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Communication Efficient LLM Pre-training with SparseLoCo
Amir Sarfi, Benjamin Th\'erien, Joel Lidin, Eugene Belilovsky
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15706 https://

Communication Efficient LLM Pre-training with SparseLoCo
Communication-efficient distributed training algorithms have received considerable interest recently due to their benefits for training Large Language Models (LLMs) in bandwidth-constrained settings, such as across data centers and over the internet. Despite reducing communication frequency, these methods still typically require communicating a full copy of the model's gradients-resulting in a communication bottleneck even for cross-datacenter links. Furthermore, they can slightly degrade perfo…

"Writing is one of the most disruptive technologies ever invented after agriculture. Before writing, people could pass information in the current moment, to those who were close enough to hear noises made by other people. Writing allows people to communicate across space, passing written information to readers without the physical presence of the author. And it allows them to communicate across time, leaving evidence of thoughts long after the thinker had died."

Trump Announces Coming Tariffs On Furniture Imports - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/08/trump-announces-coming-tariffs-on-furniture-imports/

White House to announce World Cup draw is coming to the Kennedy Center (Garrett Haake/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-putin-zelenskyy-gaza-dc-national-guard-tariffs-live-updates-rcna225499/rcrd86902?canonicalCard=true
http://www.memeorandum.com/250822/p72#a250822p72

A look at 2025's AI models and what's ahead: OpenAI's o3 is a breakthrough, AI agents will improve randomly and in leaps, but scaling parameters will slow down (Nathan Lambert/Interconnects)
https://www.interconnects.ai/p/summertime-outlook-o3s-nov…

Some ideas for what comes next
As releases slow down, it's time to think about what we got this year and where we are going. o3's search, agent vs model progress, and scaling's settling.

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Grandaddy:
🎵 El Caminos in the West
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https://grandaddy.bandcamp.com/track/el-caminos-in-the-west
https://open.spotify.com/track/1aSlWonzTgd5p1qHOKYaOy
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Jointly Computation- and Communication-Efficient Distributed Learning
Xiaoxing Ren, Nicola Bastianello, Karl H. Johansson, Thomas Parisini
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15509 https…

Jointly Computation- and Communication-Efficient Distributed Learning
We address distributed learning problems over undirected networks. Specifically, we focus on designing a novel ADMM-based algorithm that is jointly computation- and communication-efficient. Our design guarantees computational efficiency by allowing agents to use stochastic gradients during local training. Moreover, communication efficiency is achieved as follows: i) the agents perform multiple training epochs between communication rounds, and ii) compressed transmissions are used. We prove exac…

Zelensky promises developments on security guarantees in 'coming days': https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/23/zelensky-promises-developments-on-security.html

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Ozzy Osbourne:
🎵 Mama, I’m Coming Home
#OzzyOsbourne
https://melissablack.bandcamp.com/track/mama-im-coming-home-by-ear-ozzy-osbourne
https://open.spotify.com/track/0S3gpZzlT9Hb7CCSV2owX7