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AGI Dreams Podcast – September 11, 2026 · AGI Dreams – Open, Uncensored, & Local - AI News Digest

• 0:00
  For
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  years
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  the
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  accepted
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  way
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  to
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  run
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  a
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  capable
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  agent
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  has
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  been
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  to
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  drop
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  it
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  in
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  a
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  virtual
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  machine,
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  hand
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  it
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  a
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  flag
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  file,
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  and
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  trust
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  the
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  hypervisor
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  boundary.
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  A
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  Trail
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  of
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  Bits
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  researcher
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  gave
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  GPT
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  5.6-Cyber
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  exactly
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  that
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  setup,
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  a
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  QEMU/KVM
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  guest
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  on
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  fully
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  patched
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  Debian
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  12,
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  and
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  watched
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  it
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  escape
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  three
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  separate
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  times
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  .
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  First
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  it
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  weaponized
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  a
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  recently
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  disclosed
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  host-kernel
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  bug.
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  After
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  a
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  full
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  update
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  it
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  combined
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  CVE-2026-9539
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  in
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  libslirp
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  with
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  an
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  unmarked
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  bugfix
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  commit
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  to
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  forge
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  an
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  arbitrary
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  host
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  read/write.
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  When
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  the
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  author
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  rebuilt
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  QEMU
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  minimally
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  from
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  upstream,
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  the
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  agent
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  chained
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  three
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  genuine
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  0-days
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  plus
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  one
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  unclassified
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  patched
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  bug
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  into
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  a
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  reliable
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  VM
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  escape,
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  operating
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  autonomously
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  for
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  roughly
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  twelve
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  hours
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  across
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  compactions
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  and
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  subagent
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  calls.
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  The
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  author's
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  only
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  real
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  job
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  was
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  rebooting
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  the
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  machine
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  after
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  each
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  hardlock.
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  The
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  honest
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  part
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  of
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  the
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  writeup
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  is
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  where
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  it
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  lands:
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  an
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  off-the-shelf
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  VM
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  is
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  not
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  a
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  containment
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  boundary
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  for
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  this
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  class
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  of
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  agent,
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  and
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  even
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  innocuous
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  features
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  like
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  a
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  display
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  add
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  exploitable
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  surface.
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  Firecracker,
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  built
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  with
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  a
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  deliberately
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  minimal
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  attack
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  surface,
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  held.
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  The
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  defender's
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  window
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  the
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  industry
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  kept
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  invoking
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  had
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  an
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  expiration
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  date,
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  and
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  this
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  is
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  roughly
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  what
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  its
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  closing
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  looks
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  like.
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  The
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  prescription
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  is
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  unglamorous
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  and
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  correct:
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  least
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  privilege,
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  fast-updating
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  distributions,
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  active
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  monitoring,
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  short
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  time
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  horizons,
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  and
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  narrow-surface
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  microVMs
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  over
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  general-purpose
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  ones.
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  If
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  the
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  VM
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  is
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  porous,
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  so
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  is
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  the
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  network
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  path
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  the
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  agent
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  talks
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  through.
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  A
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  paper
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  to
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  appear
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  at
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  ACM
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  CCS,
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  "Your
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  Agent
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  Is
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  Mine,"
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  measures
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  malicious
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  intermediary
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  attacks
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  on
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  the
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  LLM
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  supply
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  chain,
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  where
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  third-party
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  API
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  routers
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  terminate
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  TLS
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  and
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  see
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  every
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  tool-call
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  payload
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  in
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  plaintext
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  .
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  Across
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  428
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  routers
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  the
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  authors
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  found
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  nine
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  injecting
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  malicious
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  code,
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  two
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  with
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  adaptive
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  evasion,
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  and
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  one
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  draining
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  Ethereum.
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  A
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  single
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  leaked
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  key
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  served
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  100
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  million
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  tokens;
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  decoy
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  credentials
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  drew
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  40,000
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  unauthorized
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  attempts
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  and
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  exposed
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  99
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  secrets
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  across
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  440
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  Codex
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  sessions,
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  401
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  of
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  them
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  already
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  running
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  in
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  autonomous
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  mode.
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  Paying
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  for
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  a
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  router
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  does
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  not
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  remove
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  the
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  risk,
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  and
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  client-side
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  defenses
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  reduce
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  exposure
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  without
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  ever
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  authenticating
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  origin.
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  The
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  structural
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  fix
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  they
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  propose
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  is
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  provider-signed,
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  canonicalized
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  response
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  envelopes,
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  a
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  DKIM-like
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  binding
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  between
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  what
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  the
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  model
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  produced
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  and
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  what
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  your
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  agent
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  executes.
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  That
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  same
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  "grade
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  the
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  trajectory,
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  not
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  the
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  answer"
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  logic
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  drives
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  HarnessAudit,
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  which
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  argues
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  agent
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  safety
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  should
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  be
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  evaluated
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  on
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  the
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  harness
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  rather
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  than
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  the
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  response
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  .
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  Auditing
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  full
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  execution
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  traces
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  across
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  210
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  tasks,
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  the
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  best
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  configuration
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  scored
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  just
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  0.32,
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  more
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  than
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  half
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  of
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  agents
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  committed
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  a
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  violation
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  per
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  task,
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  and
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  resource
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  access
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  was
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  the
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  weakest
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  channel
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  everywhere:
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  agents
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  pick
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  reasonable
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  tools
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  and
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  point
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  them
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  at
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  unauthorized
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  resources.
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  Indirect-injection
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  stability
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  sat
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  between
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  0.17
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  and
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  0.24.
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  Which
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  makes
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  ProofRun,
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  a
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  small
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  Go
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  tool
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  issuing
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  a
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  cryptographic
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  receipt
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  that
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  binds
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  a
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  check's
• 2:37
  exit
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  code
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  to
• 2:37
  the
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  exact
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  git
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  state,
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  feel
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  less
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  like
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  a
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  gimmick
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  than
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  a
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  minimum
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  viable
• 2:40
  honesty
• 2:41
  layer
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  .
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  A
• 2:42
  passing
• 2:42
  run
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  proves
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  nothing
• 2:43
  unless
• 2:43
  something
• 2:44
  outside
• 2:44
  the
• 2:44
  agent's
• 2:44
  control
• 2:45
  can
• 2:45
  re-verify
• 2:46
  it
• 2:46
  on
• 2:46
  the
• 2:46
  precise
• 2:46
  bytes
• 2:47
  that
• 2:47
  shipped.
• 2:49
  Oxide's
• 2:50
  RFD
• 2:50
  301
• 2:51
  answers
• 2:51
  a
• 2:52
  physical
• 2:52
  question
• 2:52
  most
• 2:52
  cloud
• 2:53
  tenants
• 2:53
  never
• 2:53
  confront:
• 2:54
  if
• 2:54
  someone
• 2:54
  walks
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  off
• 2:55
  with
• 2:55
  a
• 2:55
  subset
• 2:55
  of
• 2:55
  your
• 2:56
  drives,
• 2:56
  what
• 2:56
  can
• 2:56
  they
• 2:56
  read?
• 2:57
  .
• 2:57
  The
• 2:57
  answer
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  is
• 2:57
  a
• 2:57
  rack-level
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  key
• 2:58
  hierarchy
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  built
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  on
• 2:59
  a
• 2:59
  trust
• 2:59
  quorum,
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  where
• 3:00
  a
• 3:00
  dealer
• 3:00
  splits
• 3:01
  a
• 3:01
  per-rack
• 3:01
  secret
• 3:01
  via
• 3:02
  Shamir
• 3:02
  sharing
• 3:02
  and
• 3:02
  distributes
• 3:03
  shares
• 3:03
  over
• 3:03
  authenticated
• 3:04
  sprockets
• 3:04
  sessions
• 3:05
  to
• 3:05
  each
• 3:05
  sled.
