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Court documents: in a deposition, Ilya Sutskever documented significant internal conflicts at OpenAI prior to Sam Altman's firing and discusses his OpenAI exit (Rocket Drew/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/op

An OpenAI Founder Discusses Anthropic Merger Talks, Internal Beefs in Deposition
Anthropic initially expressed “excitement” about a possible merger with OpenAI two years ago, after OpenAI’s board fired CEO Sam Altman, OpenAI co-founder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever told attorneys in a deposition made public this week. Such a deal would have potentially placed ...

Automated Defect Detection for Mass-Produced Electronic Components Based on YOLO Object Detection Models
Wei-Lung Mao, Chun-Chi Wang, Po-Heng Chou, Yen-Ting Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01914

Automated Defect Detection for Mass-Produced Electronic Components Based on YOLO Object Detection Models
Since the defect detection of conventional industry components is time-consuming and labor-intensive, it leads to a significant burden on quality inspection personnel and makes it difficult to manage product quality. In this paper, we propose an automated defect detection system for the dual in-line package (DIP) that is widely used in industry, using digital camera optics and a deep learning (DL)-based model. The two most common defect categories of DIP are examined: (1) surface defects, and (…

Monodromy Pinning Defects in the Critical $\mathrm{O}(2N)$ Model
Petr Kravchuk, Alex Radcliffe
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02281 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.…

Monodromy Pinning Defects in the Critical $\mathrm{O}(2N)$ Model
We investigate a novel class of defects in the critical $\mathrm{O}(2N)$ model that preserve conformal symmetry along the defect, but not the symmetry under rotations transverse to the defect. Instead, they only preserve a combination of transverse rotations and a global symmetry. These defects are constructed as IR fixed points of RG flows originating at monodromy defects, triggered by a relevant operator with non-zero transverse spin. Using large-$N$ and $4-\varepsilon$ expansions, we compute…

Deposed Syrian Dictator Poisoned Under Putin's Nose: Watchdog (Julia Ornedo/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/deposed-syrian-dictator-bashar-al-assad-poisoned-under-putins-nose-watchdog/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251003/p67#a251003p67

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Learn "No Kings Here" protest song from Tom Paxton (@TomPaxtonMusic) and Cathy Fink for October 18, 2025 "No Kings" rally
https://social.trom.tf/display/dbc8dc44-1168-e10e-cd17-e3d333145274

Cathy Fink and Tom Paxton recommend and teach "No Kings Here" for Oct 18
> "Oct. 18 is the next day of @NoKings rallies. Cathy Fink & I want YOU to be able to play this on guitar, uke or the instrument of your choice, so here's a ...

"One defect, one potential" strategy for accurate machine learning prediction of defect phonons
Junjie Zhou, Xinpeng Li, Menglin Huang, Shiyou Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00498

"One defect, one potential" strategy for accurate machine learning prediction of defect phonons
Atomic vibrations play a critical role in phonon-assisted electron transitions at defects in solids. However, accurate phonon calculations in defect systems are often hindered by the high computational cost of large-supercell first-principles calculations. Recently, foundation models, such as universal machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs), emerge as a promising alternative for rapid phonon calculations, but the quantitatively low accuracy restricts its fundamental applicability for h…

Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness (Chris Thompson/Defector)
https://defector.com/treasury-department-has-plans-to-mint-dollar-coin-featuring-donald-trumps-likeness?giftLink=6e03b60535612e35d232ae669f2a5db3
http://www.memeorandum.com/251003/p96#a251003p96

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Film the Police DC: If you see something, say something
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Bickering over Bovino: Lawyers complain to judge of obstruction, 'sandbagging' during deposition (Jon Seidel/Chicago Sun Times)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/03/bickering-over-bovino-lawyers-complain-to-judge-of-obstruction-sandbagging-during-deposition
http://www.memeorandum.com/251103/p72#a251103p72