AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Bounding Boxes to Improve Small Language Model Performance on Vision-Based Grading Tasks

Research showing that using bounding boxes as a pre-processing step significantly improves SLM performance on vision-based grading tasks.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

AgentTrails: Towards Trust and Reuse for Agentic Tasks

Presentation of AgentTrails, a prototype system that converts raw agent trajectories into structured provenance graphs for better debugging and reuse.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

AILQA: Evaluating AI-Driven Legal Question Answering Systems for the Indian Legal System

A study introducing AILQA, a RAG-based system for evaluating AI-driven legal question answering within the Indian legal context.

Software Engineering Hacker News

The startup's Postgres survival guide

A guide for startups to manage and survive the complexities of using PostgreSQL in production.

Tech Business/VC Hacker News

Most Americans Say "Not in My Backyard" to AI Data Centers

Many Americans oppose the construction of AI data centers in their local areas, reflecting a growing 'Not In My Backyard' (NIMBY) sentiment.

Other The Verge

Philips’ new smart toothbrush shows you where you didn’t properly brush

Philips launches a new smart toothbrush that uses AI to provide real-time brushing feedback and highlight missed areas.

Other The Verge

Microsoft is bringing original Xbox games to PC

Microsoft is bringing original Xbox games to PC, improving backward compatibility for classic titles.

Other Ars Technica

What happens when you try to chop a photon in half?

Research on the effects of moving a mirror mid-photon to potentially release a shower of new photons.

Hardware/Chips Ars Technica

Samsung unveils new Galaxy Z8 foldables and Galaxy Watches, available August 7

Samsung unveils new Galaxy Z8 foldables and Galaxy Watches, featuring slimmer and faster hardware.

AI/ML Ars Technica

Unlimited AI tokens aren't unlimited after all as US Army burns through supply

The US Army reports rapidly depleting AI token supplies, highlighting the limitations of 'unlimited' AI plans.

Other Ars Technica

Ukrainian drones deliver robots directly into battle by sea and air

Ukraine is utilizing airdrops and beach assaults to deploy robots and drones directly into battlefields.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Find Before You Fine-Tune: A Diagnostic Study of Small LLMs for Cybersecurity QA

The FiT framework provides a diagnostic tool to evaluate small LLMs for cybersecurity QA before fine-tuning to avoid performance degradation.

AI/ML Hacker News

I Built a Private Genomics Study with Stoffel MPC

A developer shares their experience building a private genomics study using Stoffel MPC for secure multi-party computation.

Other Hacker News

OpenNode – Bitcoin Payment Processor

Introduction to OpenNode, a Bitcoin payment processor for businesses.

Other Hacker News

How to Read a Painting

An educational guide on how to analyze and interpret paintings.

Hardware/Chips Hacker News

Drake Anthony Recreates the Mechanical Bulb First Seen in 1675 – TechEBlog

Drake Anthony recreates a 17th-century mechanical bulb design, blending history with modern tinkering.

Cybersecurity Hacker News

Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain

A critical look at the design of Passkeys, arguing they lack understanding of consumer behavior and mental models.

Tech Business/VC The Verge

AMD and Anthropic reach $5 billion AI infrastructure deal

AMD and Anthropic have entered a $5 billion AI infrastructure deal to deploy Instinct MI450 GPUs and Helios rack-scale systems.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Attributes Should Come from Images, Not Class Names: Distribution-Conditioned Attribute Selection for Vision-Language Models

Research proposing a method to select attributes for Vision-Language Models from target images rather than class names to improve zero-shot classification accuracy.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Decoupled Pipeline with Proposal Reranking and Score Fusion for Positive-Unlabeled Marine Species Detection

A multi-stage system for marine species detection using YOLOv8 and DINOv3, placing 12th in the FathomNetCLEF 2026 competition.