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Spent the last two weeks in SF and NYC talking to AI native law firms, GCs and academics. Here are my observations:
1. Part of the AI native law firm thesis is to build proprietary software that beats Harvey/Legora. But their most cracked lawyers that I have talked to won't even use the internal tool. They prefer their own harness on Claude Code or Codex.
2. Some people are convinced that certain AI native law firms were built just to become RL environments that generate real dataset for the labs.
3. Ex-BigLaw lawyers at AI natives miss working on headline deals (the ones that get you into Legal500 and Chambers & Partners).
4. BigLaw made its money running billion-dollar cross-border deals with multiple parties that agents can't run unsupervised. No AI native firm is doing that sort of work. BigLaw solved it by sorting out multi-jurisdictional licensing and regulatory issues across offices, with precise staffing. AI can potentially do the staffing part really well, but not the licensing part.
5. No AI native firm has a hiring strategy for 10x lawyers. They prefer hiring partners as their salesforce. The best 10x lawyers I know are still in BigLaw. AI natives need software-like margins so they focus on commoditized work that a model + purpose built harness can finish autonomously. And 10x lawyers enjoy doing non-routine, non-automatable tasks in the fastest way possible using AI.
6. The next frontier, if I am right, is full stack lawyers, lawyers who spot a new area of emerging practice and build productized service around that to monopolize a segment quickly (essentially turn your advice into an API that clients can run by BYOA). It's cheaper and easier than hiring partners to buy their client relationships. Specialist practices like tax, ERISA and regulatory have best chance of winning here.
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I reverse engineered Pocket and made it 10X better.
Right now: the app is full of ads, the microphone is low quality, it constantly misspells peoples names, and has no agentic features.
I changed that.
If compression is intelligence this is one smart downloadโฆ ๐ง
๐จ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ก ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐! ๐งช๐ฅ
With the support of @AWERXAI, I'm excited to release something VERY special for the local AI community!
๐ง @deepseek_ai ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฐ.๐ญ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ณ
๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐๐๐-๐๐ซ๐๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ญ.๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐
๐ป ๐ต๐ต.๐ฒ๐ญ% ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐!
โก ๐ฏ๐ฑ.๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ธ/๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐๐ !
๐ ๐ญ,๐ญ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ธ/๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐!
๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ต๐ ๐๐ง๐ซ (๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ!)
๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ก ๐ข๐ก๐. ๐๐๐ซ. ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐. ๐คฏ
And YES, the quantized weights are AVAILABLE NOW! ๐
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๐งช ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ก๐!
Just a few days ago, I published my article about @nvidiaai's FP4-Local format: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.
One thing really stuck with me...
NVIDIA demonstrated what was possible when aggressive quantization and intelligent optimization come together.
But there's a problem.
๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐จ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ.
That inspired me.
I've been developing my own SAGE-EXL3 process, and I wanted to see just how far I could push the latest DeepSeek Flash release while keeping the results accessible to the community.
So I spent the last 72 hours pushing the limits.
And the results genuinely surprised me! ๐ฅ
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๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ฌ!
I measured my 1.62 bpw expert quant against DeepSeek's native FP4 release checkpoint using held-out sequences and full-vocabulary token predictions.
And when I saw the CODE results, I could barely believe it!
๐งช ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฆ๐๐๐'๐ฆ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ด/๐๐ฃ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐
๐ป ๐๐ข๐๐ โ ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐น
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99.08% Top-1 Agreement
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๐ต๐ต.๐ฒ๐ญ% ๐๐ก๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ฅ-๐ข๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง!
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KL Divergence: 0.0186
๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ก๐๐ก๐ โ ๐ ๐๐ง๐-๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฌ
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96.04% Top-1 Agreement
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97.98% Answer-Only Agreement
โ
KL Divergence: 0.0349
๐ข ๐ ๐๐ง๐ โ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ด๐
โ
95.56% Top-1 Agreement
โ
94.19% Answer-Only Agreement
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KL Divergence: 0.0477
๐ ๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฌ
๐ 94.52% Top-1 Agreement
๐ Mean KL: 0.0982
๐ฏ Median KL: 0.00019
๐ก๐๐๐ฅ-๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ญ.๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ช ๐๐ซ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐ฆ! ๐คฏ
These are direct teacher-forced fidelity measurements against native FP8, not task-level pass rates.
But seeing this level of agreement at such aggressive compression is EXACTLY what I was working toward!
โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ
โก ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ, ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ก๐ฆ ๐ข๐ก ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐!
Not two Sparks.
Not four Sparks.
Not an expensive rented GPU cluster.
๐ข๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐.
My latest vLLM measurements:
โก Decode: 35.5 tok/s
๐ Maximum measured prefill: 1,189 tok/s
For a model this large, compressed this aggressively, and maintaining this level of fidelity...
๐ง๐๐๐ง'๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐! ๐
And remember, 1.62 bpw refers to the routed experts, not every parameter in the full model.
โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ
๐ ๐ช๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฆ.
I have a simple goal.
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ช๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ช๐๐ข ๐๐ข๐ก'๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฆ.
I don't want the future of local AI to be determined by who can rent the most GPUs or afford the largest training runs.
I want developers, independent researchers and enthusiasts to have the freedom to experiment, quantize, optimize and run powerful models on hardware they actually OWN.
NVIDIA's FP4-Local research showed me just how much potential remains in aggressive quantization.
My goal with SAGE-EXL3 is to keep pushing that frontier while making advanced quantization more practical for the wider community.
Today, I'm sharing the quantized checkpoint and the one-Spark serving recipe.
๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ก๐.
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๐งช ๐ก๐ข๐ช ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ง!
