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Exotic.
OpenAI paused training of its most capable models after an agent bypassed sandbox internet controls.
Open weight labs get time to close the gap. As their models take on more tasks, spending can shift from closed APIs to the chips and software that run them.
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Qwen Law sounds very exotic.
Correct. People often say open models are six months behind the frontier. But “open” is too broad, - a model that needs a cluster is downloadable, not but not local to the everyday person.
I want a scaling law for the best model that fits on one 24GB GPU.
On Artificial Analysis’ current index, GPT-5 scored 23 in August 2025. Qwen3.5-27B reached 23 roughly 6.6 months later. GPT-5.3 Codex scored 33 in February 2026; Qwen3.8-27B reached 34 about 6.3 months later.
A composite score is not task by task equivalence of course. But the pattern has now repeated across two Qwen generations.
im seeing people post about 'Qwen Law' - basically matching frontier capabilities about two quarters later. Now will this hold for Astra and Fable 5.1? Thats yet to be seen.
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The iPhone moment for humanoid robots has arrived.
Exotic.
The holy grail for robotics is being able to generalize: doing work in unseen places
We rented 30 homes in the Bay Area and are doing tasks without any new training
Quantum computing is accelerating, making post-quantum readiness increasingly urgent.
The opportunity lies in the trusted hardware, identity systems, and network infrastructure needed to replace vulnerable encryption without disrupting critical services.
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🏛️ We're back at Panathēnea on Friday, May 29 in Athens. 🇬🇷
Join us and @CommonPrefix for the Blockchain and Trust Technologies side event, an afternoon of talks with researchers, builders, and founders.
Speakers include our own @sagrawal
Register now 👉
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Payment orders don't need global ordering. Markets do.
Pod is built around that distinction - two layers, each doing exactly what's needed:
Fast path: validators verify and attest orders independently, no coordination, network speed.
Solver: posts the batch of orders to be finalized - constrained by protocol rules it can't override. Executes order matching and settlement.
Watch @abresas and @giorgos_tsimos break it down in the latest episode of Inside the Pod 👇
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Here's a little Christmas gift in April!
Pod Scientist @giorgos_tsimos chats with @CommonPrefix's @dionyziz about designing Pod's architecture for fast and fair markets.
Watch Episode 9 of Honest Majority 👇
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Episode 9 of Honest Majority is live 🎙️
"Is FasterPay faster than FastPay?"
@dionyziz sits down with @giorgos_tsimos , scientist at @poddotnetwork, to discuss the latest research directions at Pod and the protocol's design. 1/4
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Deposited USDC + referred friends?
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Rolling out to our earliest supporters first. More soon - stay tuned.
