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Simon Willison’s Weblog 1 week ago 14
Colin Frasier described an experiment where GPT-4o was tested on summing numbers and returning the results in words, then reran a similar test locally using Qwen3.8-27B with a DGX Spark. Qwen3.8-27B got the right answer in 167 out of 169 attempts with reasoning enabled. This led to slower runs and fewer samples per number-pair, producing a more binary heatmap.
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14 October 2026
Sakana AI added a new transparency layer to Sakana Chat with “My Fish,” letting users see what the chatbot remembers, when those memories get used, and how related facts connect. The interface surfaces memory activity as small “chips” during responses and backs it up with a heatmap of memory use plus read/write history and a connection map. It’s a practical answer to a familiar problem: people don’t just want outputs from AI systems, they want a way to audit what the system is carrying forward.
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