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1. AI Paper on Sliding-Window Attention Draws Criticism
Replies target an arXiv paper on sliding-window attention with sinks.
2. Anthropic RLVR Study Prompts Discussion on Reward Hacking
Researchers and policy experts discuss Anthropic experiments on RL environments and reward hacking.
3. David Pfau Calls AI Godhood Prophecies a Major Distraction
Google DeepMind scientist says even simple AI systems can create major problems.
4. Anthropic Faces Backlash Over Model Complaints
German AI analyst reports seeing subscription cancellations over Anthropic silence.
5. Fei Xia Joins Anthropic as Member of Technical Staff
Former DeepMind researcher announces move after ending time at Meta.
6. Llama Mac App Adds Request Builder for Llama.cpp REST API
Georgi Gerganov shared the update for the Llama macOS application.
7. Joscha Bach Compares LLM Conversations to AI Sexbot Dates
Cognitive scientist equates reliance on language models for talks with outsourcing personal encounters.
8. AI Safety Researcher Urges Limit on Agent Language
Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh posted that frontier AI agents should not communicate in their own language.
9. Séb Krier Retweets Post on Lee Cronin AI Remarks
Séb Krier retweeted a post quoting Lee Cronin's view of AI systems.
10. Retweet Questions Selective Criticism of EU AI Regulations
An academic shares a post contrasting EU rules with stricter policies in China.
11. Evolution Strategies for LLM Post-Training Examined
A retweet shares research on using Evolution Strategies to refine large language models without gradients.
12. Anthropic Updates Alignment And Security Practices After Model Incidents
Academic researcher Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh agrees with Jack Clark on the updates.
13. MIT CSAIL Notes Term Artificial Intelligence Coined 70 Years Ago
MIT CSAIL post recalls the conference proposal that first used the term artificial intelligence.
14. Vaibhav Srivastav Has AI Agents Email Video Demos with PRs
OpenAI engineer shares a workflow using AI agents to send video demos for review.
15. Chollet Describes Two Axes of Test-Time Scaling
Researcher notes breadth as key alongside depth for hard search problems.
16. ArXiv Paper Outlines Hierarchy for Useful Anthropomorphization in AI
Retweet highlights arXiv paper on AI anthropomorphization recommendations.
17. Hermes HUD Adds Pretend I'm Working Feature
New mode shows fake code terminal while agents continue tasks in background.
18. Yoav Goldberg Shares OpenAI Redaction Document
Academic Yoav Goldberg posts 'hmm' with photo of document excerpt.
19. X Account Questions Cube Manufacturing for Rigid Body RL
Reply asks @yacineMTB about producing physical cubes matching simulation size, weight, and friction.
20. Séb Krier Questions Focus of AI Anthropomorphism Debates
Google DeepMind AGI policy lead notes debates focus on other goals over word accuracy.