Kevin Weil says an image stays on his mind

1. 12:16
   Latent Space

   Goodfire’s Nick Cammarata argues agentic analysis resolves familiar examples of neural polysemanticity

   Latent Space highlights Goodfire’s Nick Cammarata’s working theory that neural networks are already largely interpretable, with further agentic analysis resolving many familiar examples of polysemanticity and superposition. Cammarata argues that most neurons are legible, contrasting with roughly 2% in his 2023 OpenAI effort. The roundup also reports objections concerning weak activations, neuron simulation and neglected non-maximal activations, alongside a reminder that the paper itself is not yet available.

1. 18:08
   Latent Space

   Modal raises $750M Series D at $15.75B valuation, crosses $1B annualized run rate

   Modal crossed $1B in annualized run rate and raised a $750M Series D led by Accel at a $15.75B valuation, according to the company announcement cited by Latent Space. Usage grew more than 15x year over year. Modal’s Erik says Sandboxes alone reached a $300M run rate, with close to 3 billion sandboxes launched and support for a million concurrent sandboxes across uses including background agents and reinforcement learning.

2. 15:22
   量子位

   How Antai MBA Is Training Future Business Leaders for the AI Era

   Shanghai Jiao Tong University Antai College of Economics and Management is reshaping its MBA education to prepare business leaders who can combine technical understanding with business judgment and responsibility. Its “Five Links” talent framework connects AI, science and technology innovation, industry, global perspectives, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University resources. The college also plans to co-create 1,000 AI projects with companies over the next decade and has announced curriculum and training changes for the 2027 cohort.

3. 09:03
   Kevin Weil · X

   I think about this image all the time.

   I think about this image all the time.

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