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Adaptive Margin RLHF via Preference over Preferences
Yaswanth Chittepu, Prasann Singhal, Greg Durrett, Scott Niekum
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22851 https://

Adaptive Margin RLHF via Preference over Preferences
Margin-based optimization is fundamental to improving generalization and robustness in classification tasks. In the context of reward model learning from preferences within Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF), existing methods typically rely on no margins, fixed margins, or margins that are simplistic functions of preference ratings. However, such formulations often fail to account for the varying strengths of different preferences, for example some preferences are associated with…

Lady Gaga to Perform at VMAs 2025 https://pitchfork.com/news/lady-gaga-to-perform-at-vmas-2025/

Lady Gaga to Perform at VMAs 2025
The pop star is eligible for 12 awards this year, the most of any nominee

Tencent open sources translation models Hunyuan-MT-7B and Hunyuan-MT-Chimera-7B, which support 33 languages, claiming they beat established models in benchmarks (Jonathan Kemper/The Decoder)
https://the-decoder.com/tencent-open-sources-two-high-performing…

Tencent open sources two high-performing translation models
Chinese tech giant Tencent has open sourced two specialized translation models, claiming they outperform established tools like Google Translate in international benchmarks.

YouTube... started defaulting to auto-translated audio.
It would default to my "preferred language".
My #preference is the original #language, and I speak multiple ones. That is not an option though. So I have to manually change the audio track or turn off CC all the time - w…

How I fixed my blog's #performance issues by writing a new #Jekyll plugin
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Zelensky: Ukraine is preparing new deep strikes inside Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/31/zelensky-ukraine-is-preparing-new.html

faa_routes: FAA Preferred Routes (2010)
A network of air traffic routes, from the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) National Flight Data Center (NFDC) preferred routes database (www.fly.faa.gov). Date of extraction is prior to 2010. Nodes represent airports or service centers, and a directed edge is the preferred route between airport i and airport j.
This network has 1226 nodes and 2615 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Airport, Unweighted

🎨 The current technology is not ready for proper (color) blending
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The current technology is not ready for proper blending

Notes First or Music First? Which Leads to Better Performance? https://bulletproofmusician.com/notes-first-or-music-first-which-leads-to-better-performance/

Notes First or Music First? Which Leads to Better Performance?
A 2022 study provides an answer to the chicken and egg problem – should students work on the basics first before adding expression? Or should they aim to play with expression from the start?

Russian forces allegedly preparing major assault toward Siversk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine's military says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/01/russian-forces-allegedly-preparing-major.html