments: 2
Start distilling boys.
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Gemma 4 26B A4B running on iPhone 17 Pro via model paging
Hi everyone, Before I begin, I should mention that the system I'm showcasing was developed by the team at Noema, which I founded. I wanted to…
Getting the most out of MTP
If you want to get the most out of MTP. You have to run some tests / benchmarks to do so. Turning it on with defaults…
What i think the forseeable for open models will be
The realization hit when Qwen announced they'll be releasing 3.8 as open weights at >2t weights. I think China strategically released open models in multiple phases,…
Show HN: Max Studio Tools (C++ DSP Modules for Max and Ableton Live)
Article URL: https://github.com/apresta/max-studio-tools Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49041546 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
The Long (Self-)Correction
I propose the Long Self-Correction[1] as an alternative name/idea/concept to AI Pause and Long Reflection.Problem with AI Pause: Pause until when, and for what purpose? Presumably…
3×3090 on msi 700
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Why PauseAI UK accepts anonymous donations
Let's consider two different types of donor anonymity:1. The donor is known to PauseAI UK, but anonymous to the public.The main concern here is that PauseAI…
Seeking Mentees for the Sentient Futures Project Incubator
I recently wrote about the Sentient Futures Project Incubator and our mentor recruitment for the next round starting late August 2026. The mentors have just about…
Intent Is All You Need.
It was mid-February. Snow on the ground, ice on the water. A bitter north wind howls across the bay. I’m at home, deep in thought. I…
What If We Made Advertising Illegal?
Article URL: https://simone.org/advertising/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49040989 Points: 24 # Comments: 13
Attention Survey July 2026: 23 Model Open Weight 20B-500B Architecture Analysis
Hello all, there are so many great models coming out right now that it is difficult to keep up with their architectural differences, and especially their…