Tag: research
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Apple’s Simple Self-Distillation Boosts Code Generation by 30%
On April 1, 2026, Apple researchers published a paper showing that a language model can dramatically improve its own code generation by simply fine-tuning on its own unverified outputs. The method, called Simple Self-Distillation (SSD), boosted Qwen3-30B-Instruct from 42.4% to 55.3% pass@1 on LiveCodeBench v6 — a 30% relative improvement — with gains concentrating on […]
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Unmasking AI: The Ethics of Reddit’s Secret Persuasion Experiment
A controversial experiment by researchers at the University of Zurich has ignited a heated debate about the ethics of AI-driven research. Over a span of four months, the team deployed artificial intelligence bots on Reddit’s r/ChangeMyView community, posting over 1,000 comments designed to sway users’ opinions on sensitive topics such as dog breed aggression and […]