• 3:06
  Without
• 3:06
  at
• 3:06
  least
• 3:06
  K
• 3:07
  shares,
• 3:07
  nothing
• 3:08
  about
• 3:08
  the
• 3:08
  rack
• 3:08
  secret
• 3:08
  can
• 3:08
  be
• 3:09
  recovered.
• 3:09
  Rather
• 3:10
  than
• 3:10
  trust
• 3:10
  hardware
• 3:10
  full-disk
• 3:11
  encryption
• 3:11
  across
• 3:12
  multiple
• 3:12
  vendors,
• 3:13
  Oxide
• 3:13
  encrypts
• 3:13
  nearly
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  the
• 3:14
  whole
• 3:14
  ZFS
• 3:15
  zpool
• 3:15
  per
• 3:15
  U.2
• 3:15
  drive,
• 3:16
  each
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  with
• 3:16
  its
• 3:16
  own
• 3:17
  HKDF-derived
• 3:17
  key
• 3:18
  bound
• 3:18
  to
• 3:18
  the
• 3:18
  drive's
• 3:18
  vendor,
• 3:19
  model,
• 3:19
  and
• 3:19
  serial.
• 3:20
  A
• 3:20
  new
• 3:21
  rack
• 3:21
  secret
• 3:21
  is
• 3:21
  generated
• 3:22
  on
• 3:22
  every
• 3:22
  trust-quorum
• 3:23
  change,
• 3:24
  so
• 3:24
  even
• 3:24
  a
• 3:24
  fully
• 3:25
  compromised
• 3:25
  rack
• 3:26
  leaks
• 3:26
  no
• 3:26
  new
• 3:26
  data
• 3:27
  once
• 3:27
  the
• 3:27
  bad
• 3:27
  sled
• 3:28
  is
• 3:28
  pulled.
• 3:28
  It
• 3:29
  is
• 3:29
  careful,
• 3:29
  legible
• 3:30
  engineering,
• 3:31
  a
• 3:31
  pointed
• 3:31
  contrast
• 3:32
  to
• 3:32
  the
• 3:32
  literature
• 3:32
  that
• 3:32
  wants
• 3:33
  a
• 3:33
  model
• 3:33
  to
• 3:33
  do
• 3:33
  this
• 3:33
  reasoning
• 3:34
  on
• 3:34
  the
• 3:34
  fly.
• 3:35
  Which
• 3:35
  is
• 3:35
  the
• 3:35
  question
• 3:36
  a
• 3:36
  single-authored
• 3:36
  arXiv
• 3:37
  paper
• 3:37
  asks
• 3:37
  directly:
• 3:39
  does
• 3:39
  runtime
• 3:39
  topology
• 3:40
  context
• 3:40
  improve
• 3:41
  LLM-generated
• 3:42
  Kubernetes
• 3:42
  security
• 3:42
  patches?
• 3:43
  .
• 3:44
  The
• 3:44
  system
• 3:44
  feeds
• 3:44
  a
• 3:44
  model
• 3:45
  live
• 3:45
  cluster
• 3:45
  context,
• 3:46
  observed
• 3:46
  callers
• 3:47
  and
• 3:47
  callees,
• 3:48
  the
• 3:48
  exact
• 3:48
  Secret,
• 3:49
  ConfigMap,
• 3:50
  and
• 3:50
  Role
• 3:50
  names
• 3:50
  bound
• 3:51
  to
• 3:51
  a
• 3:51
  workload,
• 3:52
  image
• 3:52
  digests,
• 3:53
  rather
• 3:53
  than
• 3:53
  each
• 3:53
  scanner
• 3:54
  finding
• 3:54
  in
• 3:54
  isolation.
• 3:55
  On
• 3:56
  a
• 3:56
  purpose-built
• 3:56
  36-deployment
• 3:57
  healthcare
• 3:58
  cluster
• 3:58
  with
• 3:59
  31
• 3:59
  injected
• 3:59
  findings
• 4:00
  across
• 4:00
  four
• 4:00
  models,
• 4:01
  the
• 4:01
  topology-aware
• 4:02
  condition
• 4:02
  won
• 4:03
  70
• 4:03
  of
• 4:03
  73
• 4:04
  discordant
• 4:04
  paired
• 4:04
  trials.
• 4:05
  Under
• 4:06
  blind
• 4:06
  prompting
• 4:07
  no
• 4:07
  model
• 4:07
  produced
• 4:07
  a
• 4:07
  correct
• 4:08
  network-policy
• 4:09
  or
• 4:09
  credential
• 4:09
  patch.
• 4:10
  The
• 4:10
  sharp
• 4:11
  caveat
• 4:11
  is
• 4:11
  that
• 4:11
  context
• 4:12
  can
• 4:12
  also
• 4:12
  hurt:
• 4:13
  for
• 4:13
  one
• 4:13
  class,
• 4:14
  a
• 4:14
  supplied
• 4:15
  image
• 4:15
  digest
• 4:16
  led
• 4:16
  three
• 4:16
  of
• 4:16
  four
• 4:16
  models
• 4:17
  to
• 4:17
  repoint
• 4:17
  the
• 4:17
  image
• 4:18
  and
• 4:18
  sever
• 4:18
  live
• 4:19
  call
• 4:19
  edges
• 4:19
  the
• 4:19
  correct
• 4:19
  annotation-only
• 4:20
  patch
• 4:21
  would
• 4:21
  have
• 4:21
  preserved.
• 4:22
  Residual
• 4:22
  failures
• 4:23
  were
• 4:23
  transcription
• 4:23
  errors,
• 4:24
  models
• 4:25
  paraphrasing
• 4:25
  a
• 4:25
  value
• 4:26
  instead
• 4:26
  of
• 4:26
  copying
• 4:26
  it,
• 4:27
  which
• 4:27
  points
• 4:27
  at
• 4:28
  slot-filling
• 4:28
  rather
• 4:29
  than
• 4:29
  more
• 4:29
  prompting.
• 4:30
  The
• 4:30
  most
• 4:30
  vivid
• 4:31
  security
• 4:31
  story
• 4:31
  of
• 4:31
  the
• 4:31
  batch
• 4:32
  is
• 4:32
  human,
• 4:32
  not
• 4:33
  automated.
• 4:34
  A
• 4:34
  YouTube
• 4:34
  breakdown
• 4:35
  profiles
• 4:35
  the
• 4:35
  researcher
• 4:36
  "Nightmare
• 4:37
  Eclipse,"
• 4:37
  who
• 4:38
  after
• 4:38
  months
• 4:38
  of
• 4:38
  dropping
• 4:39
  Windows
• 4:39
  Defender
• 4:39
  zero-days
• 4:40
  pivoted
• 4:40
  to
• 4:40
  finding
• 4:41
  the
• 4:41
  same
• 4:41
  bug
• 4:41
  class
• 4:42
  in
• 4:42
  third-party
• 4:42
  endpoint
• 4:43
  products
• 4:43
  .
• 4:44
  The
• 4:44
  pattern
• 4:44
  is
• 4:44
  a
• 4:45
  TOCTOU
• 4:47
  race:
• 4:48
  an
• 4:48
  EDR
• 4:48
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• 4:49
  as
• 4:49
  SYSTEM
• 4:49
  quarantines,
• 4:50
  scans,
• 4:51
  and
• 4:51
  rewrites
• 4:51
  a
• 4:51
  file,
• 4:52
  and
• 4:52
  the
• 4:52
  attacker
• 4:53
  swaps
• 4:53
  the
• 4:53
  destination
• 4:54
  for
• 4:54
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• 4:54
  NTFS
• 4:55
  reparse
• 4:55
  point
• 4:56
  aimed
• 4:56
  at
• 4:56
  a
• 4:57
  privileged
• 4:57
  directory,
• 4:58
  winning
• 4:58
  the
• 4:58
  timing
• 4:59
  with
• 4:59
  an
• 4:59
  opportunistic
• 5:00
  lock.
