Hardware/Chips TechCrunch

US government bans new foreign-made humanoids, robot dogs, and solar inverters, citing risks to national security

The US government has banned new foreign-made humanoid robots and solar inverters from China due to national security concerns.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Extended Reality as a Mediation Layer for Situated Human Control in Human-Robot Teaming

A research paper proposing Extended Reality (XR) as a mediation layer to improve human-robot teaming and control in dynamic environments.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Lantern: Conflict-Aware Gradient Blending for Physics-Guided Diffusion Models in Calorimeter Simulation

Introduction of 'Lantern', a physics-guided diffusion surrogate that uses Gradient Blending to improve calorimeter simulations for the LHC.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

DS@GT ARC at CheckThat! 2026: LLM-Based Trace Ranking and Grouped Reward Modeling for Multilingual Numerical Claim Verification

An LLM-based approach using LoRA and reward modeling for multilingual numerical claim verification in English and Arabic.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Spectral Truncation in Synthetic Control

A diagnostic study on Spectral Truncation in Synthetic Control, finding that raw-path matching often outperforms spectral matching.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Evaluating Communicative Belief Updates in Large Language Models via Implicature Recognition and Cancellation

An evaluation of LLMs' ability to recognize and update beliefs through implicature, finding that models lag behind human performance.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

OPERA: Offline Policy-guided Expert Routing and Adaptation for Universal Biomedical Image Analysis

OPERA is a multi-agent ensemble framework for biomedical image analysis that handles distribution shifts without needing retraining.

Software Engineering Hacker News

The Rust on ESP Book

An introduction to writing Rust for the ESP32 and other ESP microcontrollers, providing a guide for embedded development.

AI/ML Hacker News

Infrastructure Patterns for Agentic Applications

A discussion on the infrastructure patterns required to build and scale agentic AI applications.

Cybersecurity Hacker News

Some thoughts about Anthropic's new cryptanalysis results

An analysis of recent cryptanalysis results published by Anthropic regarding the capabilities of LLMs in breaking encryption.

Tech Business/VC VentureBeat

Nimble claims its new, domain-specialized Web Search Agents cut token costs in half while boosting retrieval accuracy

Nimble has launched Web Search Agents, a retrieval system designed to reduce token costs and improve accuracy for enterprise AI agents.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Automatic Knowledge Graph Construction and Query for Earthquake Catalogs

Research applying GraphRAG to earthquake catalogs to create queryable knowledge graphs for seismology without manual structuring.

Software Engineering arXiv cs.AI

Preliminary Guidelines for Using and Evaluating GenAI Tools to Support Systematic Literature Reviews

Proposed guidelines (GUEST) for the use and evaluation of Generative AI tools in conducting systematic literature reviews in software engineering.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Calibrated Partial Resets: Preventing Policy Collapse in Continual Reinforcement Learning

Introduction of Calibrated Partial Resets (CPR), an optimizer designed to prevent policy collapse in continual reinforcement learning by maintaining neuron plasticity.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

CogArena: A Multimethod Evaluation of Cognitive Ability Structure in Large Language Models

CogArena presents a multimethod benchmark to evaluate whether LLMs possess stable, multi-dimensional cognitive ability structures.

Software Engineering arXiv cs.AI

Authoring Agent Skills: A Software-Engineering Approach

A software engineering approach to authoring 'Agent Skills'—reusable procedural knowledge for LLM agents based on the Anthropic specification.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Grounded in Consensus, In Step With Emerging Science: A Consensus-Anchored Multi-Corpus Clinical Chatbot for Long COVID

Development of a consensus-anchored clinical chatbot for Long COVID that integrates multiple evidence sources via a retrieval-augmented workflow.

Open Source Hacker News

Keychron announces first open-source firmware for gaming mice

Keychron is releasing its first open-source firmware for gaming mice, allowing for deeper customization and community contributions.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Show HN: Kedge – Full-stack cloud with forkable VM snapshots and global SQLite

Kedge is a new full-stack cloud platform featuring forkable VM snapshots and global SQLite integration.

Other Hacker News

CipherX applies painless permanent tattoos with dissolving microneedle patches

CipherX has developed dissolving microneedle patches for applying permanent tattoos without pain.