recursive diffusion training converges to a smoothed limit
even with perfect learning, early stopping in diffusion models causes geometric drift toward a unique limiting distribution that acts as a low-pass filter on the data.
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satellite uses ai to find things on its own in orbit
a satellite ran a vision-language model in space for the first time, letting it answer natural language queries about earth imagery without human help.
localized multidirectional correction for refusal suppression in moe models
a new method called lomc suppresses refusals in mixture-of-experts models using compact, support-gated edits that preserve general performance.
user portrait planning adapts dialogue strategies in real time
a new framework uses user portraits and nested rollout to let large language models dynamically tailor dialogue policies without offline training.
optimal transport recovers geometric shifts for domain adaptation
a study shows optimal transport with p-norm cost can recover rotation, translation, or scaling between source and target domains in 2d, enabling linear regression adaptation with scarce target data.
ai layoffs surge as wealth gap widens
tech companies cite ai for record layoffs while insiders amass huge wealth, fueling skepticism and public anger.
decision trees unified via bregman divergences
a new framework extends decision trees to any bregman divergence loss, generalizing classic cart and enabling flexible, interpretable models for diverse data types.
transformer policy for open shop scheduling via deep reinforcement learning
a transformer-based scheduling policy trained with deep reinforcement learning solves open shop scheduling problems and scales to large instances without retraining.
mobile npu framework speeds up diffusion llm inference
llada.cpp is the first npu-aware framework for accelerating diffusion large language models on smartphones, using multi-block speculative decoding and other techniques.
why ai hasn't replaced software engineers
ai speeds up coding but software engineering bottlenecks remain in deciding what to build, verifying outputs, and deep human understanding.
weekly brief: 2026-06-08-2026-06-14
spacex's record ipo, anthropic's model shutdown, and india's ai sovereignty debate lead a week of market shifts and regulatory moves.
ai ipo wave reshapes tech markets
spacex's record ipo kicks off a rush of ai companies going public, with anthropic and openai close behind, creating ripple effects across industries.
daily brief: 2026-06-14
india debates ai self-reliance after anthropic blocks models, meta unwinds manus deal under pressure, and state attorneys general investigate openai.
india debates ai future after anthropic blocks new models
anthropic suspended access to its latest ai models for foreign nationals under a us directive, reigniting india's debate on technological dependence and domestic ai development.
luau-wasm 0.1a0 released as pyodide webassembly wheel
simon willison releases luau-wasm 0.1a0, packaging the luau programming language as a webassembly wheel for use with pyodide in the browser.
sqlite column provenance for datasette queries
simon willison explores methods to map sql query result columns back to their source table and column in sqlite, enabling richer data display in datasette.
publishing wasm wheels to pypi for pyodide
pyodide now supports installing packages with webassembly wheels directly from pypi, removing the need for maintainers to manually host them.
meta unwinds manus deal under beijing pressure
meta begins operational separation from chinese ai startup manus after beijing's divestiture order on national security grounds.