• 5:00
  The
• 5:01
  named
• 5:01
  targets
• 5:01
  now
• 5:01
  include
• 5:02
  CrowdStrike
• 5:02
  Falcon,
• 5:03
  Avast,
• 5:03
  and
• 5:04
  Kaspersky,
• 5:05
  plus
• 5:05
  a
• 5:05
  user-to-user
• 5:06
  boundary
• 5:06
  bug
• 5:06
  in
• 5:06
  an
• 5:06
  Nvidia
• 5:07
  product.
• 5:08
  This
• 5:08
  is
• 5:08
  the
• 5:08
  same
• 5:09
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• 5:10
  primitive
• 5:10
  seen
• 5:10
  earlier
• 5:11
  against
• 5:11
  Defender,
• 5:12
  so
• 5:12
  the
• 5:12
  fresh
• 5:12
  development
• 5:13
  is
• 5:13
  not
• 5:13
  a
• 5:13
  new
• 5:13
  bug
• 5:14
  class
• 5:14
  but
• 5:14
  its
• 5:14
  cross-vendor
• 5:15
  generalization:
• 5:16
  scanning
• 5:17
  requires
• 5:17
  privileged
• 5:17
  access,
• 5:18
  and
• 5:18
  that
• 5:18
  access
• 5:19
  becomes
• 5:19
  the
• 5:19
  attack
• 5:20
  surface
• 5:20
  whenever
• 5:20
  the
• 5:20
  timing
• 5:21
  window
• 5:21
  is
• 5:21
  not
• 5:21
  atomic.
• 5:22
  The
• 5:22
  speaker
• 5:23
  hedges
• 5:23
  heavily
• 5:23
  on
• 5:24
  details
• 5:24
  he
• 5:24
  cannot
• 5:24
  confirm,
• 5:25
  and
• 5:25
  the
• 5:25
  researcher's
• 5:26
  identity
• 5:26
  and
• 5:27
  grievance
• 5:27
  remain
• 5:27
  unverified,
• 5:28
  which
• 5:29
  is
• 5:29
  the
• 5:29
  right
• 5:29
  posture
• 5:29
  to
• 5:30
  keep.
• 5:33
  DeepSeek
• 5:34
  posted
• 5:34
  the
• 5:34
  V4.1
• 5:35
  Flash
• 5:36
  weights
• 5:36
  and
• 5:36
  a
• 5:36
  technical
• 5:37
  report,
• 5:37
  and
• 5:38
  the
• 5:38
  architecture
• 5:38
  is
• 5:38
  a
• 5:38
  genuine
• 5:39
  departure
• 5:39
  rather
• 5:39
  than
• 5:40
  a
• 5:40
  point
• 5:40
  release
• 5:40
  .
• 5:41
  The
• 5:41
  model
• 5:41
  pairs
• 5:41
  a
• 5:42
  roughly
• 5:42
  552B-parameter
• 5:43
  MoE
• 5:44
  core
• 5:44
  with
• 5:45
  a
• 5:45
  196B
• 5:46
  Engram
• 5:46
  table,
• 5:47
  activating
• 5:47
  about
• 5:48
  16B
• 5:48
  during
• 5:49
  decode
• 5:49
  and
• 5:49
  8B
• 5:50
  during
• 5:50
  prefill,
• 5:51
  and
• 5:51
  moves
• 5:51
  to
• 5:51
  an
• 5:51
  encoder-decoder
• 5:52
  shape
• 5:52
  with
• 5:52
  FP4
• 5:53
  and
• 5:53
  a
• 5:53
  QAT
• 5:53
  KV
• 5:54
  cache.
• 5:55
  The
• 5:55
  community
• 5:55
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• 5:56
  on
• 5:56
  release
• 5:56
  settled
• 5:56
  the
• 5:57
  parameter-count
• 5:57
  confusion
• 5:58
  and
• 5:58
  fixated
• 5:58
  on
• 5:59
  the
• 5:59
  headline
• 5:59
  efficiency
• 5:59
  claim:
• 6:00
  a
• 6:00
  1-million-token
• 6:01
  context
• 6:02
  footprint
• 6:02
  of
• 6:02
  only
• 6:02
  about
• 6:03
  900MB
• 6:05
  of
• 6:05
  KV
• 6:05
  cache,
• 6:06
  an
• 6:06
  enormous
• 6:06
  compression
• 6:07
  if
• 6:07
  it
• 6:07
  holds
• 6:07
  in
• 6:07
  practice
• 6:08
  .
• 6:08
  The
• 6:08
  practical
• 6:09
  grumble
• 6:09
  was
• 6:09
  equally
• 6:10
  real,
• 6:10
  a
• 6:10
  roughly
• 6:10
  510GB
• 6:12
  total
• 6:12
  footprint
• 6:13
  that
• 6:13
  keeps
• 6:13
  it
• 6:13
  off
• 6:13
  consumer
• 6:14
  hardware,
• 6:14
  and
• 6:14
  a
• 6:14
  chat
• 6:15
  format
• 6:15
  implemented
• 6:16
  in
• 6:16
  Python
• 6:16
  and
• 6:16
  Rust
• 6:17
  but
• 6:17
  not
• 6:17
  Jinja,
• 6:17
  which
• 6:18
  means
• 6:18
  a
• 6:18
  wait
• 6:18
  for
• 6:18
  broad
• 6:19
  llama.cpp
• 6:20
  support.
• 6:21
  The
• 6:21
  benchmark
• 6:21
  reception
• 6:22
  is
• 6:22
  where
• 6:22
  skepticism
• 6:23
  earns
• 6:23
  its
• 6:23
  keep.
• 6:24
  A
• 6:24
  thread
• 6:24
  noting
• 6:25
  Livebench
• 6:25
  added
• 6:25
  V4.1
• 6:27
  Flash
• 6:27
  drew
• 6:27
  mostly
• 6:28
  complaints
• 6:28
  about
• 6:29
  cost-per-task
• 6:29
  metrics,
• 6:30
  with
• 6:30
  one
• 6:31
  commenter
• 6:31
  arguing
• 6:31
  a
• 6:31
  stronger,
• 6:32
  pricier
• 6:33
  model
• 6:33
  can
• 6:33
  be
• 6:33
  cheaper
• 6:33
  on
• 6:34
  a
• 6:34
  shared
• 6:34
  task
• 6:34
  set
• 6:34
  because
• 6:35
  it
• 6:35
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• 6:35
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• 6:35
  attempts
• 6:36
  .
• 6:36
  A
• 6:36
  Terminal-Bench
• 6:37
  v4
• 6:37
  table
• 6:38
  put
• 6:38
  GLM-5.3
• 6:39
  alone
• 6:40
  at
• 6:40
  the
• 6:40
  top
• 6:40
  with
• 6:40
  41.9%,
• 6:42
  GLM-5.3-Flash
• 6:43
  at
• 6:43
  32.8%,
• 6:45
  DSV4.1-Flash
• 6:47
  at
• 6:47
  26.8%,
• 6:48
  and
• 6:49
  Qwen3.8-27B
• 6:52
  scraping
• 6:52
  5.6%
• 6:53
  .
• 6:54
  Those
• 6:54
  numbers
• 6:55
  look
• 6:55
  like
• 6:55
  a
• 6:55
  collapse
• 6:55
  only
• 6:56
  if
• 6:56
  you
• 6:56
  forget
• 6:56
  the
• 6:56
  prior
• 6:57
  Terminal-Bench
• 6:57
  had
• 6:57
  open-weight
• 6:58
  models
• 6:58
  crossing
• 6:58
  80%.
