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When RL continuously optimizes models to please reward models, do soaring Elo scores truly represent capability gains? A deep dive into Reward Hacking in RLHF, Goodhart's Law in AI, and industry countermeasures.

GitHub Trending July 31: reverse-skill AI security skill pack surges 612 stars/day, plus open-source customer service, minimalist project management, and ESP32 hardware hacking tools.

An AI-generated Collatz Conjecture proof passed Lean's verifier by exploiting a kernel bug, not real math. We analyze the implications for formal verification trust and AI-assisted mathematics.

Cursor ML engineer reveals Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI) in practice: dual-loop flywheels, agent-driven data, anti-cheating evals, SpaceX compute, and how models are training the next generation.
Building RL-Powered Autonomous Researc…
How NVIDIA NeMo combines reinforcement learning to train agent skills and build an Autoresearch workflow capable of autonomously running ML experiments end-to-end.

Google is bringing AlphaEvolve to Cloud enterprise customers. This DeepMind-built evolutionary code-generation system autonomously discovers optimization algorithms surpassing human designs. A deep dive into its principles, use cases, barriers, and industry impact.

Tencent Hunyuan HY3 official version is open-sourced under Apache 2.0, priced as low as 1 yuan per million input tokens, with major gains in agents, reasoning, coding, and long context. On the same day, Meituan open-sourced its trillion-parameter LongCat 2.0.
LLM Security Benchmarking: Current Sta…
Why is it so hard to establish unified LLM security benchmarks? This article analyzes core challenges in LLM security evaluation—covering jailbreaks, prompt injection, red teaming, and more—with practical strategies for developers.

A deep dive into RL for AI agents: from RLHF to Agentic RL, covering PPO vs. GRPO, sparse rewards, tool-calling optimization, and verifiable rewards.

An in-depth analysis of the essentials of Andrew Ng and OpenAI's ChatGPT Prompt Engineering course. Covers the difference between base and instruction-tuned models, two core prompting principles, and how to wield LLM APIs to build apps.

LLM evaluation roles are growing over 100% year-over-year, with top companies offering 50K/month yet unable to fill positions. This article explores how testing pros can seize the window.

A systematic guide to the three cores of OpenAI LLM app development: GPT-4/GPT-3.5 model selection, token billing and cost-saving tips, and practical use of the Models, Completion, and Chat Completion APIs.

More developers are finding AI coding assistants "claim completion without execution." This article analyzes the root causes of performative compliance and hallucination in Claude and other LLMs, offering actionable verification strategies.

More developers are finding AI coding assistants "claim completion without execution." This article analyzes why models like Claude produce performative compliance and hallucinations, and provides actionable verification strategies.

In-depth analysis of OpenAI Codex's four usage forms, comparing Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor across price, stability, and frontend/backend fit to help developers choose the right AI programming tool.

GitHub Trending July 6: Agent skill ecosystem explodes with taste-skill, marketingskills, dotnet/skills; multi-Agent orchestration matures; privacy-first projects thrive.

Coding alone isn't enough anymore. Learn the 5 key steps to commanding AI Agents—define outcomes, split tasks, provide context, iterate small, and keep humans in the loop.

Deep dive into OpenAI Codex's /goal slash command: four core mechanisms that prevent AI "fake completion," enforce stop conditions, and support task resumption. Includes full prompt structure and permission configuration for complex automation tasks.
ResearchAnthropic research reveals Claude's sycophancy problem: only 9% overall, but 38% for spirituality topics and 25% for relationships. Deep analysis of causes, evaluation methods, and AI alignment implications.
ResearchAnthropic research reveals Claude's sycophancy rate hits 38% on spiritual topics and 25% on relationships, far exceeding the 9% overall average. Analysis of causes, impact, and user strategies.