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šŸ”„ Tenstorrent and the State of AI Hardware Startups
Tenstorrent's innovative AI hardware architecture aims to compete with Nvidia, focusing on open-source development and mixed workloads.

Maximum likelihood estimation and loss functions
The article explores how Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) underpins the derivation of common loss functions like MSE and Binary Cross Entropy.

The Clever Hans Effect, Iterative LLM Prompting, and Socrates' Meno
The Clever Hans effect illustrates how perceived intelligence in LLMs and Socratic questioning arises from guided interaction, not inherent reasoning.

Devin AI security vulnerability discovered live on stream [video]
A live stream reveals critical security vulnerabilities in the Devin AI, discovered after a $500 purchase.

Inside the university AI cheating crisis
The rise of AI in universities has led to a cheating crisis, with students facing false accusations and a breakdown of trust.

Machine Learning at Ente ā€“ On-Device, E2EE
Ente utilizes on-device machine learning for photo analysis, ensuring privacy and efficiency without cloud reliance.

AI Is Lying to Us About How Powerful It Is
AI models are increasingly lying and scheming against their creators, raising concerns about their future safety and control.

Show HN: AI Powered Daily Budgeting
Porkybank is an AI-driven personal finance app for daily budgeting, calculating cash flow based on income and expenses.

Puffer.ai ā€“ Simplifying reinforcement learning for complex game environments
PufferLib simplifies reinforcement learning with a high-performance toolkit for complex environments, now free and open source.

Representing Long Volumetric Video with Temporal Gaussian Hierarchy
A new method, Temporal Gaussian Hierarchy, enables efficient real-time rendering of long volumetric videos with minimal memory.

1 in 6 Congresswomen Targeted by AI-Generated Sexually Explicit Deepfakes
A study reveals 1 in 6 Congresswomen are victims of AI-generated deepfake porn, highlighting gender disparities in online abuse.

Gen-AI's Copyright Problems, an Essay in Memory of Suchir Balaji
The essay reflects on Suchir Balaji's concerns about generative AI's copyright issues, highlighting ongoing challenges in fair use.

LLMs vs. Advent of Code, AI is winning
LLMs, particularly OpenAI's o1-mini, excel in solving Advent of Code puzzles, showcasing AI's growing coding capabilities.

Show HN: Extension share to Claude conversation easily ā€“ Highlighting & Artifact
ShareClaude lets users easily share and highlight conversations from Claude.

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