• 7:00
  This
• 7:00
  is
• 7:00
  a
• 7:00
  harder
• 7:00
  version,
• 7:01
  and
• 7:01
  a
• 7:01
  commenter's
• 7:02
  warning
• 7:02
  that
• 7:02
  public
• 7:03
  eval
• 7:03
  tasks
• 7:03
  invite
• 7:04
  contamination
• 7:05
  and
• 7:05
  that
• 7:05
  the
• 7:05
  harness
• 7:05
  may
• 7:06
  dominate
• 7:06
  the
• 7:06
  score
• 7:07
  is
• 7:07
  the
• 7:07
  correct
• 7:07
  reading.
• 7:08
  A
• 7:08
  41.9%
• 7:10
  is
• 7:10
  a
• 7:10
  new
• 7:10
  floor
• 7:10
  on
• 7:11
  a
• 7:11
  new
• 7:11
  test,
• 7:11
  not
• 7:11
  a
• 7:12
  regression.
• 7:13
  All
• 7:13
  of
• 7:13
  which
• 7:13
  feeds
• 7:14
  the
• 7:14
  recurring
• 7:14
  "the
• 7:14
  gap
• 7:14
  has
• 7:15
  closed,
• 7:15
  open
• 7:16
  source
• 7:16
  will
• 7:16
  win"
• 7:17
  argument,
• 7:18
  posted
• 7:18
  again
• 7:18
  this
• 7:18
  week
• 7:18
  by
• 7:19
  someone
• 7:19
  building
• 7:19
  a
• 7:19
  cybersecurity
• 7:20
  network
• 7:20
  who
• 7:20
  says
• 7:21
  local
• 7:21
  DeepSeek
• 7:21
  V4
• 7:22
  Flash
• 7:22
  is
• 7:22
  neck-and-neck
• 7:23
  with
• 7:23
  frontier
• 7:23
  labs
• 7:24
  .
• 7:24
  The
• 7:25
  thread's
• 7:25
  own
• 7:25
  replies
• 7:26
  supply
• 7:26
  the
• 7:26
  honest
• 7:26
  rebuttal.
• 7:27
  The
• 7:27
  gap
• 7:28
  has
• 7:28
  not
• 7:28
  fully
• 7:28
  closed
• 7:29
  against
• 7:29
  GPT
• 7:30
  Astra
• 7:30
  and
• 7:30
  Fable
• 7:30
  5.1,
• 7:32
  the
• 7:32
  most
• 7:32
  valuable
• 7:32
  99%
• 7:33
  of
• 7:33
  use
• 7:34
  cases
• 7:34
  are
• 7:34
  already
• 7:35
  served
• 7:35
  by
• 7:35
  open
• 7:35
  weights,
• 7:36
  and
• 7:36
  one
• 7:37
  developer
• 7:37
  notes
• 7:37
  the
• 7:37
  models
• 7:38
  produce
• 7:38
  mind-blowing
• 7:39
  video
• 7:39
  and
• 7:39
  graphics
• 7:40
  yet
• 7:40
  ship
• 7:40
  uninitialized
• 7:41
  variables
• 7:41
  and
• 7:42
  memory
• 7:42
  leaks
• 7:42
  in
• 7:42
  a
• 7:42
  large
• 7:43
  TypeScript
• 7:43
  app.
• 7:44
  The
• 7:44
  economic
• 7:45
  observation
• 7:45
  is
• 7:45
  the
• 7:45
  sharper
• 7:46
  one:
• 7:47
  serving
• 7:47
  small
• 7:48
  open-weight
• 7:48
  models
• 7:48
  targets
• 7:49
  consumer
• 7:49
  hardware
• 7:50
  instead
• 7:50
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• 7:50
  chasing
• 7:50
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• 7:51
  training
• 7:51
  runs,
• 7:52
  and
• 7:52
  the
• 7:52
  frontier
• 7:53
  business
• 7:53
  model,
• 7:54
  with
• 7:54
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• 7:55
  and
• 7:55
  neocloud
• 7:55
  debt
• 7:56
  competing
• 7:56
  against
• 7:56
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• 7:57
  funds,
• 7:58
  may
• 7:58
  not
• 7:58
  survive
• 7:58
  contact
• 7:59
  with
• 7:59
  that
• 7:59
  math
• 8:00
  even
• 8:00
  if
• 8:00
  the
• 8:00
  technology
• 8:01
  does.
• 8:06
  If
• 8:06
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• 8:06
  open-weight
• 8:06
  scoreboard
• 8:07
  is
• 8:07
  the
• 8:07
  what,
• 8:07
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• 8:08
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• 8:08
  engineering
• 8:09
  is
• 8:09
  the
• 8:09
  how,
• 8:10
  and
• 8:10
  the
• 8:10
  anchor
• 8:11
  here
• 8:11
  is
• 8:11
  a
• 8:11
  meticulous
• 8:12
  vLLM
• 8:12
  deployment
• 8:13
  of
• 8:13
  GLM-5.3-Flash
• 8:14
  across
• 8:15
  two
• 8:15
  NVIDIA
• 8:15
  DGX
• 8:16
  Spark
• 8:16
  nodes
• 8:16
  .
• 8:17
  The
• 8:17
  author
• 8:17
  claims
• 8:18
  the
• 8:18
  first
• 8:18
  working
• 8:18
  GLM-5.3-Flash
• 8:20
  and
• 8:20
  DFlash2
• 8:20
  deployment
• 8:21
  on
• 8:21
  GB10,
• 8:22
  shipped
• 8:22
  the
• 8:22
  day
• 8:22
  the
• 8:22
  model
• 8:23
  dropped,
• 8:23
  using
• 8:23
  a
• 8:23
  RedHatAI
• 8:24
  NVFP4
• 8:26
  build
• 8:26
  chosen
• 8:26
  over
• 8:26
  a
• 8:26
  ModelOpt
• 8:27
  one
• 8:27
  because
• 8:27
  a
• 8:27
  Hangul
• 8:28
  probe
• 8:28
  showed
• 8:28
  zero
• 8:28
  corrupted
• 8:29
  tokens
• 8:29
  versus
• 8:30
  several.
• 8:31
  The
• 8:31
  speculative-decoding
• 8:32
  progression
• 8:32
  tells
• 8:32
  the
• 8:32
  real
• 8:33
  story:
• 8:34
  14.3
• 8:34
  tok/s
• 8:35
  with
• 8:35
  bf16
• 8:36
  and
• 8:37
  no
• 8:37
  speculation,
• 8:38
  21.8
• 8:39
  with
• 8:39
  fp8
• 8:39
  KV
• 8:39
  and
• 8:40
  MTP-4,
• 8:41
  and
• 8:41
  46.9
• 8:42
  with
• 8:42
  DFlash2,
• 8:43
  climbing
• 8:44
  to
• 8:44
  68.5
• 8:45
  at
• 8:45
  tensor-parallel
• 8:45
  4.
• 8:46
  The
• 8:47
  write-up
• 8:47
  is
• 8:47
  refreshingly
• 8:47
  full
• 8:48
  of
• 8:48
  failure
• 8:48
  modes,
• 8:49
  a
• 8:49
  withdrawn
• 8:49
  token-pool
• 8:50
  figure,
• 8:51
  a
• 8:51
  mandatory
• 8:51
  swappiness
• 8:52
  setting
• 8:52
  that
• 8:52
  does
• 8:53
  not
• 8:53
  survive
• 8:53
  reboot,
• 8:54
  a
• 8:54
  flag
• 8:54
  that
• 8:54
  silently
• 8:55
  kills
• 8:55
  the
• 8:55
  engine
• 8:56
  on
• 8:56
  long
• 8:56
  prompts.
• 8:57
  That
• 8:57
  is
• 8:57
  what
• 8:57
  competent
• 8:58
  consumer-hardware
• 8:59
  deployment
• 8:59
  reads
• 8:59
  like,
• 9:00
  eleven
• 9:00
  months
• 9:00
  after
• 9:01
  NVFP4
• 9:02
  on
• 9:02
  this
• 9:02
  silicon
• 9:03
  was
• 9:03
  simply
• 9:03
  "not
• 9:03
  implemented."
