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Reinforcement learning for inverse structural design and rapid laser cutting of kirigami prototypes

RL-Kirigami uses reinforcement learning to solve inverse design challenges in kirigami fabrication.

Kirigami fabrication faces challenges in mapping target shapes to valid cuts due to nonlinear deployment and discrete compatibility rules. RL-Kirigami combines optimal-transport conditional flow matching with reinforcement learning to generate feasible cut layouts for shape-programmable metamaterials.

arXiv cs.LG·2026-05-12 04:00 UTC·paper·0.78
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  1. Android is getting a big AI overhaul in 2026

    Google's 2026 Android AI overhaul plans

    Ars Technica AI·2026-05-12 17:00 UTC·company announcement0.80(n 0.86 · t 0.78)
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  2. Google's Android-powered laptops are called Googlebooks, and they're coming this year

    Google's Android-powered laptop announcement

    Ars Technica AI·2026-05-12 17:00 UTC·company announcement0.80(n 0.85 · t 0.78)
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  3. Needle: We Distilled Gemini Tool Calling Into a 26M Model

    Needle: 26M parameter tool-calling model for low-end devices

    r/LocalLLaMA·2026-05-12 17:56 UTC·model release0.73(n 0.83 · t 0.50)
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  5. Agentic harness for theoretical physics research

    Hugging Face launches physics-intern: multi-agent framework for theoretical physics

    r/LocalLLaMA·2026-05-12 17:23 UTC·tool0.71(n 0.78 · t 0.50)
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  7. Everything Google announced at its Android Show, from Googlebooks to vibe-coded widgets

    Google unveils AI features in Android Show, including Gemini and Googlebooks

    TechCrunch AI·2026-05-12 17:01 UTC·company announcement0.67(n 0.86 · t 0.72)
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  8. Threads tests a Meta AI integration that works similarly to Grok

    Threads tests Meta AI integration for real-time context in conversations

    TechCrunch AI·2026-05-12 16:34 UTC·company announcement0.67(n 0.87 · t 0.72)
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  9. Google adds Gemini-powered Dictation to Gboard, which could be bad news for dictation startups

    Google adds Gemini-powered dictation to Gboard on Samsung and Pixel devices

    TechCrunch AI·2026-05-12 17:00 UTC·company announcement0.67(n 0.85 · t 0.72)
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  10. Anthropic warns investors against secondary platforms offering access to its shares

    Anthropic warns against unauthorized platforms trading its shares

    TechCrunch AI·2026-05-12 17:36 UTC·company announcement0.67(n 0.84 · t 0.72)
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  11. Parents say ChatGPT got their son killed with bad advice on party drugs

    Family sues OpenAI over ChatGPT's alleged role in teen's overdose

    The Verge AI·2026-05-12 16:30 UTC·news0.66(n 0.87 · t 0.68)
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  13. The AI legal services industry is heating up. Anthropic is getting in on the action.

    Anthropic launches AI tools for legal services

    TechCrunch AI·2026-05-12 17:00 UTC·company announcement0.66(n 0.81 · t 0.72)
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  14. Google brings agentic AI and vibe-coded widgets to Android

    Google introduces agentic AI features and widgets to Android

    TechCrunch AI·2026-05-12 17:00 UTC·company announcement0.65(n 0.80 · t 0.72)
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  15. Gemini’s latest updates are all about controlling your phone

    Google enhances Gemini with phone control features and visual interface

    The Verge AI·2026-05-12 17:00 UTC·company announcement0.65(n 0.83 · t 0.68)
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  16. How Amazon Finance streamlines regulatory inquiries by using generative AI on AWS

    AWS demonstrates generative AI use in regulatory inquiries at Amazon

    AWS Machine Learning Blog·2026-05-12 16:41 UTC·company announcement0.65(n 0.74 · t 0.80)
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  17. i built a little free mobile app that lets you generate your ai slop wrapper apps

    Free mobile app generates AI wrapper apps for local models

    r/LocalLLaMA·2026-05-12 17:23 UTC·tool0.61(n 0.83 · t 0.50)
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  19. 1M datasets on HF !

    Community celebrates 1M datasets on Hugging Face

    r/LocalLLaMA·2026-05-12 16:07 UTC·discussion0.53(n 0.82 · t 0.50)
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  2. Automate schema generation for intelligent document processing

    AWS introduces automated schema generation for document processing

    AWS Machine Learning Blog·2026-05-12 15:54 UTC·company announcement0.78(n 0.81 · t 0.80)
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  4. Path-Based Gradient Boosting for Graph-Level Prediction

    arXiv introduces PathBoost for graph-level gradient boosting

    arXiv cs.LG·2026-05-12 04:00 UTC·paper0.78(n 0.76 · t 0.90)
    why surfaced · high
    • high novelty against the 30-day history
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  5. [AINews] Thinking Machines' Native Interaction Models - TML-Interaction-Small 276B-A12B - advances SOTA Realtime Voice and kills standard VAD

    Thinking Machines releases TML-Interaction-Small 276B-A12B, advancing real-time voice AI

    Latent Space·2026-05-12 04:33 UTC·model release0.78(n 0.80 · t 0.85)
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  6. Navigating EU AI Act requirements for LLM fine-tuning on Amazon SageMaker AI

    AWS provides FLOPs tracking for EU AI Act compliance in LLM fine-tuning

    AWS Machine Learning Blog·2026-05-12 15:48 UTC·company announcement0.77(n 0.76 · t 0.80)
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  7. Distributional Reinforcement Learning via the Cram\'er Distance

    arXiv proposes C-DSAC for distributional reinforcement learning

    arXiv cs.LG·2026-05-12 04:00 UTC·paper0.76(n 0.72 · t 0.90)
    why surfaced · medium
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  8. Building web search-enabled agents with Strands and Exa

