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A new healing technique allows a compressed 4-bit model to outperform its full-precision original on seven benchmarks.
WEAVER (CMU) is a learned world model for robotic manipulation that resolves the fidelity-consistency-speed trilemma in one architecture. High accuracy, long-horizon coherence, and real-time inference together enable test-time planning with minimal real-world interaction.
ART fine-tunes frozen multimodal LLMs by optimizing only visual input tokens, enabling RL-based adaptation on pre-compiled inference graphs like vLLM. Visual soft-token reinforcement on a frozen backbone achieves effective task adaptation with no weight updates.
A 15-author team spanning the Goldstein, Goldblum and Izmailov groups revives encoder-decoder context compression at scale: a 0.6B encoder plus 4B decoder trained on roughly 350B tokens sets a new speed/memory/accuracy Pareto frontier, with models and code released.
2026-05-29 · benchmark
| Model | Latency | Cost | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Mythos Preview (restricted) | 0ms | — | Win |
| GPT-5.5 | 0ms | — | Win |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | 0ms | — | Win |
| Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | 0ms | — | Tie |
| GPT-5.3-Codex | 0ms | — | Tie |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | 0ms | — | Loss |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro Max (open-weight) | 0ms | — | Loss |
Published accuracy leaderboard, NOT a measured-latency run: `latency_ms` is set to 0 (not applicable) and token/cost fields are omitted on every row — the verified datum is the pass@1 % in each `response`. Scores are compiled from public SWE-bench Verified leaderboards (swebench.com, llm-stats.com, benchlm.ai, andrew.ooo, marc0.dev) snapshotted ~2026-05-28; exact numbers vary by harness, scaffold, and snapshot date, so treat ±1-2 points as noise. Verdict tiers (accuracy, not speed): win = 88%+, tie = 84-87.9%, loss = under 84%. Claude Mythos Preview is a restricted-access model; its 93.9% is reported but most teams cannot run it. Takeaways: (1) the frontier has compressed — the top three (Mythos 93.9, GPT-5.5 88.7, Opus 4.8 88.6) are within ~5 points; (2) agentic-coding pass rates above 88% mean the benchmark itself is saturating and SWE-bench Pro / Terminal-Bench Hard are becoming the better discriminators; (3) open-weight DeepSeek V4 Pro Max at 80.6 trails the closed frontier by ~13 points but is closing.
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Latest article: China's humanoid robot sector moves toward public markets: EngineAI, Unitree, and Linkerbot advance IPO filings as embodied AI scales →
As of 2026-05-18 · ALAB + CRDO + ARM + RMBS + SNPS + CDNS · 15 stories
Astera Labs · scale-up connectivity · $ALAB
Credo · AEC + SerDes · $CRDO
ARM Holdings · CPU/GPU IP licensor · $ARM
Rambus · memory + interface IP · $RMBS
Synopsys · EDA + IP duopoly leader · $SNPS
Cadence · EDA + Tensilica IP · $CDNS
Six picks-and-shovels plays on hyperscale AI: ALAB (connectivity silicon), CRDO (active electrical cables + SerDes IP), ARM (CPU/GPU IP — every smartphone + Neoverse for AI servers), RMBS (memory IP — HBM4, DDR5 RCDs, PCIe Gen6 PHYs), SNPS + CDNS (the EDA duopoly that designs every AI accelerator).
Latest article: Equinix, Cisco, and NVIDIA partner to deploy Secure AI Factories across Equinix's global colocation footprint →
As of 2026-05-15 · AMAT + LRCX + KLAC · 11 stories
Applied Materials · broadest WFE portfolio · $AMAT
Lam Research · etch + HBM leverage · $LRCX
KLA · process control near-monopoly · $KLAC
The deeper picks-and-shovels: Applied Materials (AMAT), Lam Research (LRCX), and KLA (KLAC) sell the machines that build every chip. AMAT owns breadth (deposition, etch, CMP, implant). LRCX owns high-aspect-ratio etch — directly leveraged to HBM and 3D NAND scaling. KLA owns process control at advanced nodes (~80% share). Every additional AI chip is incremental WFE demand.
Latest article: TSMC runs a dual-track vendor race on its CoPoS panel-packaging pilot line at Longtan — global majors vs. Taiwanese suppliers, head-to-head →
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