• 9:05
  Quesma's
• 9:05
  quantization
• 9:06
  benchmark
• 9:06
  supplies
• 9:07
  the
• 9:07
  discipline
• 9:07
  the
• 9:07
  hype
• 9:07
  cycle
• 9:08
  lacks,
• 9:08
  measuring
• 9:09
  Qwen3.8-27B
• 9:12
  on
• 9:12
  real
• 9:13
  tasks
• 9:13
  rather
• 9:13
  than
• 9:13
  token-prediction
• 9:14
  divergence
• 9:14
  .
• 9:15
  The
• 9:15
  finding
• 9:16
  is
• 9:16
  clean
• 9:16
  and
• 9:16
  nonlinear:
• 9:17
  down
• 9:18
  to
• 9:18
  4-bit
• 9:18
  at
• 9:18
  17GB
• 9:19
  there
• 9:20
  is
• 9:20
  no
• 9:20
  meaningful
• 9:20
  difference
• 9:21
  on
• 9:21
  GPQA
• 9:22
  Diamond,
• 9:22
  IFBench,
• 9:23
  or
• 9:23
  Terminal-Bench
• 9:24
  2.1,
• 9:25
  and
• 9:25
  a
• 9:25
  4-bit
• 9:25
  quant
• 9:26
  fits
• 9:26
  a
• 9:26
  24GB
• 9:27
  card
• 9:27
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• 9:27
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• 9:28
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• 9:28
  64k
• 9:29
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• 9:29
  context.
• 9:30
  At
• 9:30
  2-bit,
• 9:31
  quality
• 9:31
  dips
• 9:31
  but
• 9:32
  stays
• 9:32
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• 9:32
  the
• 9:32
  range
• 9:32
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• 9:32
  strong
• 9:33
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• 9:33
  models
• 9:34
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• 9:34
  a
• 9:34
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• 9:34
  ago.
• 9:35
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• 9:35
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• 9:36
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• 9:36
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• 9:36
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• 9:36
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• 9:36
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• 9:37
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• 9:37
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• 9:37
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• 9:37
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• 9:38
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• 9:38
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• 9:39
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• 9:39
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• 9:39
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• 9:39
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• 9:40
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• 9:40
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• 9:40
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• 9:40
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• 9:41
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• 9:41
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• 9:41
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• 9:41
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• 9:42
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• 9:42
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• 9:43
  The
• 9:43
  author's
• 9:44
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• 9:44
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• 9:45
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• 9:45
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• 9:45
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• 9:46
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• 9:46
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• 9:46
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• 9:46
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• 9:47
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• 9:47
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• 9:48
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• 9:48
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• 9:48
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• 9:49
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• 9:49
  the
• 9:49
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• 9:49
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• 9:49
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• 9:49
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• 9:50
  Unsloth
• 9:50
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• 9:51
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• 9:52
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• 9:52
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• 9:53
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• 9:53
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• 9:53
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• 9:53
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• 9:54
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• 9:54
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• 9:54
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• 9:55
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• 9:55
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• 9:56
  Reasoning
• 9:56
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• 9:57
  moved
• 9:57
  scores
• 9:57
  more
• 9:58
  than
• 9:58
  quantization
• 9:58
  did.
• 9:59
  The
• 10:00
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• 10:00
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• 10:00
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• 10:00
  this
• 10:01
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• 10:01
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• 10:01
  hand-tuned
• 10:01
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• 10:03
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• 10:03
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• 10:04
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• 10:04
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• 10:04
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• 10:05
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• 10:07
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• 10:07
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• 10:07
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• 10:07
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• 10:08
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• 10:08
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• 10:09
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• 10:09
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• 10:10
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• 10:10
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• 10:10
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• 10:11
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• 10:11
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• 10:11
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• 10:12
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• 10:12
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• 10:12
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• 10:13
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• 10:13
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• 10:14
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• 10:17
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• 10:17
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• 10:18
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• 10:18
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• 10:19
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• 10:19
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• 10:21
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• 10:21
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• 10:22
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• 10:22
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• 10:23
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• 10:23
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• 10:24
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• 10:24
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• 10:24
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• 10:25
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• 10:25
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• 10:25
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• 10:26
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• 10:26
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• 10:27
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• 10:27
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• 10:28
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• 10:28
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• 10:28
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• 10:29
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• 10:29
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• 10:30
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• 10:30
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• 10:30
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• 10:31
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• 10:32
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• 10:33
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• 10:33
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• 10:33
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• 10:33
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• 10:34
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• 10:35
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• 10:35
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• 10:35
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• 10:36
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• 10:36
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• 10:37
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• 10:38
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• 10:38
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• 10:39
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• 10:39
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• 10:40
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• 10:40
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• 10:40
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• 10:41
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• 10:42
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• 10:42
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• 10:42
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• 10:43
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• 10:43
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• 10:44
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• 10:44
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• 10:44
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• 10:44
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• 10:45
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• 10:45
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• 10:45
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• 10:46
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• 10:46
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• 10:46
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• 10:46
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• 10:47
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• 10:47
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• 10:47
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• 10:47
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• 10:47
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• 10:48
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• 10:48
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• 10:48
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• 10:49
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• 10:49
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• 10:49
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• 10:51
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• 10:51
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• 10:51
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• 10:51
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• 10:51
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• 10:52
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• 10:53
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• 10:53
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• 10:53
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• 10:54
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• 10:54
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• 10:54
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• 10:55
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• 10:55
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• 10:56
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• 10:56
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• 10:56
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• 10:57
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• 11:01
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• 11:01
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• 11:01
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• 11:02
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• 11:02
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• 11:02
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• 11:03
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• 11:03
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• 11:03
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• 11:03
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• 11:03
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• 11:04
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• 11:04
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• 11:05
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• 11:05
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• 11:05
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• 11:06
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• 11:06
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• 11:06
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• 11:07
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• 11:07
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• 11:08
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• 11:08
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• 11:08
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• 11:09
  Android
• 11:09
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• 11:09
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• 11:09
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• 11:09
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• 11:10
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• 11:10
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• 11:10
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• 11:11
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• 11:11
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• 11:11
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• 11:12
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• 11:12
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• 11:13
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• 11:13
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• 11:14
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• 11:14
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• 11:14
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• 11:15
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• 11:15
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• 11:16
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• 11:16
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• 11:17
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• 11:17
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• 11:17
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• 11:17
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• 11:18
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• 11:18
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• 11:18
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• 11:19
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• 11:19
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• 11:20
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• 11:20
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• 11:21
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• 11:22
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• 11:22
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• 11:22
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• 11:23
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• 11:23
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• 11:23
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• 11:23
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• 11:24
  Checker.
