Boring AI News

A selection of the latest DS/ML/AI news from the past 3 days from Boring AI News channel, a curated and opinionated collection of news for pros, enthusiasts, and anyone eager to learn. Why?

The General-Purpose AI Code of Practice

news

The EU introduces a voluntary AI Code to aid industry compliance with the AI Act.

Jul 16, 2025

Voxtral: Mistral’s Open-Source Speech Understanding Models

news

Mistral AI unveils Voxtral, a suite of open-source audio models, including a 24B parameter model for large-scale applications and a 3B variant for edge deployment.

Jul 16, 2025

The upcoming GPT-3 moment for RL

learning

Reinforcement learning is on the brink of a transformation akin to GPT-3’s impact on language models, shifting towards large-scale training for adaptable performance.

Jul 16, 2025

Gemini Embedding now generally available in the Gemini API

learning

Google’s Gemini Embedding text model is now accessible via the Gemini API and Vertex AI, offering a unified experience across domains. It supports 100+ languages with a 2,048 token input limit, priced at $0.15 per million tokens.

Jul 16, 2025

LLM Daydreaming

learning

LLMs lack the ability to form connections like human daydreaming, hindering new discoveries. This post suggests a system to prompt random fact retrieval and novel connections, filtered by a critic model for valuable insights.

Jul 16, 2025

How to scale RL to 10^26 FLOPs

learning

Reinforcement learning is key for advanced AI models. Current scaling methods are complex, but using RL for web-based next-token prediction could enhance models’ reasoning with diverse data.

Jul 16, 2025

Building Self-Evolving Knowledge Graphs Using Agentic Systems

ml ops

Examining AI-driven solutions for evolving graph databases beyond static limitations.

Jul 16, 2025

Featured Notebooks for Better Research in NotebookLM

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NotebookLM now includes expert-curated collections, providing users with high-quality research sources.

Jul 16, 2025

Anthropic’s Tool Directory

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Anthropic introduces a directory highlighting Claude integrations with apps like Notion, Figma, and Stripe for enhanced collaboration.

Jul 16, 2025

gt-extras

code

GT-Extras offers helper functions to create stunning tables using the Great-Tables Python package.

Jul 16, 2025

Rill

code

Rill enables seamless conversion of data sets into impactful dashboards using SQL, enhancing data visualization.

Jul 16, 2025

How to Fine-Tune Small Language Models to Think with Reinforcement Learning

papers

Step-by-step guide on using reinforcement learning in PyTorch to train GRPO reasoning models, featuring code examples and visual aids for enhanced model reasoning.

Jul 16, 2025

Introducing Docker Hub MCP Server

papers

Docker Hub MCP Server simplifies container image discovery with natural language features, enhancing efficiency for developers and AI enthusiasts.

Jul 16, 2025

Energy-Based Transformers are Scalable Learners and Thinkers

learning
papers

A new class of models, Energy-Based Transformers (EBTs), demonstrates enhanced learning and thinking capabilities by generalizing System 2 Thinking from unsupervised learning. EBTs outperform traditional models in both text and visual tasks, achieving faster training and better inference performance. This approach suggests a promising direction for scalable AI models.

Jul 15, 2025

FlexOlmo: LLM Training Without Sharing Raw Data

learning

This innovative architecture lets data contributors adjust their input in real-time, avoiding full model retraining. It uses separate expert modules on private data with a fixed public model, merging via domain-informed routing.

Jul 15, 2025

xAI’s Grok 4: The tension of frontier performance with a side of Elon favoritism

learning

xAI’s Grok 4, launched on July 9, is a powerful model facing behavioral risks and cultural concerns. This article reviews its performance, early feedback, and comparisons with OpenAI’s o3 pro, while addressing xAI’s product challenges and controversies.

Jul 15, 2025

Scaling up RL is all the rage right now

learning

Reinforcement learning’s potential for significant advancements surpasses supervised fine-tuning, offering greater leverage and responsiveness. Expanding rollout lengths promise new discoveries, particularly in large language models.

Jul 15, 2025

Robot Control with Async Inference

learning

Asynchronous inference optimizes robotic actions by separating prediction from execution, minimizing idle time and boosting real-world responsiveness.

Jul 15, 2025

T5Gemma: Encoder-Decoder Models

learning

T5Gemma, adapted from Gemma 2, offers pretrained and tuned models for summarization and translation tasks, available in sizes from 2B to XL.

Jul 15, 2025

Grok 4 Heavy won’t reveal its system prompt

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Grok 4 Heavy, a premium $300/month AI, restricts access to its system prompt.

Jul 15, 2025

10 GitHub Repositories for Mastering Agents and MCPs

code

Access 10 GitHub repositories offering tutorials, guides, and code for mastering agentic AI and multi-agent collaboration protocols, suitable for all skill levels.

Jul 15, 2025

Moonshot AI’s Kimi K2 outperforms GPT-4 in key benchmarks

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Moonshot AI’s Kimi K2, a 1 trillion parameter model, excels in complex tasks, matching proprietary models. Its MuonClip optimizer reduces training crashes, saving computational costs.

Jul 14, 2025

AI Tools Make Experienced Developers Slower, METR Study Finds

learning

A study of 16 open-source developers shows AI tools increased task completion time by 19%, despite a self-reported 24% speedup.

Jul 14, 2025

asyncmcp

learning

asyncmcp utilizes async transport to manage requests via internal queues, allowing delayed response processing without client wait time.

Jul 14, 2025

The Architecture Behind Lovable and Bolt

learning

Success in coding apps hinges on context engineering and architecture, not just model capabilities. Lovable and Bolt share core components: typed prompts, MCP servers, agent loops, and real-time frontend coordination.

Jul 14, 2025

Batch Mode in the Gemini API: Process more for less

learning

Gemini API’s asynchronous endpoint offers high-throughput processing at a 50% discount, ideal for non-urgent large jobs.

Jul 14, 2025

Virtual Desktop Environments for GUI Agents

misc

ScreenEnv, a Python library, enables Ubuntu desktop environments in Docker for GUI agent interaction and supports the Model Context Protocol for smooth deployment.

Jul 14, 2025

Masked Autoencoders Are Effective Tokenizers for Diffusion Models

papers

MAETok, a masked autoencoder, enhances latent space for diffusion models, achieving state-of-the-art ImageNet generation with just 128 tokens. This approach improves training speed and inference throughput, emphasizing structured latent space over variational constraints.

Jul 14, 2025
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