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Buzz Aldrin sells famous felt-tip pen that helped launch Apollo from the Moon

Buzz Aldrin sold a historic felt-tip pen used during the Apollo missions from the Moon.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

The TIME Machine: On The Power of Motion for Efficient Perception

Researchers propose TIME, a novel video representation learning approach using motion as the central modality to reduce training data needs and improve temporal understanding.

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Correcting Visual Blur Induced by Attention Distraction to Reduce Hallucinations: Algorithm and Theory

The AFIP approach corrects attention distraction in multimodal LLMs to reduce hallucinations by enhancing cross-head attention and visual grounding.

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dMX: Differentiable Mixed-Precision Assignment for Low-Precision Floating-Point Formats

dMX introduces a differentiable mixed-precision quantization framework for learnable floating-point bit-width assignment in LLMs, optimizing for the MXFP standard.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

The Score Hamiltonian: Mapping Diffusion Models to Adiabatic Transport

This research establishes a mathematical correspondence between score-based diffusion models and adiabatic transport, providing new bounds on density reconstruction.

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Does Topic Sentiment Cause Perceived Ideology? Comparing Human and LLM Annotations in Political News Articles

A study comparing human and LLM annotations of political news reveals that zero-shot LLMs often inflate the perceived effect of topic sentiment on political ideology.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Show HN: E-- – A language you dial between English and Python

A new programming language named E-- is introduced, positioned as a bridge between English and Python.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Xray-Visual Models: Scaling Vision models on Industry Scale Data

Researchers present Xray-Visual, a unified vision model architecture trained on massive industry-scale social media data for image and video understanding.

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1D-Bench: A Benchmark for Iterative UI Code Generation with Visual Feedback in Real-World

The 1D-Bench introduces a benchmark for evaluating iterative UI code generation from designs, focusing on real-world e-commerce workflows.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Understanding Sources of Demographic Predictability in Brain MRI via Disentangling Anatomy and Contrast

A study investigates demographic predictability in brain MRI, finding that anatomical variation is the primary driver of demographic signals rather than acquisition characteristics.

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TADPO: Reinforcement Learning Goes Off-road

TADPO introduces a novel policy gradient formulation for reinforcement learning to enable high-speed, end-to-end off-road autonomous driving.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Research Novelty in Information Systems Journals After ChatGPT: Differences Across Institutional Language Contexts

An analysis of research novelty in Information Systems journals reveals a decline in semantic novelty post-ChatGPT, particularly in non-English-dominant regions.

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Do LLMs Know What They Know? Measuring Metacognitive Efficiency with Signal Detection Theory

A new method using Signal Detection Theory is applied to evaluate the metacognitive efficiency of LLMs, separating accuracy from confidence calibration.

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Navigating the Mirage: A Dual-Path Agentic Framework for Robust Misleading Chart Question Answering

The ChartCynics framework uses an agentic dual-path approach to improve the robustness of Vision-Language Models against misleading charts.

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Filtered Reasoning Score: Evaluating Reasoning Quality on a Model's Most-Confident Traces

Researchers propose the Filtered Reasoning Score (FRS) to assess the quality of LLM reasoning traces rather than just outcome-based accuracy.

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Neuro-Symbolic ODE Discovery with Latent Grammar Flow

Latent Grammar Flow (LGF) is a neuro-symbolic generative framework designed for discovering ordinary differential equations from data.

Software Engineering Hacker News

SQLite should have (Rust-style) editions

A discussion on whether SQLite should adopt an 'editions' system similar to Rust to manage breaking changes and evolution.

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The Anti-Mac User Interface (1996)

A retrospective look at the 'Anti-Mac User Interface' from 1996, exploring unconventional UI design.

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Metal-Organic Frameworks, Chemistry's New Miracle Materials

An overview of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), highlighting their potential as revolutionary materials in chemistry.

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LLM Networking with MikroTik

Discussion regarding the implementation and networking of Large Language Models (LLMs) using MikroTik hardware.