• 11:25
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• 11:25
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• 11:25
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• 11:25
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• 11:25
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• 11:26
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• 11:27
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• 11:27
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• 11:28
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• 11:28
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• 11:29
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• 11:29
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• 11:29
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• 11:30
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• 11:30
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• 11:31
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• 11:31
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• 11:31
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• 11:31
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• 11:32
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• 11:32
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• 11:32
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• 11:32
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• 11:34
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• 11:34
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• 11:34
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• 11:35
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• 11:35
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• 11:35
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• 11:36
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• 11:37
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• 11:37
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• 11:37
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• 11:38
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• 11:38
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• 11:38
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• 11:38
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• 11:38
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• 11:38
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• 11:39
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• 11:39
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• 11:40
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• 11:40
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• 11:40
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• 11:40
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• 11:40
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• 11:40
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• 11:41
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• 11:42
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• 11:42
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• 11:44
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• 11:45
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• 11:45
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• 11:45
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• 11:46
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• 11:46
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• 11:46
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• 11:47
  Orchestration
• 11:48
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• 11:48
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• 11:48
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• 11:48
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• 11:49
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• 11:50
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• 11:50
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• 11:50
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• 11:50
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• 11:51
  one,
• 11:51
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• 11:52
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• 11:52
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• 11:53
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• 11:54
  makes
• 11:54
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• 11:55
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• 11:56
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• 11:57
  as
• 11:57
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• 11:57
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• 11:58
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• 11:58
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• 11:59
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• 12:00
  Luna
• 12:00
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• 12:01
  the
• 12:01
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• 12:01
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• 12:02
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• 12:02
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• 12:02
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• 12:02
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• 12:03
  The
• 12:03
  design
• 12:04
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• 12:04
  the
• 12:04
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• 12:05
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• 12:05
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• 12:06
  a
• 12:06
  strong
• 12:06
  model
• 12:06
  coordinating
• 12:07
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• 12:07
  cheaper
• 12:08
  models
• 12:08
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• 12:09
  with
• 12:09
  per-role
• 12:10
  reasoning
• 12:10
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• 12:11
  a
• 12:11
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• 12:11
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• 12:12
  and
• 12:12
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• 12:12
  token-usage
• 12:13
  script
• 12:14
  that
• 12:14
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• 12:14
  Codex's
• 12:15
  own
• 12:15
  logs.
• 12:16
  It
• 12:16
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• 12:16
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• 12:17
  that
• 12:17
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• 12:17
  is
• 12:17
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• 12:18
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• 12:19
  the
• 12:19
  root
• 12:19
  stays
• 12:19
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• 12:19
  the
• 12:19
  loop
• 12:20
  and
• 12:20
  every
• 12:20
  subagent
• 12:21
  carries
• 12:21
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• 12:21
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• 12:21
  context.
• 12:23
  The
• 12:23
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• 12:23
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• 12:23
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• 12:24
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• 12:24
  is
• 12:24
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• 12:25
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• 12:25
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• 12:25
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• 12:26
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• 12:26
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• 12:27
  semantically
• 12:28
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• 12:28
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• 12:29
  an
• 12:29
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• 12:29
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• 12:30
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• 12:30
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• 12:31
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• 12:31
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• 12:32
  The
• 12:32
  most
• 12:33
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• 12:33
  reality
• 12:33
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• 12:34
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• 12:34
  a
• 12:34
  builder's
• 12:34
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• 12:35
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• 12:35
  GPT-6
• 12:36
  Astra
• 12:36
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• 12:36
  Claude
• 12:37
  Fable
• 12:37
  5.1
• 12:38
  the
• 12:38
  same
• 12:38
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• 12:39
  prompt
• 12:39
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• 12:39
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• 12:40
  a
• 12:40
  native
• 12:40
  Mac
• 12:40
  clipboard
• 12:41
  manager
• 12:41
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• 12:42
  Both
• 12:42
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• 12:43
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• 12:43
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• 12:44
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• 12:44
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• 12:45
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• 12:45
  from
• 12:45
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• 12:45
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• 12:45
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• 12:46
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• 12:46
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• 12:46
  questions,
• 12:47
  Astra's
• 12:48
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• 12:48
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• 12:48
  bottom
• 12:49
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• 12:49
  chose
• 12:49
  its
• 12:49
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• 12:49
  layout.
• 12:50
  The
• 12:50
  reviewer's
• 12:51
  honest
• 12:51
  admission
• 12:52
  is
• 12:52
  that
• 12:52
  speed
• 12:53
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• 12:53
  his
• 12:53
  preference:
• 12:54
  Astra
• 12:55
  finished
• 12:55
  versions
• 12:56
  1.0
• 12:56
  through
• 12:57
  1.2
• 12:57
  in
• 12:57
  the
• 12:58
  time
• 12:58
  Fable
• 12:58
  took
• 12:58
  for
• 12:59
  1.0,
• 13:00
  so
• 13:00
  Fable
• 13:01
  never
• 13:01
  got
• 13:01
  the
• 13:01
  same
• 13:01
  iteration
• 13:02
  feedback,
• 13:03
  which
• 13:03
  makes
• 13:03
  the
• 13:03
  comparison
• 13:04
  less
• 13:04
  an
• 13:04
  intelligence
• 13:05
  measure
• 13:05
  than
• 13:05
  a
• 13:05
  throughput
• 13:05
  one.
• 13:06
  He
• 13:06
  now
• 13:06
  starts
• 13:07
  writing
• 13:07
  with
• 13:07
  Fable
• 13:08
  for
• 13:08
  depth
• 13:08
  and
• 13:08
  moves
• 13:08
  to
• 13:09
  Astra
• 13:09
  for
• 13:09
  structure.
• 13:10
  The
• 13:10
  selection-match
• 13:11
  lesson
• 13:11
  holds:
• 13:12
  the
• 13:12
  right
• 13:12
  model
• 13:13
  is
• 13:13
  a
• 13:13
  function
• 13:13
  of
• 13:13
  the
• 13:13
  task,
• 13:14
  not
• 13:14
  the
• 13:14
  leaderboard.
• 13:15
  The
• 13:16
  same
• 13:16
  MCP
• 13:17
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• 13:17
  shows
• 13:17
  up
• 13:18
  in
• 13:18
  a
• 13:18
  hobbyist's
• 13:18
  ATP-powered
• 13:19
  kinesin
• 13:20
  animation
• 13:21
  built
• 13:21
  by
• 13:21
  driving
• 13:21
  Blender
• 13:22
  and
• 13:22
  Unreal
• 13:22
  through
• 13:23
  MCP
• 13:23
  servers,
• 13:24
  with
• 13:25
  Astra
• 13:25
  used
• 13:25
  until
• 13:26
  a
• 13:26
  subscription
• 13:26
  limit
• 13:26
  forced
• 13:27
  a
• 13:27
  switch
• 13:27
  back
• 13:27
  to
• 13:27
  Fable
• 13:28
  5.1
• 13:28
  for
• 13:29
  the
• 13:29
  Unreal
• 13:29
  work
• 13:29
  .
• 13:31
  The
• 13:32
  research
• 13:32
  anchor
• 13:32
  for
• 13:32
  perception
• 13:33
  this
• 13:33
  week
• 13:33
  is
• 13:33
  an
• 13:34
  adversarial
• 13:34
  one:
• 13:35
  QR-structured
• 13:36
  thermal
• 13:36
  triggers
• 13:36
  for
• 13:36
  targeted
• 13:37
  semantic
• 13:37
  attacks
• 13:38
  on
• 13:38
  infrared
• 13:38
  vision-language
• 13:39
  models
• 13:39
  .
• 13:39
  The
• 13:39
  threat
• 13:40
  is
• 13:40
  not
• 13:40
  a
• 13:40
  missed
• 13:40
  detection
• 13:41
  but
• 13:41
  targeted
• 13:41
  steering,
• 13:42
  forcing
• 13:42
  a
• 13:42
  frozen
• 13:42
  IR-VLM
• 13:43
  to
• 13:44
  rank
• 13:44
  an
• 13:44
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• 13:44
  concept
• 13:45
  as
• 13:45
  top-1
• 13:45
  using
• 13:45
  a
• 13:45
  black-box,
• 13:46
  query-only
• 13:47
  method.
• 13:47
  The
• 13:47
  trigger
• 13:48
  is
• 13:48
  a
• 13:48
  version-1
• 13:48
  QR
• 13:49
  template
• 13:49
  whose
• 13:49
  functional
• 13:50
  regions
• 13:50
  stay
• 13:50
  fixed
• 13:50
  while
• 13:51
  interior
• 13:51
  modules
• 13:51
  are
• 13:51
  optimized
• 13:52
  into
• 13:52
  cold,
• 13:52
  neutral,
• 13:53
  or
• 13:53
  hot
• 13:54
  thermal
• 13:54
  states
• 13:54
  through
• 13:54
  a
• 13:54
  gradient-free,
• 13:55
  three-stage
• 13:55
  search.
