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EP16: AI News and Papers
In this episode, we discuss various topics in AI, including the challenges of the conference review process, the capabilities of Kimi K2 thinking, the advancements in TPU technology, the significance of real-world data in robotics, and recent innovations in AI research. We also talk about the cool "Chain of Thought Hijacking" paper, how to use simple ideas to scale RL, and the implications of the Cosmos project, which aims to enable autonomous scientific discovery through AI.
Papers and links:
Chain-of-Thought Hijacking - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.26418
Kosmos: An AI Scientist for Autonomous…
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