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tanh··on Stealing Reasoning Traces from Proprietary LLM APIs
So to make the APIs stateless (the "ideal" where they don't use server side sessions/etc) we ended up with this. I'm sorry but this is kind of hilarious. Given the salaries paid to the workers at these companies and the hype of the models, I can't believe they all fell to the same flaw.
tanh··on Changes at Google DeepMind: Demis Hassabis from CEO to Chair, Jeff Dean departs
Yeah. I’m guessing they’re behind the Chinese models in capability now
tanh··on Changes to Google DeepMind teams
I guess Demis was about world models and the old talent saw the writing on the wall. Noam was a big one and this is just a continuation of that.

Don’t understand how Sundar is still running things, though.

tanh··on Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science
I feel nothing but grief.
tanh··on “We have information that Moonshot distilled Fable for the development of K3”
For code can't they distill from public GitHub commits? If they could figure out who used Mythos/Fable assitance in the commits.
tanh··on Mullvad exit IPs are surprisingly identifying
DDoS is just one of the impetuses for a service provider be MiTM'd
tanh··on Mullvad exit IPs are surprisingly identifying
Yeah I'm sure one day it will transpire Cloudflare is affliated with intelligence agencies too. The solution to a "sudden DDoS" is to put their website behind Cloudflare. Wonder who can do those sudden attacks?
tanh··on Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX
Wouldn't trust them not to take a copy and use it to distill. Wonder what security there is
tanh··on If I could make my own GitHub
This exists in Azure DevOps as Approve with Suggestions
tanh··on Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Debut as First Built on Intel 18A
The list of claims and what was tested in the comparison can be found here https://edc.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/performance...
tanh··on Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed
This will be fantastic for voice. I presume Apple will use it
tanh··on Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed
Does this imply we don't need as much compute for models/agents? How can any other AI model compete against that?
tanh··on Warner Bros Begins Exclusive Deal Talks With Netflix
If HBO is ringfenced and funded then fine. Otherwise we're fucked.
tanh··on AMD signs AI chip-supply deal with OpenAI, gives it option to take a 10% stake
Just the 1st tranche of shares would be like $6 billion at $220 so if they borrow against that they can fund it. If the hype continues they keep it going
tanh··on AMD signs AI chip-supply deal with OpenAI, gives it option to take a 10% stake
I think OpenAI will try and continue this elsewhere, which would be pretty worrying. It lets them not give up any equity, just use their name to pump stocks and earn capital.
tanh··on AMD signs AI chip-supply deal with OpenAI, gives it option to take a 10% stake
I don't know why Bloomberg TV are asking where this money comes from for OpenAI. It comes from the AMD stock holders. If the AMD stock pumps then OpenAI gets free money to buy more, without giving up equity. If it doesn't then OpenAI just walk away.
tanh··on AMD signs AI chip-supply deal with OpenAI, gives it option to take a 10% stake
OpenAI are also using the market to fund some of their rollout instead of going public/giving up equity.
tanh··on The gaslit asset class
I could always see how useful it is for criminal enterprise. That doesn't mean I want in. I wish I could avoid it altogether. Alas even stocks in my ETF holdings are proxies for some cryptocurrencies.
tanh··on Cloudflare Email Service: private beta
Yes, Cloudflare would be the ideal point for spy agencies to MITM things. It wouldn't surprise me if the funding for it came from them. And since they sit in between, many API audit logs wouldn't even flag intrusions because everything would look like you'd done it.
tanh··on Updates to Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy
It's not just chats, is it? It says "coding sessions" too.
tanh··on The $25k car is going extinct?
I am pretty sure these cars still exist in Japan at roughly the same price point. I'm not talking about kei cars, either.
tanh··on Solving `Passport Application` with Haskell
That's absurd! I hope it's all sorted out now. Personally hoping my kids won't have trouble when they turn 18 and have to interview.
tanh··on Solving `Passport Application` with Haskell
Yes and in the British system names can be fluid, changed at will with no declarations being made. That’s how my mother was able to register my birth with the surname of her mother’s third (!) marriage. Birth certificates are also immutable in certain ways but not entirely everything on it is immutable.

Not to mention the passport office has forgotten previous decisions for my own passport where this sort of surname discrepancy has been explained away. (Including one passport where I am listed on a page of her passport!)

The NPCs are infuriating. I called, emailed and received a different answer every time. It was like a poor LLM.

After applying I had to explain to my mother that within the same batch of applications, one daughter required additional UK documents but the other one didn’t (the passport came), purely because one was born in the UK and the other one wasn’t. She rightly flipped out, raised it with an MP and it was resolved within a day.

tanh··on Solving `Passport Application` with Haskell
I just went through hell this with one of my daughters. She was born in Japan and I had a hard time getting my mother’s surname matching what was on my birth certificate.

Long story short, I demonstrated I was born in England and that I have citizenship (a passport) so no matter the possibility, it must be something that can be passed on. That doesn’t match the guidelines of documents required but it’s much less of a pain I reckon.

tanh··on Japanese yen weakens to 160 against the USD for the first time since 1990
I live in Japan and get paid in a different currency. Changing jobs feels out of the question now.
tanh··on Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu
While I’ll defend the right to make emulators, I do think it should not be published for a console actively sold in stores.
tanh··on First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by CS student
Based on this, I wonder if the main challenge has already been solved.
tanh··on OpenAI to discontinue support for the Codex API
I wonder if this is to stop JetBrains from competing with whatever solution Microsoft will (presumably) bundle in Visual Studio.
tanh··on Japan births fall to record low as population crisis deepens
It's no wonder it's in decline.

We are considering having our second (we live in Japan) but the lack of daycare places is really hurting us. Even private daycares are fully subscribed. Moreover, if my wife gives birth, our child will have to come out of any public daycare she gets into.

Here we are, in our mid 30s, with a good household income and have ruled out a third already. We are not far from ruling out a second as well.

tanh··on British pound hits record low against the dollar
I moved to Japan with my family this month and it seems earning in either Yen or Sterling is a losing proposition. Oh well.
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