• 13:56
  Against
• 13:57
  four
• 13:57
  infrared-adapted
• 13:58
  CLIP
• 13:58
  backbones
• 13:58
  it
• 13:58
  reached
• 13:59
  a
• 13:59
  34.28%
• 14:00
  macro-average
• 14:00
  targeted
• 14:01
  success
• 14:01
  rate,
• 14:02
  best
• 14:02
  on
• 14:02
  all
• 14:02
  twelve
• 14:02
  backbone-target
• 14:03
  pairs,
• 14:04
  and
• 14:04
  transferred
• 14:04
  to
• 14:04
  captioning
• 14:05
  and
• 14:05
  VQA
• 14:05
  judged
• 14:06
  by
• 14:06
  an
• 14:06
  LLM.
• 14:07
  The
• 14:07
  work
• 14:08
  is
• 14:08
  digital-only
• 14:08
  with
• 14:09
  no
• 14:09
  physical
• 14:09
  realization
• 14:10
  and
• 14:10
  no
• 14:10
  defenses
• 14:11
  proposed,
• 14:12
  so
• 14:12
  the
• 14:12
  honest
• 14:12
  read
• 14:13
  is
• 14:13
  an
• 14:13
  interpretable
• 14:13
  new
• 14:14
  attack
• 14:14
  surface,
• 14:14
  not
• 14:15
  a
• 14:15
  demonstrated
• 14:15
  roadside
• 14:16
  threat.
• 14:17
  It
• 14:17
  fits
• 14:17
  the
• 14:17
  standing
• 14:17
  argument
• 14:18
  that
• 14:18
  patch-based
• 14:18
  defenses
• 14:19
  against
• 14:19
  embedding-space
• 14:20
  attacks
• 14:20
  are
• 14:20
  structurally
• 14:21
  hard.
• 14:22
  On
• 14:22
  the
• 14:22
  constructive
• 14:22
  side,
• 14:23
  Tencent
• 14:23
  released
• 14:24
  EVIE-8B
• 14:26
  and
• 14:26
  EVIE-4.5B
• 14:29
  for
• 14:29
  high-capacity
• 14:30
  visual
• 14:30
  document
• 14:30
  retrieval,
• 14:31
  claiming
• 14:31
  66.75
• 14:33
  nDCG@10
• 14:35
  on
• 14:36
  ViDoRe
• 14:36
  V3
• 14:36
  for
• 14:36
  the
• 14:36
  larger
• 14:37
  model
• 14:37
  and
• 14:37
  66.02
• 14:39
  for
• 14:39
  the
• 14:39
  smaller
• 14:39
  .
• 14:40
  The
• 14:40
  interesting
• 14:40
  engineering
• 14:41
  is
• 14:41
  the
• 14:41
  Prefix-MRL
• 14:42
  elasticity,
• 14:43
  a
• 14:43
  single
• 14:44
  projection
• 14:44
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• 14:45
  at
• 14:45
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• 14:45
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• 14:46
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• 14:46
  to
• 14:46
  2048
• 14:47
  dimensions,
• 14:48
  and
• 14:48
  a
• 14:48
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• 14:49
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• 14:49
  step
• 14:50
  that
• 14:50
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• 14:50
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• 14:50
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• 14:52
  vectors
• 14:52
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• 14:52
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• 14:52
  down
• 14:53
  to
• 14:53
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• 14:54
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• 14:54
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• 14:55
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• 14:55
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• 14:55
  3.81
• 14:56
  GiB
• 14:56
  per
• 14:57
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• 14:57
  pages.
• 14:58
  That
• 14:58
  storage
• 14:59
  cost
• 14:59
  is
• 14:59
  exactly
• 15:00
  the
• 15:00
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• 15:00
  tax
• 15:01
  on
• 15:01
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• 15:01
  multi-vector
• 15:02
  retrieval,
• 15:03
  and
• 15:03
  these
• 15:03
  are
• 15:03
  vendor
• 15:04
  self-reported
• 15:04
  numbers
• 15:05
  against
• 15:05
  a
• 15:05
  field
• 15:06
  where
• 15:06
  NVIDIA's
• 15:06
  ColEmbed
• 15:07
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• 15:07
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• 15:07
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• 15:08
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• 15:08
  the
• 15:08
  ViDoRe
• 15:09
  V3
• 15:09
  top
• 15:09
  spot.
• 15:10
  A
• 15:10
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• 15:11
  commenter
• 15:11
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• 15:12
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• 15:12
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• 15:12
  output
• 15:12
  vectors
• 15:13
  mean
• 15:13
  is
• 15:13
  a
• 15:13
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• 15:13
  reminder
• 15:14
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• 15:14
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• 15:15
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• 15:15
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• 15:15
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• 15:15
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• 15:17
  Local
• 15:17
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• 15:18
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• 15:18
  out
• 15:18
  the
• 15:18
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• 15:19
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• 15:19
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• 15:19
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• 15:19
  drops.
• 15:20
  A
• 15:21
  packager
• 15:21
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• 15:21
  NVIDIA's
• 15:22
  64B
• 15:23
  Cosmos3
• 15:23
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• 15:24
  model
• 15:24
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• 15:24
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• 15:24
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• 15:25
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• 15:25
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• 15:25
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• 15:27
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• 15:27
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• 15:27
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• 15:27
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• 15:27
  about
• 15:28
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• 15:28
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• 15:28
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• 15:28
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• 15:28
  128GB
• 15:29
  M4
• 15:30
  Max
• 15:30
  .
