How good are frontier models at physics?

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2609.13009: How Good Are Frontier Models at Physics? Expert Re-Grading Reveals Broken Evaluations and Near-Saturation of Leading Benchmarks

Breaking the 1.58-bit Barrier for Ternary LLMs

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2609.16338: Breaking the 1.58-bit Barrier for Ternary LLMs

Dream-RSI: Recursive Self-Improvement through Evolving Worlds

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2609.14858: Dream-RSI: Recursive Self-Improvement through Evolving Worlds

Accurate Models of AMD Matrix Cores

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2609.14845: Accurate Models of AMD Matrix Cores

AWS says it can't restore some data from mideast facilities struck by Iran

Small programming tricks

A lot of effective engineering comes from the accumulation of small nuggets of knowledge.

Anecdotally, programmers dislike "reduce"

From my experience, people like functions like "map" and "filter", but not "reduce".

Anatomy of a Texture

A step-by-step guide to modern texture memory layout

Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hardcoded creds

Nvidia announces native GPU programming in Rust

In September 2026, NVIDIA announced it is leaning into native GPU programming in Rust. CUDA C++ and CUDA Python are mature, enterprise-grade toolchains…

macOS 27 Golden Gate – Review

It's both a "Snow Leopard update" and a major leap for Apple Intelligence.

The Siberian Ice Maiden and the Scythian World

Asana lay on her back outside her tent, looking up.

Japan's book scene is moving from bookstores to libraries

Small local libraries are now becoming travel destinations

Mistral X Mozilla: Private, Multilingual AI Browsing

Open, private and multilingual AI is coming to your web browser. Mistral and Mozilla team up to put powerful, trustworthy AI where you already browse.

Xiaomi Mimo 2.6 live post-training dashboard

Training metrics of the mimo-v2.6-pro and mimo-v2.6-flash reinforcement-learning runs, live from the trainer's logs.

Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations

E-ink bird frame for Raspberry Pi - real-time bird detection by audio, fully local AI, rendered as real, hand-cut 1800s bird illustrations. - arnegiacomo/fugleramme

Performance Improvements in .NET 11

Reversing Factorio's RNG

This post details how Factorio's random number generation works, how it can be reversed and how I used that knowledge to predict and manipulate the RNG with pure in‑game mechanics.

Vectorized and performance-portable Quicksort (2022)

We're sharing open source code that can sort arrays of numbers about ten times as fast as the C++ std::sort

Training a 4B model to produce 81% faster query plans than Postgres

...or how to make Qwen learn query optimization via agentic reinforcement learning