    AWS guides building web search agents with Strands and Exa

    AWS Machine Learning Blog·2026-05-11 21:58 UTC·tutorial0.76(n 0.82 · t 0.80)
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  9. Amazon employees are "tokenmaxxing" due to pressure to use AI tools

    Ars Technica reports Amazon employees using AI for automation

    Ars Technica AI·2026-05-12 13:33 UTC·news0.73(n 0.87 · t 0.78)
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  10. TabPFN-3 just released: a pre-trained tabular foundation model for up to 1M rows [R][N]

    TabPFN-3 released: pre-trained tabular model for up to 1M rows

    r/MachineLearning·2026-05-12 14:33 UTC·model release0.73(n 0.82 · t 0.55)
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  12. Article: Time-Series Storage: Design Choices That Shape Cost and Performance

    InfoQ explains time-series storage design choices impacting cost and performance

    InfoQ AI/ML/Data·2026-05-12 09:00 UTC·discussion0.70(n 0.86 · t 0.78)
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  13. How open model ecosystems compound

    Analysis of China's open AI ecosystem growth

    Interconnects (Lambert)·2026-05-12 15:54 UTC·opinion0.69(n 0.83 · t 0.85)
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  14. How to achieve truly serverless GPUs

    Modal discusses serverless GPU implementation

    Modal·2026-05-12 12:00 UTC·company announcement0.69(n 0.88 · t 0.80)
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  16. Your AI Use Is Breaking My Brain

    Concerns about AI's impact on cognition

    Simon Willison·2026-05-11 19:21 UTC·opinion0.68(n 0.85 · t 0.90)
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  17. "Tokenmaxxing" spreads at Amazon as employees game internal AI leaderboards

    Amazon employees exploit AI leaderboards by automating tasks

    The Decoder·2026-05-12 14:03 UTC·news0.68(n 0.87 · t 0.74)
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  19. AI voice startup Vapi hits $500M valuation after winning Amazon Ring over 40 rivals

    Vapi hits $500M valuation after Amazon Ring selects its AI platform

    TechCrunch AI·2026-05-12 11:30 UTC·company announcement0.66(n 0.86 · t 0.72)
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  21. Dessn raises $6M for its production-focused design tool

    Dessn secures $6M for AI-powered design tools targeting production code

    TechCrunch AI·2026-05-12 13:00 UTC·company announcement0.66(n 0.83 · t 0.72)
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  23. Rivian’s AI-powered voice assistant is ready to roll

    Rivian deploys AI voice assistant via software update for vehicles

    The Verge AI·2026-05-12 15:51 UTC·company announcement0.66(n 0.84 · t 0.68)
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  24. If AI writes your code, why use Python?

    AI coding and Python relevance debate

    Hacker News (AI-filtered)·2026-05-11 20:45 UTC·discussion0.65(n 0.83 · t 0.65)
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  25. Free AI SEO Auditor

    AI SEO tool discussed on Product Hunt

    Product Hunt·2026-05-12 01:28 UTC·tool0.60(n 0.89 · t 0.50)
    why surfaced · high
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  26. Connecting the dots for accurate AI

    Neo4j CTO discusses Graph RAG's role in improving enterprise AI accuracy

    Stack Overflow Blog·2026-05-12 07:40 UTC·discussion0.57(n 0.84 · t 0.72)
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  27. ICML Visa issues [D]

    Reddit discussion on ICML visa application challenges in Korea

    r/MachineLearning·2026-05-12 11:50 UTC·discussion0.56(n 0.91 · t 0.55)
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  29. Stop wasting electricity

    RTX 4090 power optimization for LLM inference discussed

    r/LocalLLaMA·2026-05-12 11:32 UTC·discussion0.53(n 0.85 · t 0.50)
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  30. Online RL Reading Group[D]

    Student seeks online RL reading group for Ph.D preparation

    r/MachineLearning·2026-05-11 23:51 UTC·discussion0.53(n 0.87 · t 0.55)
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  31. Efficient use of Large system RAM

    Discussion on leveraging system RAM for large model context windows

    r/LocalLLaMA·2026-05-12 03:02 UTC·discussion0.52(n 0.87 · t 0.50)
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  32. Found a way to cool the DGX

    Reddit user shares tap water cooling solution for DGX systems

    r/LocalLLaMA·2026-05-12 02:05 UTC·discussion0.52(n 0.87 · t 0.50)
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  1. Using LLM in the shebang line of a script

    LLM shebang line implementation tip

    Simon Willison·2026-05-11 18:48 UTC·tool0.79(n 0.85 · t 0.90)
    why surfaced · high
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  2. How ChatGPT adoption broadened in early 2026

    ChatGPT adoption growth in Q1 2026

    OpenAI·2026-05-11 15:00 UTC·news0.77(n 0.81 · t 0.90)
    why surfaced · high
    • high novelty against the 30-day history
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  3. SocialReasoning-Bench: Measuring whether AI agents act in users’ best interests

    Microsoft releases SocialReasoning-Bench to evaluate AI alignment with user interests

    Microsoft Research·2026-05-11 17:19 UTC·tool0.52(n 0.00 · t 0.86)
    why surfaced · familiar
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  5. Manufacturing intelligence with Amazon Nova Multimodal Embeddings

    AWS demonstrates multimodal embeddings for manufacturing retrieval

    AWS Machine Learning Blog·2026-05-11 17:08 UTC·tutorial0.34(n 0.00 · t 0.80)
    why surfaced · familiar
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