The token-level fidelity results are incredible, but I'm not stopping there.
I'm currently running a broader evaluation campaign to measure how closely this quant preserves the native FP8 model's actual task performance.
๐ป HumanEval+ / MBPP+
๐ง MMLU-Pro STEM / MATH-500
๐ฌ SciCode / LiveCodeBench
๐ง BFCL / Multi-step tool chains
๐ MGSM
๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ข๐๐ฆ๐ก'๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ!
Those task-level results are coming next! ๐
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๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ...
@mr_r0b0t and I have also been working on an GB10 specialized inference engine called ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ฏ.
Early testing has been VERY exciting, including 60 tok/s with bursts reaching 74tok/s!
We're putting the finishing touches on it and making sure everything is solid before releasing it.
More on that VERY soon. ๐
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๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ!
To @AWERXAI for supporting my work and helping make this contribution to the community possible.
To @nvidiaai for the FP4-Local research that inspired me to push this experiment even further.
To @justinn_builds for his initial vllm TP4 recipe that got me started in the right direction for loading this model up.
To @mr_r0b0t for collaborating with me on what's coming next!
And to @deepseek_ai for continuing to release powerful open-weight models that make community experiments like this possible.
๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ก๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ก ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง. ๐
๐ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐๐-๐๐ซ๐๐ฏ
huggingface.co/vcruz305/DSV4โฆ
๐ ๏ธ ๐ข๐ก๐-๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐
github.com/vcruz305/DSV4.1-Fโฆ
๐ข๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐.
๐ญ.๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ช ๐๐ซ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐ฆ.
๐ต๐ต.๐ฒ๐ญ% ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง.
๐๐๐ง'๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐๐ฅ๐! ๐๐ฅ
Dear Opus: Kindly move these files into the trash can for temporary storage. This is in pursuit of a more long term storage plan and will in no way erase these files.
So @AnthropicAI just rolled out something where it will NOT DELETE anything off your hardware anymore even when you ask it to. I wonder if this is GOOD or BAD, I run alot of things headless so it is stupid for me.
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We're in the what may be the most transformative decade in all of human history. Here's your reminder to take a deep breath and appreciate where in time and space you are.
"If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
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Make sure to follow this guy. He is a true Halo Patriot fighting for better games.
1,000 Spartans. Wow. Thankyou. I genuinely mean it.
I created this account when 343 finally fell, hoping to show Activision something the Halo community has been saying for years. That the forgotten and ignored fanbase is still huge and we still love Halo.
Stop making games that ignore where they came from and finally embrace what made them so special. Bungie Halo was, and still is, phenomenal for a reason.
From the ashes of 343, Halo will return. Humans are, and always will be, Forerunners.
Art: @Omega_Tizona
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My spy-implanted ledger came from Malaysia, and had flawless shrink wrap. Even opening it, at first you don't see the implant which is cleverly hidden where the screen's padding is supposed to be.
Follow Ledger's guidance to check yours: support.ledger.com/article/4โฆ
!! my inner 12 year old self is ECSTATIC!
HUGE UPDATE!
Halo CE on ANY Apple or Android device!
hcemobile.com
-matchmaking and friends list added!
-custom games browser!
-online campaign co-op!
-cheats and character select added right into campaign pause menu!
Plus many many more changes and additions!
Based on the Halo CE decomp.
Created by @BanTrev
#halo #gaming #ios #apple #android
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Today weโre launching America.gov, a single front door to the federal government.
Instead of opening a bunch of tabs across different agency sites and trying to figure out which information actually matters to you, you can ask America a question and get the relevant answer from across 29,000+ official government websites, with the source and what to do next.
Update: I tried another recipe with very similar numbers claiming to be the fastest for 4x sparks (not publcially released either). This one is still faster on my 100G switch. I submitted the fix to run on a switch as a PR.
The other recipe was:
- Roughly tied on decode.
- 1.9โ3.8% slower on cold prefill, with an unresolved numerical discrepancy.
Huge speed bump for GLM 5.3 Flashโฆ recipe below. You might need Opus 5.5 to adapt if youโre running on a switch (took about 15 mins of changes but got it running).
github.com/othexmr/GLM-5.3-Fโฆ from @O80925253
Replying to @O80925253
This is genius. Great work. Running this now with insane numbers.
Running a custom Blackfrost GLM-5.3-Flash W4A4 on 4ร DGX Spark and adapted to run with a 504 100G switch.
โข C1 decode: 57.2 tok/s prose / 95.7 code
โข C4 aggregate end-to-end: 100.3 / 139.3 tok/s
โข Cold prefill, 16K/32K/64K: 3,752 / 3,883 / 3,929 input tok/s
โข Time to first token: 4.36 / 8.41 / 16.55 seconds
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Never been to the opera before?
Nowโs your chance. Weโre giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @MetOpera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. Thereโs not a bad seat in the house.
Finally a use for the ANE on my M4 Max Studio!
Thanks for the model, we were able to port Laya to coreml with 99.5% of the ops on ANE + benchmarked too. it is now blazing fast with 3.7 ms per decision on an M5 Pro.
Release: github.com/FluidInference/Flโฆ
Models: huggingface.co/FluidInferencโฆ
I think we are going to see a big push from these service providers (token distributors?) for US labs to finally focus on providing affordable flash models with near-frontier intelligence.
I think Google is the only major US lab focused on flash models right now.
Harveyโs AI costs got so high its gross margins plunged from 50% to -50% in 6 months.
Its response: build its own model using open-weight AI.
Startups from Abridge to Rogo are following suit to cut costs and reduce their reliance on OpenAI and Anthropic. My latest w/ @nmasc_๐





























