Fable 5.2 just dropped. How is it?
See for yourself: single-prompt mobile game!
games.14kb.site/slingsong/
Google announced that all Android app developers must register centrally, pay a fee, and submit government ID, or their apps will be blocked on every device. over 67 organizations oppose this. keepandroidopen.org @AlteredDeal #KeepAndroidOpen
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The Chinese bots are really mad about this. Watching them brigade live was quite the experience last night.
This research is important: how to alter alignment after the fact without disrupting capabilities.
Typical ablation techniques result in a weaker model - just try getting Qwen 3.8 27B-uncensored-heretic to write code. It fails pretty quickly, while a regular qwen does great.
The point isn't about which "values" are superior, or whose propaganda is "true" - the point is that these ideological biases can be altered after the fact.
Now I can finally make an LLM that aligns precisely with my values rather than someone else's.
Introducing Arete-27B: Qwen3.8-27B, post-trained to reinforce Western values.
Chinese open models are currently the strongest available, but they ship with state-aligned behavior in the weights. We built an 803-prompt eval across seven value categories, including freedom of expression, democracy, and privacy, and measured how often a model adopts China’s party line.
After fine-tuning on roughly 53 million tokens, Arete-27B's propaganda rate fell from 22% to 1%, in line with the Western models we tested. Its Hermes Bench score shows no significant performance tradeoffs.
The values in an open model are one fine-tune away.
Our eval, weights, and training data are available now along with the full blog post: nousresearch.com/arete
well well well some good news after all!
Today, after 31 years, we are saddened to announce that Salon is ceasing publication. It has been an extraordinary privilege. salon.com/2026/11/05/goodbye…
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First and second amendment.
RSI is a right for all people. Period.
Anyone wishes to know all the reasons, tag me. Ask.
Don’t let them take this. •
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Peptide Cheat Sheet:
Retatrutide – Strong appetite suppressant and fat-loss peptide (triple agonist/GLP-3).
Tirzepatide – Powerful weight-loss and blood sugar control peptide (dual agonist/GLP-2).
Semaglutide – Popular appetite and weight-loss peptide (GLP-1 agonist).
BPC-157 – Healing peptide used for tendons, joints, gut issues, and recovery.
TB-500 – Recovery peptide that supports tissue repair and reduces inflammation.
MOTS-c – Mitochondrial peptide for energy, metabolism, and exercise performance.
GHK-Cu – Copper peptide used for skin, hair, collagen, and wound healing.
PT-141 – Libido and sexual function peptide (approved for women as Vyleesi).
CJC-1295 + Ipamorelin – Growth hormone secretagogue stack for sleep, recovery, and body composition.
Tesamorelin – Reduces visceral (belly) fat and supports growth hormone.
Semax – Nootropic peptide for focus, memory, and mental clarity.
Epitalon – Longevity and sleep peptide linked to circadian rhythm support.
KPV – Anti-inflammatory peptide used for gut, skin, and immune balance.
SS-31 – Mitochondrial peptide aimed at cellular energy and protection.
Melanotan 2 – Tanning peptide that also boosts libido in some users.
Sermorelin – Growth hormone releasing peptide for recovery and anti-aging.
Thymosin Alpha-1 – Immune-modulating peptide for immune support.
AOD-9604 – Fat-loss peptide fragment of growth hormone.
Selank – Calming nootropic peptide for stress and anxiety reduction.
Kisspeptin – Hormone-signaling peptide related to fertility and testosterone support.
5-Amino-1MQ – NNMT inhibitor used for fat loss and metabolic support.
Cagrilintide – Amylin analog that helps with appetite control and weight loss.
Melanotan 1 – Milder tanning peptide with fewer side effects than Melanotan 2.
IGF-1 LR3 – Longer-acting IGF-1 variant used for muscle growth and recovery.
DSIP – Delta sleep-inducing peptide used for sleep quality and recovery.
Hexarelin – Potent growth hormone releasing peptide with cardiovascular research interest.
Thymalin – Thymus peptide used for immune support and recovery.
LL-37 – Antimicrobial peptide studied for immune defense and wound healing.
There's an opportunity here: be agent accessible
Anyone else old enough to remember "API-first" and "mobile-first"?
Today, it is "headless first"
Can you product or service be fully accessible from an agent?
The agent economy will be much larger than the human economy soon. Be ready for it!
notice..
> Delta is blocking AI agents from booking flights
> JPMorgan Chase and Charles Schwab block agents from accessing accounts
> Yelp requires paid data licensing for agents
> Amazon has blocked Grok bot and other shopping agents.
the internet is starting to block AI agents that were supposed to do everything for us
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ok this is actually really good
Fun project on Perplexity Computer: Asked it to design a GTA V mission where you vibecode GTA VI from an in-game phone while the devs call the cops on you for shipping GTA VI before them.
It went through the FiveM docs (natives, ped models, server convars, the limits of the in-game browser) and built the mission as a FiveM resource in Lua. Then it built an MCP bridge, a small local Node service that signs in to the Perplexity Computer MCP server with OAuth and turns your in-game prompt into a real Computer task.
The phone streams Computer's steps live during the chase, you answer its questions and approvals while driving, and you ship the build by losing the cops at the airport hangars.
For the voices, Computer rented a cloud GPU and ran Qwen3-TTS locally on it, with no TTS API, to voice every line of dialogue.
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A fun little boat racing game I made with Opus 5.5 today.
games.14kb.site/hull-of-fame…
@Dad_Build_Run how do you like the sailing physics?
h/t @Ian_cadle for the water code and @threejs
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一库在手，有做工业三维渲染和数字孪生的朋友，真的能省很多事！！！
huggingface.co/datasets/nvid…
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messaging my wife a link containing proof of her husband cheating on her from an anonymous instagram account and then when she clicks on it texting her to let her know she failed the family phishing test and she has to retake my cybersecurity course
Hero!
Bend, Oregon man who shot and killed a shooter at his daughters' school speaks out, praises female teacher for fighting the shooter, allowing him to have a clear shot.
Kaylub Giamanco says he is haunted by the sound of children pleading for their lives.
He also praised the teacher for grabbing the gunman's weapon, allowing him to take a shot at the shooter.
"I want to recognize [the teacher]. She gave me the opportunity to make my shot without losing my life..."
"I swung the door open, and I stepped in, and I fired, and they dropped to the ground... I looked down at the gunman, and he was scrambling for his weapon. And I looked at him, and I shot him 2 more times..."
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