Computer Science

AI Large Language Models

Language Models as Statisticians, and as Adapted Organisms

Given their complex behavior, diverse skills, and wide range of deployment scenarios, understanding large language models—and especially their failure modes—is important. Given that new models are released every few months, often with brand new capabilities, how can we achieve understanding that keeps pace with modern practice?

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AI Large Language Models

A Theory for Emergence of Complex Skills in Language Models

This video is from Simons Institute. A major driver of AI today is the fact that new skills emerge in language models when their parameter set and training corpora are scaled up. This phenomenon is poorly understood, and a mechanistic explanation via mathematical analysis of gradient-based training seems difficult. The current paper takes a different […]

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AI Neural Networks Research

Formalizing Explanations of Neural Network Behaviors

This video is from Simons Institute. Existing research on mechanistic interpretability usually tries to develop an informal human understanding of “how a model works,” making it hard to evaluate research results and raising concerns about scalability. Meanwhile formal proofs of model properties seem far out of reach both in theory and practice. In this talk […]

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FinTech Machine Learning

Algorithmic Trading and Machine Learning

This video from Simons Institute was posted seven years ago. Michael Kearns, University of Pennsylvania on Algorithmic Game Theory and Practice

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Security

BreachForums Hacked Just Days After Launch

Merely days after its reincarnation breachforums has been hacked… Also we have some updates on whether BreachForums 2.0 is in fact an FBI Honeypot. Seytonic reports.

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AI

Is Programming a Dead Career Now?

Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, theoretical physicist, and the founder of Wolfram Research, a company behind Wolfram|Alpha, Wolfram Language, and the Wolfram Physics and Metamathematics projects. This video is from Lex Clips. full episode => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdE-waSx-d8

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Security

Twitter Hacker Faces 77 Years in Prison

This video from Seytonic covers the latest in security news. Sources: https://www.hackread.com/british-hacker-guilty-hacking-schemes/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-plugwalkjoe-pleads-guilty-to-2020-twitter-breach/ https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/mastermind-behind-twitter-2020-hack.html https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/twitter-hacker-cops-to-cybercrimes-extradited-to-us-for-trial- https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/05/10/guilty_plea_twitter_o_connor_case/ https://therecord.media/twitter-hack-guilty-plea-sim-swapping-cyberstalking https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/uk-citizen-extradited-and-pleads-guilty-cyber-crime-offenses https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-arrested-connection-alleged-role-twitter-hack https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/technology/twitter-hackers-interview.html?action=click&module=Top https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/press-release/file/1413571/download https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/07/plugwalkjoe-does-the-perp-walk/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/03/i-was-a-teenage-twitter-hacker-graham-ivan-clark-gets-3-year-sentence/

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Security

Magecart Hackers Perfect Fake Checkout Pages

This video is from Seytonic. Sources: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-swap-stealth-for-realistic-checkout-forms-to-steal-credit-cards/ https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-intelligence/2023/04/kritec-art https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-taken/mpns/2618421/ba-penalty-20201016.pdf

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