Tag: Alibaba
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		The Register: DeepSeek-R1-beating perf in a 32B package? El Reg digs its claws into Alibaba’s QwQSource URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/16/qwq_hands_on_review/ Source: The Register Title: DeepSeek-R1-beating perf in a 32B package? El Reg digs its claws into Alibaba’s QwQ Feedly Summary: How to tame its hypersensitive hyperparameters and get it running on your PC Hands on How much can reinforcement learning – and a bit of extra verification – improve large language models,… 
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		Hacker News: QwQ-32B: Embracing the Power of Reinforcement LearningSource URL: https://qwenlm.github.io/blog/qwq-32b/ Source: Hacker News Title: QwQ-32B: Embracing the Power of Reinforcement Learning Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the advancements in Reinforcement Learning (RL) as applied to large language models, particularly highlighting the launch of the QwQ-32B model. It emphasizes the model’s performance enhancements through RL and… 
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		The Register: Does terrible code drive you mad? Wait until you see what it does to OpenAI’s GPT-4oSource URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/27/llm_emergent_misalignment_study/ Source: The Register Title: Does terrible code drive you mad? Wait until you see what it does to OpenAI’s GPT-4o Feedly Summary: Model was fine-tuned to write vulnerable software – then suggested enslaving humanity Computer scientists have found that fine-tuning notionally safe large language models to do one thing badly can negatively… 
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		The Register: Satya Nadella says AI is yet to find a killer app that matches the combined impact of email and ExcelSource URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/microsofts_nadella_wants_to_see/ Source: The Register Title: Satya Nadella says AI is yet to find a killer app that matches the combined impact of email and Excel Feedly Summary: Microsoft CEO is more interested in neural nets boosting GDP than delivering superhuman intelligence While the likes of OpenAI and Alibaba are talking up artificial general… 
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		The Register: China’s Silver Fox spoofs medical imaging apps to hijack patients’ computersSource URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/silver_fox_medical_app_backdoor/ Source: The Register Title: China’s Silver Fox spoofs medical imaging apps to hijack patients’ computers Feedly Summary: Sly like a PRC cyberattack A Chinese government-backed group is spoofing legitimate medical software to hijack hospital patients’ computers, infecting them with backdoors, credential-swiping keyloggers, and cryptominers.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text… 
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		The Register: Despite Wall Street jitters, AI hopefuls keep spending billions on AI infrastructureSource URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/shaking_off_wall_street_jitters/ Source: The Register Title: Despite Wall Street jitters, AI hopefuls keep spending billions on AI infrastructure Feedly Summary: Sunk cost fallacy? No, I just need a little more cash for this AGI thing I’ve been working on Comment Despite persistent worries that vast spending on AI infrastructure may not pay for itself,… 
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		Schneier on Security: More Research Showing AI Breaking the RulesSource URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/more-research-showing-ai-breaking-the-rules.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: More Research Showing AI Breaking the Rules Feedly Summary: These researchers had LLMs play chess against better opponents. When they couldn’t win, they sometimes resorted to cheating. Researchers gave the models a seemingly impossible task: to win against Stockfish, which is one of the strongest chess engines…