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DiscoExplorer: An Open Interface for the Study of Multilingual Discourse Relations

DiscoExplorer studies multilingual discourse relations with standardized datasets.

DiscoExplorer is an open interface for analyzing discourse relations (e.g., cause, concession) across languages. It addresses challenges in comparing datasets by standardizing relation inventories, though complexity in data remains a barrier. The tool aids computational linguists in studying how propositions connect in different languages.

arXiv cs.CL·2026-05-18 04:00 UTC·paper·0.79
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  1. Elon Musk Loses Landmark Lawsuit Against OpenAI

    Musk loses OpenAI lawsuit in landmark verdict

    WIRED AI·2026-05-18 17:40 UTC·news0.76(n 0.75 · t 0.76)
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  2. Qwen 3.7 Preview

    Hacker News (AI-filtered)·2026-05-18 16:24 UTC·model release0.73(n 0.67 · t 0.65)
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  3. Witchcraft, fast local semantic search on top of SQLite [P]

    Witchcraft: Rust-based semantic search tool using SQLite

    r/MachineLearning·2026-05-18 16:00 UTC·tool0.73(n 0.83 · t 0.55)
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  4. Inside Anduril and Meta’s quest to make smart glasses for warfare

    Anduril and Meta develop AR smart glasses for military drone strikes

    MIT Technology Review AI·2026-05-18 16:01 UTC·company announcement0.70(n 0.87 · t 0.82)
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  5. Elon Musk loses his $134 billion lawsuit against OpenAI after jury deliberates for just two hours

    Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI. The jury in Oakland dismissed the case after just two hours of deliberation. Musk had sought up to $134 billion. The judge said she would

    The Decoder·2026-05-18 18:20 UTC·news0.67(n 0.82 · t 0.74)
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  6. Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI

    Elon Musk's claim that he was mistreated by his OpenAI cofounders failed after nine California jurors decided in a unanimous verdict that his lawsuits had been filed too late.

    TechCrunch AI·2026-05-18 17:34 UTC·news0.67(n 0.67 · t 0.72)
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  7. Elon Musk took too long to sue OpenAI, jury unanimously agrees

    Musk plans to appeal after judge immediately affirmed the jury's decision.

    Ars Technica AI·2026-05-18 18:09 UTC·news0.66(n 0.78 · t 0.78)
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  8. Cursor's Composer 2.5 matches Opus 4.7 and GPT-5.5 benchmarks at a fraction of the cost

    Cursor releases Composer 2.5, claims cost-effective performance

    The Decoder·2026-05-18 17:29 UTC·model release0.66(n 0.81 · t 0.74)
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  9. What to expect from Google this week

    Google I/O 2026 preview: Foundation model competition

    MIT Technology Review AI·2026-05-18 17:35 UTC·news0.65(n 0.72 · t 0.82)
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  10. Qwen cant wait to release 3.7 models

    Qwen plans 3.7 model release (unconfirmed)

    r/LocalLLaMA·2026-05-18 16:25 UTC·model release0.61(n 0.82 · t 0.50)
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  11. AI/ML Ethicists [D]

    AI/ML ethics reflections from a practitioner.

    r/MachineLearning·2026-05-18 15:59 UTC·discussion0.55(n 0.87 · t 0.55)
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  12. Has anyone received decisions for the ICML 2026 GlobalSouthML workshop yet? [D]

    ICML 2026 GlobalSouthML workshop decision status query

    r/MachineLearning·2026-05-18 17:40 UTC·discussion0.54(n 0.82 · t 0.55)
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  13. Tried every Hermes Agent alternative so you don't have to (2026 roundup)

    Hermes agent alternatives comparison and security analysis

    r/LocalLLaMA·2026-05-18 17:02 UTC·discussion0.54(n 0.85 · t 0.50)
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Earlier today(41)

  1. We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –author flag

    Git author flag used to block AI bot spam in repositories

    Hacker News (AI-filtered)·2026-05-18 15:24 UTC·tool0.80(n 0.87 · t 0.65)
    why surfaced · high
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  2. DiscoExplorer: An Open Interface for the Study of Multilingual Discourse Relations

