2025-03-06
Rethinking AI Quantization: The Missing Piece in Model Efficiency
Quantization helps reduce LLM memory demands, but existing methods overlook parameter heterogeneity. Learn how new approaches like CherryQ address this issue for better efficiency.
The Future of AI Compression: Smarter Quantization Strategies
What’s the best way to select parameters for mixed-precision training? This blog compares different approaches and highlights how CherryQ sets a new standard in LLM quantization.
The Impact of Parameters on LLM Performance
Discover how parameter heterogeneity affects LLM performance. Learn how researchers measure the importance of different parameters and optimize mixed-precision training for better results.
Can ChatGPT-Style Models Survive Quantization?
Applying quantization to chat-based LLMs comes with challenges. See how different techniques impact conversational AI and what methods preserve the best response quality.
The Perplexity Puzzle: How Low-Bit Quantization Affects AI Accuracy
Lowering bit precision affects AI performance, but how much? We analyze perplexity scores and task performance across different quantization strategies to find the best approach.
The Science of "Cherry" Parameters: Why Some LLM Weights Matter More
A tiny fraction of LLM parameters—called "cherry" parameters—play a crucial role in model accuracy. Learn how identifying and preserving them can improve AI efficiency.
Quantizing Large Language Models: Can We Maintain Accuracy?
Quantizing LLMs reduces size, but can they still perform well? This blog covers key experiments on implementing low-bit quantization while preserving model quality
Anti-Vaxxers Aghast as RFK Jr. Admits That Vaccines Are Pretty Fantastic
25 years after being declared eliminated from the US thanks to a nationwide and highly effective vaccination program, a measles outbreak in Texas has health experts raising the alarm bells....
Arsonists Set Fire to a Dozen Teslas, Charging Stations Amid "Anti-Capitalist Coordination to Target Tesla"
[that hed above doesn't have much impact to me -- can we get some flames, fire, something active in there?] Not only is it a rough time to be a...
Bernie Sanders Issues Warning About AI: "You Will Be Out on the Street"
For years now, experts have been warning that AI automation could soon lead to mass unemployment. And given plenty of early warning signs, their concerns are likely not unwarranted, with...
Cables Perpetual Futures DEX: Moving Past USD-Dominated Trading
Cables Finance is introducing non-USD perpetuals and yield-bearing RWAs. Cables is setting a new standard for onchain trading. Most DeFi platforms are still constrained by a USD-centric model.
How Are You?
Hey folks. I’m gonna take a break from KDO for the rest the day today (unless we invade Canada this afternoon or something) — I worked for much of last...
Google and Amazon AI Say Hitler’s Mein Kampf Is ‘a True Work of Art’
An example of AI attempting to summarizing nuanced reviewed of Hitler's Nazi manifesto turned into an example of algorithms eating themselves.
NASA Powers Down Equipment on Voyager Probes as They Struggle for Life
There's more bad news for NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft. The twin space probes left the solar system in 2012 and 2018 respectively, and are currently over 15 billion...
Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country. “According to a new report...
Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country. “According to a new report published Wednesday by the Pew Research Center, you live in a deeply embarrassing and barely functional country.” Evergreen...
Intercom on Product: Designing for Clarity
How do you redesign information architecture without disrupting users? Senior Product Designer Pranava Tandra breaks down the process, from balancing simplicity with depth to making AI features more discoverable.
Nate Silver on the Demise of FiveThirtyEight
Nate Silver, writing at his Silver Bulletin: Last night, as President Trump delivered his State of the Union address, the Wall Street Journal reported that ABC News would lay off...
★ ABC Shuts Down FiveThirtyEight, and Pulls the Plug on Its Website
From the perspective of a company the size of Disney, it would cost veritable pennies to keep FiveThirtyEight’s website around forever. What a disgrace.
The HackerNoon Newsletter: The Hidden Cost of Over-Engineering (and How to Stop Yourself) (3/6/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, March 6, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Michelangelo Strikes in...
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