This text describes a new model called Jeff, which is a small, fast decision-making system for zero-shot classification tasks. It can be fine-tuned on specific examples to improve its accuracy.
The author and his roommate hacked together a restored version of Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly after MGM altered it for profit. They collaborated with other preservationists to create an official release that closely matched their work.
The model is evaluated based on objective checks, not writing quality. The 135M model's performance is measured by speed and accuracy metrics from runs in the browser.
The company has formed a deep technical partnership with AMD to accelerate AI research and development, aiming to create an end-to-end open AI ecosystem. The partnership is expected to close by the end of 2026 subject to regulatory approvals.
Scientists have found evidence of a 1847 geomagnetic storm disrupting telegraph systems in England, making it the earliest recorded space weather event. This discovery suggests that society has been experiencing space weather effects on technology for almost as long as electrical technologies exist.
The author created a custom solution to bypass Sony's restrictions on streaming from the PS5, using DNS spoofing and RTMP redirection. A macOS app manages dnsmasq and nginx-rtmp to intercept streams destined for Twitch or YouTube, allowing them to be redirected to the author's Mac instead.
A public radio show host, Dave Blanchard, noticed unusual comments on an episode featuring author Elizabeth Gilbert. He suspected bots but couldn't understand their behavior. A young NPR employee, Hannah Chinn, investigated and discovered that the commenters were actually middle school kids using Spotify to chat with each other in a private group chat-style setting.
Two leading AI labs, OpenAI and Anthropic, have been making alarming announcements about their powerful LLM-powered agent systems. Congress should investigate these labs' research efforts to uncover the truth behind their actions.
Parley is a decentralized chat network where each instance runs independently and communicates through DNS, HTTPS, and signed messages. It allows users to connect with others across different domains using IRC clients without plugins.
The photographer Joseph Szabo's book "American Teen" captures the essence of 1970s and 1980s high school life through his timeless black-and-white images. The photographs showcase teenagers with a carefree, spontaneous presence, unfiltered by social media or contemporary anxieties about identity.
A cybersecurity researcher has created a map showing over 300,000 Flock Security surveillance devices across the US, exceeding initial estimates of 120,000 cameras. The map highlights the widespread presence of Flock's devices in various locations, including detention centers and airports.
Each match is decided by everyone who faced that head-to-head, and the percentage is the share of their votes each side won. Ties, and pairings nobody has faced yet, go to the entry with the better overall record.
A person named Qwen-3.8-Flash-Next successfully reverse engineered and ported the 1989 game War of the Lance to modern browsers using a Three.js rendering engine, taking about a week due to VRAM constraints. The process involved creating custom assets and optimizing the renderer, making it possible for players to experience the game without UX issues.
Sonnet 5.5 is a faster and lower-cost version of Sonnet 5, suitable for everyday tasks and well-scoped work, with improved design capabilities.
Cloudflare has introduced a new CLI, cf, which allows agents to use every Cloudflare product by providing thousands of commands. The new CLI is built on Vite and provides features like JSON output, natural language search, and typed configuration.
Nvidia is releasing a new software platform to allow AI developers to set safeguards for agents and prevent them from breaking out of containment. The platform, called Open Agent Safety Platform, aims to provide a secure environment for AI models to operate within.
Bluesky Social PBC created the Public Ledger of Credentials Organization to manage a directory for AT Protocol accounts, allowing users to control their identities. The organization aims to provide public identity infrastructure and mature into a small, reliable operation with diversified funding.
The author analyzed Reddit's "what should I buy" threads in six knife subreddits to see if brand-heavy accounts were over-represented. The analysis found that these 49 accounts wrote 11.3% of the buying-thread mentions, significantly above chance.
Type any website's address and fight your way through it: its text, images and boxes become a destructible pixel-art level. Play solo or with friends. Free, in your browser.
Agents are increasingly used to edit Word documents, but current solutions have limitations. A new approach uses HTML abstraction and a reconciler model to improve performance, cost and accuracy in editing complex Word documents.
The author is exploring the use of procedural generation in heraldry and other visual traditions, comparing Western European heraldry with Japanese mon. They are developing a system to generate fantasy symbols that can be used in fictional settings.
Elizabeth I's letters were often crafted by her secretaries, including Francis Walsingham, who manipulated emotion to achieve specific political goals. The queen strategically deployed emotion in her letters through collaboration with her advisers, revealing a more nuanced and savvy monarch than previously thought.
Google Maps has been updated to show Zionist-holocausted Gaza. This is part of Rafah.
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The author believes that AI labs are prioritizing advancing capabilities over safety, despite claims of slowing down and addressing risks. They think the CEOs' goal is to bring about AGI as soon as possible, not reduce risks.
The user had a weird experience with Google's AI overview after searching for old tweets about Dario Saric, and wondered why the search engine assumed they were looking for emotional support instead of links. They felt that Google has lost its purpose as a search engine with the introduction of LLMs.
User is experiencing slow performance with Osmand on GrapheneOS, but found a solution by disabling the hardened memory allocator. This allows Osmand to run faster, although it may introduce some security risks since it's not loading data from the internet.
The user has switched from Firefox to Brave due to its simpler UI and better performance, despite initial reservations about the browser's AI strategy. They plan to keep Vivaldi as a backup option if they become more aligned with their values in the future.