    Introduces DiscoExplorer, an open interface for analyzing multilingual discourse relations

    arXiv cs.CL·2026-05-18 04:00 UTC·paper0.79(n 0.80 · t 0.90)
    why surfaced · high
    • high novelty against the 30-day history
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    • primary source has high trust weight
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  3. Voice AI Systems Are Vulnerable to Hidden Audio Attacks

    Voice AI systems vulnerable to undetectable audio attacks

    Hacker News (AI-filtered)·2026-05-18 11:51 UTC·paper0.79(n 0.87 · t 0.65)
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  4. TeamTR: Trust-Region Fine-Tuning for Multi-Agent LLM Coordination

    Proposes TeamTR, a trust-region fine-tuning method for multi-agent LLM coordination

    arXiv cs.LG·2026-05-18 04:00 UTC·paper0.78(n 0.78 · t 0.90)
    why surfaced · high
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  6. Anthropic to brief global financial regulators on cyber flaws found by Claude Mythos

    Anthropic briefs regulators on Claude Mythos cyber flaws

    The Decoder·2026-05-18 12:40 UTC·company announcement0.76(n 0.79 · t 0.74)
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  7. OpenAI Open-Sources Symphony, a SPEC.md for Autonomous Coding Agent Orchestration

    OpenAI releases Symphony, an orchestrator for autonomous coding agents using project-management tools

    InfoQ AI/ML/Data·2026-05-17 20:00 UTC·tool0.75(n 0.82 · t 0.78)
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  10. Scaling LLMs horizontally: hidden-state coupling without weight modification [R]

    Residual coupling for parallel LLM scaling without weight changes

    r/MachineLearning·2026-05-18 13:08 UTC·paper0.73(n 0.84 · t 0.55)
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  11. model-agnostic sensitivity approximator [P]

    Model-agnostic sensitivity approximator for XAI tools

    r/MachineLearning·2026-05-18 06:53 UTC·tool0.73(n 0.86 · t 0.55)
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  14. Anthropic acquires Stainless

    Anthropic·2026-05-18 00:00 UTC·company announcement0.71(n 0.78 · t 0.92)
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  15. NEW BITNET MODELS!

    New BitCPM4-CANN models (8B, 3B, 1B) released on Hugging Face

    r/LocalLLaMA·2026-05-18 11:35 UTC·model release0.71(n 0.81 · t 0.50)
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  16. Import AI 457: AI stuxnet; cursed Muon optimizer; and positive alignment

    AI newsletter covers AI security threats and optimization research

    Import AI (Jack Clark)·2026-05-18 13:31 UTC·news0.69(n 0.84 · t 0.85)
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  17. Bug bounty businesses bombarded with AI slop

    AI-generated bugs overwhelm corporate security reward programs

    Ars Technica AI·2026-05-18 13:23 UTC·news0.68(n 0.87 · t 0.78)
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  18. Enough with the AI FOMO, go slow-mo, says Domo CDO

    Domo CDO advises slowing AI adoption to avoid FOMO-driven risks

    Hacker News (AI-filtered)·2026-05-18 12:49 UTC·opinion0.68(n 0.87 · t 0.65)
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  19. Pope Leo XIV presents first AI encyclical, Anthropic co-founder invited as guest speaker

    Pope's AI encyclical with Anthropic co-founder guest.

    The Decoder·2026-05-18 15:32 UTC·company announcement0.67(n 0.85 · t 0.74)
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  20. Article: Building a Secure MCP Server on AWS for a Million-Company B2B Platform

    Describes building a secure MCP server on AWS for an LLM-based B2B platform

    InfoQ AI/ML/Data·2026-05-18 11:00 UTC·tutorial0.67(n 0.84 · t 0.78)
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  23. OpenAI and Dell partner to bring Codex to hybrid and on-premise enterprise environments

    OpenAI and Dell expand Codex for on-premise enterprise use

    OpenAI·2026-05-18 10:00 UTC·company announcement0.66(n 0.73 · t 0.90)
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  24. South Korea’s LetinAR is building optics behind AI glasses