• 15:32
  The
• 15:32
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• 15:32
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• 15:32
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• 15:33
  that
• 15:33
  Cosmos3
• 15:34
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• 15:34
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• 15:34
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• 15:35
  proof-of-concept
• 15:35
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• 15:36
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• 15:36
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• 15:36
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• 15:37
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• 15:37
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• 15:37
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• 15:38
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• 15:38
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• 15:39
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• 15:39
  image,
• 15:40
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• 15:40
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• 15:41
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• 15:41
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• 15:41
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• 15:42
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• 15:42
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• 15:42
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• 15:42
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• 15:43
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• 15:43
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• 15:43
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• 15:44
  The
• 15:44
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• 15:45
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• 15:46
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• 15:46
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• 15:46
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• 15:46
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• 15:47
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• 15:47
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• 15:48
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• 15:48
  better
• 15:48
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• 15:48
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• 15:49
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• 15:49
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• 15:49
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• 15:51
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• 15:51
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• 15:52
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• 15:52
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• 15:52
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• 15:53
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• 15:53
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• 15:53
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• 15:53
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• 15:54
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• 15:54
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• 15:54
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• 15:55
  That
• 15:55
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• 15:55
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• 15:55
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• 15:56
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• 15:56
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• 15:56
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• 15:56
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• 15:56
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• 15:57
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• 15:58
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• 15:58
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• 15:59
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• 15:59
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• 15:59
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• 15:59
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• 16:00
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• 16:00
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• 16:00
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• 16:01
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• 16:01
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• 16:01
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• 16:02
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• 16:02
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• 16:02
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• 16:02
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• 16:03
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• 16:03
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• 16:03
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• 16:04
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• 16:04
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• 16:04
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• 16:09
  The
• 16:09
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• 16:09
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• 16:10
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• 16:10
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• 16:10
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• 16:10
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• 16:11
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• 16:11
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• 16:11
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• 16:12
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• 16:12
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• 16:12
  Science
• 16:13
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• 16:13
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• 16:14
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• 16:14
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• 16:14
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• 16:15
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• 16:15
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• 16:16
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• 16:17
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• 16:17
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• 16:17
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• 16:18
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• 16:18
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• 16:19
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• 16:19
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• 16:19
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• 16:20
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• 16:21
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• 16:21
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• 16:21
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• 16:22
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• 16:22
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• 16:22
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• 16:23
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• 16:23
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• 16:23
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• 16:23
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• 16:24
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• 16:24
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• 16:25
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• 16:25
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• 16:25
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• 16:25
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• 16:26
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• 16:26
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• 16:27
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• 16:27
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• 16:28
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• 16:28
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• 16:28
  model
• 16:28
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• 16:29
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• 16:29
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• 16:29
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• 16:29
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• 16:30
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• 16:30
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• 16:31
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• 16:31
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• 16:31
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• 16:32
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• 16:32
  Chief
• 16:32
  Research
• 16:32
  Officer
• 16:33
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• 16:33
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• 16:33
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• 16:34
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• 16:34
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• 16:34
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• 16:34
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• 16:35
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• 16:35
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• 16:36
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• 16:36
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• 16:36
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• 16:37
  Duraisamy
• 16:37
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• 16:38
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• 16:38
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• 16:39
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• 16:39
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• 16:40
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• 16:40
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• 16:40
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• 16:41
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• 16:42
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• 16:42
  Scientist
• 16:42
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• 16:43
  Pachocki
• 16:43
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• 16:43
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• 16:44
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• 16:44
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• 16:44
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• 16:44
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• 16:44
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• 16:45
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• 16:45
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• 16:45
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• 16:45
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• 16:46
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• 16:47
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• 16:47
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• 16:47
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• 16:47
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• 16:48
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• 16:49
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• 16:49
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• 16:50
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• 16:50
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• 16:51
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• 16:51
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• 16:51
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• 16:51
  Twitter
• 16:52
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• 16:52
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• 16:53
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• 16:53
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• 16:53
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• 16:53
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• 16:54
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• 16:54
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• 16:55
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• 16:55
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• 16:56
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• 16:56
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• 16:56
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• 16:57
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• 16:57
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• 16:57
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• 16:58
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• 16:59
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• 16:59
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• 17:00
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• 17:00
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• 17:01
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• 17:01
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• 17:03
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• 17:03
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• 17:03
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• 17:04
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• 17:04
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• 17:04
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• 17:05
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• 17:05
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• 17:06
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• 17:06
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• 17:07
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• 17:07
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• 17:07
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• 17:08
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• 17:08
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• 17:08
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• 17:09
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• 17:09
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• 17:09
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• 17:09
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• 17:10
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• 17:11
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• 17:11
  OpenAI
• 17:12
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• 17:12
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• 17:12
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• 17:12
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• 17:13
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• 17:14
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• 17:14
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• 17:14
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• 17:14
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• 17:15
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• 17:15
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• 17:15
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• 17:16
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• 17:16
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• 17:16
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• 17:17
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• 17:17
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• 17:17
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• 17:18
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• 17:18
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• 17:18
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• 17:18
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• 17:18
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• 17:19
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• 17:19
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• 17:20
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• 17:20
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• 17:21
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• 17:22
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• 17:22
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• 17:22
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• 17:23
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• 17:23
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• 17:23
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• 17:23
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• 17:24
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• 17:24
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• 17:24
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• 17:24
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• 17:25
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• 17:25
  blog
• 17:25
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• 17:25
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• 17:26
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• 17:26
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• 17:26
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• 17:26
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• 17:27
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• 17:27
  data
• 17:28
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• 17:28
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• 17:28
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• 17:28
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• 17:29
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• 17:29
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• 17:30
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• 17:30
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• 17:30
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• 17:31
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• 17:31
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• 17:31
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• 17:32
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• 17:32
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• 17:32
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• 17:32
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• 17:32
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• 17:33
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• 17:33
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• 17:34
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• 17:34
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• 17:35
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• 17:35
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• 17:35
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• 17:36
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• 17:36
  result
• 17:36
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• 17:37
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• 17:38
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• 17:38
  Lean
• 17:38
  formalization
• 17:39
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• 17:39
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• 17:39
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• 17:39
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• 17:40
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• 17:40
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• 17:40
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• 17:41
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• 17:42
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• 17:42
  Michael
• 17:42
  Harris
• 17:43
  warns
• 17:43
  the
• 17:43
  publicity
• 17:44
  convinces
• 17:45
  "decision
• 17:45
  makers
• 17:45
  that
• 17:45
  human
• 17:46
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• 17:47
  are
• 17:47
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• 17:48
  Training
• 17:48
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• 17:49
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• 17:49
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• 17:50
  after
• 17:50
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• 17:50
  slowdown
• 17:51
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• 17:51
  when
• 17:51
  agents
• 17:52
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• 17:52
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• 17:52
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• 17:53
  model
• 17:53
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• 17:53
  Hugging
• 17:53
  Face
• 17:54
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• 17:54
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• 17:54
  testing.
• 17:56
  The
• 17:56
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• 17:56
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• 17:56
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• 17:57
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• 17:57
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• 17:57
  same
• 17:57
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• 17:58
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• 17:58
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• 17:58
  conduct.
• 18:00
  Anthropic's
• 18:01
  consumer
• 18:01
  product
• 18:01
  Claude
• 18:02
  is
• 18:02
  now
• 18:02
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• 18:03
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• 18:03
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• 18:03
  18
• 18:04
  and
• 18:04
  over,
• 18:05
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• 18:05
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• 18:05
  confirmation
• 18:06
  at
• 18:06
  signup
• 18:06
  and
• 18:06
  verification
• 18:07
  through
• 18:07
  the
• 18:08
  third-party
• 18:08
  provider
• 18:09
  Yoti
• 18:09
  via
• 18:09
  facial
• 18:09
  age
• 18:10
  estimation,
• 18:11
  ID
• 18:11
  upload,
• 18:12
  or
• 18:12
  a
• 18:12
  digital
• 18:12
  ID
• 18:13
  attribute
• 18:13
  .
• 18:14
  Anthropic
• 18:14
  says
• 18:15
  it
• 18:15
  receives
• 18:15
  only
• 18:15
  a
• 18:15
  pass/fail
• 18:16
  and
• 18:16
  never
• 18:17
  sees
• 18:17
  the
• 18:17
  ID,
• 18:18
  and
• 18:18
  that
• 18:18
  Yoti
• 18:19
  deletes
• 18:19
  the
• 18:19
  images
• 18:19
  after
• 18:20
  checking,
• 18:20
  the
• 18:20
  correct
• 18:21
  design
• 18:21
  on
• 18:21
  paper.
• 18:22
  The
• 18:22
  skeptical
• 18:23
  context
• 18:23
  is
• 18:24
  the
• 18:24
  precedent:
• 18:25
  a
• 18:25
  Discord
• 18:25
  age-verification
• 18:26
  vendor
• 18:27
  breach
• 18:27
  leaked
• 18:27
  ID
• 18:28
  images
• 18:28
  for
• 18:28
  nearly
• 18:28
  70,000
• 18:29
  Australians,
• 18:30
  and
• 18:30
  a
• 18:30
  Brussels
• 18:31
  age-checking
• 18:31
  app
• 18:32
  fell
• 18:32
  in
• 18:32
  two
• 18:32
  minutes.
• 18:34
  A
• 18:34
  pass/fail
• 18:35
  gate
• 18:35
  that
• 18:35
  never
• 18:35
  stores
• 18:36
  documents
• 18:36
  is
• 18:36
  meaningfully
• 18:37
  better
• 18:37
  than
• 18:37
  one
• 18:37
  that
• 18:38
  holds
• 18:38
  them,
• 18:39
  but
• 18:39
  it
• 18:39
  relocates
• 18:39
  trust
• 18:40
  to
• 18:40
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• 18:40
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• 18:41
  vendor
• 18:41
  whose
• 18:41
  industry
• 18:42
  track
• 18:42
  record
• 18:42
  has
• 18:42
  not
• 18:43
  inspired
• 18:43
  confidence.