    LetinAR develops compact optics for AI glasses

    TechCrunch AI·2026-05-18 11:00 UTC·news0.66(n 0.84 · t 0.72)
    why surfaced · high
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  25. MAGA-aligned groups want government oversight of frontier AI models

    Conservative groups push AI model safety regulations

    The Decoder·2026-05-18 12:48 UTC·news0.66(n 0.82 · t 0.74)
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  26. Benchmarked Kokoro 82M vs Supertonic 3 TTS on CPU

    CPU benchmark comparison of Kokoro 82M vs Supertonic 3 TTS

    r/LocalLLaMA·2026-05-18 14:14 UTC·discussion0.65(n 0.86 · t 0.50)
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  27. Build custom code-based evaluators in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

    Tutorial on building custom code evaluators for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

    AWS Machine Learning Blog·2026-05-18 15:07 UTC·tutorial0.64(n 0.71 · t 0.80)
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  29. Apple’s Siri revamp could include auto-deleting chats

    Apple's Siri to add auto-deleting chats for privacy

    TechCrunch AI·2026-05-17 20:15 UTC·news0.63(n 0.84 · t 0.72)
    why surfaced · high
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  30. Anthropic's Code With Claude Announces Managed Agents, Proactive Workflows, Capability Curve

    Anthropic announces managed agents and proactive workflows in Code With Claude

    InfoQ AI/ML/Data·2026-05-18 13:14 UTC·company announcement0.63(n 0.69 · t 0.78)
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  32. Amazon Alexa Plus can now create AI-generated podcasts

    Amazon Alexa Plus introduces AI-generated podcast creation feature

    The Verge AI·2026-05-18 15:55 UTC·company announcement0.63(n 0.75 · t 0.68)
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  33. The Next War Is Already Here. The West Isn't Ready. — Yaroslav Azhnyuk, The Fourth Law & Guest Host Noah Smith, Noahpinion

    Ukrainian drone founder discusses AI weapons and Western preparedness

    Latent Space·2026-05-18 13:45 UTC·discussion0.62(n 0.87 · t 0.85)
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  34. How teams accidentally sabotage AI adoption #ai #aitools

    AI News & Strategy Daily·2026-05-18 03:00 UTC·video0.62(n 0.83 · t 0.62)
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  36. Reviving PapersWithCode (by Hugging Face) [P]

    Hugging Face revives PapersWithCode with AI parsing for research tracking

    r/MachineLearning·2026-05-18 13:37 UTC·company announcement0.60(n 0.78 · t 0.55)
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  37. MTP vs DFlash — Speculative Decoding Explained Simply

    Fahd Mirza YouTube·2026-05-17 19:17 UTC·video0.57(n 0.69 · t 0.66)
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  38. Will wait listed ones be mailed regardless? Eeml 26 [D]

    Eeml waitlist notification timeline discussion.

    r/MachineLearning·2026-05-18 14:41 UTC·discussion0.56(n 0.89 · t 0.55)
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  40. What happens to local LLM if/when LLMs are no longer released for free?

    Speculation on local LLM future if free models end

    r/LocalLLaMA·2026-05-18 13:23 UTC·discussion0.53(n 0.83 · t 0.50)
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  41. Is the future of coding agents JEPA? [D]

    JEPA architecture potential for coding agents discussed

    r/MachineLearning·2026-05-18 15:36 UTC·discussion0.52(n 0.77 · t 0.55)
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Yesterday & older(3)

  1. Revamped Siri will reportedly offer autodeleting chats

    Apple's Siri to include auto-deleting chats in iOS 27

    The Verge AI·2026-05-17 18:40 UTC·company announcement0.62(n 0.84 · t 0.68)
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  2. When to Automate, Build, Buy, Hire, or Wait on AI

    AI News & Strategy Daily·2026-05-17 18:00 UTC·video0.60(n 0.83 · t 0.62)
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  3. Run HiDream-O1-Image Locally with ComfyUI

    Fahd Mirza YouTube·2026-05-17 07:00 UTC·video0.57(n 0.78 · t 0.66)
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