Month: March 2025

Arbitrum devs launch incubator-style program ‘Onchain Labs’

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Offchain Labs, the developers of Ethereum layer-2 network Arbitrum, have announced a partnership with the Arbitrum Foundation to launch a new incubator-style program called Onchain Labs. According to a March 17 post by Offchain Labs, the new incubator is aimed at rapidly adding to Arbitrum’s existing decentralized application (DApp) offerings with a particular focus on … Read more

Solana Protected Gender Identity Before Panning It in Anti-Queer Ad

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The Solana Foundation nixed an ad widely criticized for being anti-queer late Monday, nearly nine hours after seemingly invoking the culture wars as a mechanism to boost conference attendance. The now-deleted spot imagines “America” in therapy. A human embodiment of the nation desperately wants to think big – about tech, crypto, space travel. But he … Read more

SEC could axe proposed Biden-era crypto custody rule, says acting chief

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission could change or scrap a rule proposed under the Biden administration that would tighten crypto custody standards for investment advisers, according to the agency’s acting chair, Mark Uyeda. In prepared remarks to an investment industry conference in San Diego on March 17, Uyeda said the rule proposed in February … Read more

Hyperliquid opened doors to ‘democratized’ crypto whale hunting: Analyst

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Crypto whale tracking on the Hyperliquid blockchain has enabled traders to target whales with prominent leveraged positions in a “democratized” attempt to liquidate them, according to the head of 10x Research. Hyperliquid, a blockchain network specializing in trading, allows traders to publicly observe what type of positions a whale is holding, and since these positions … Read more

FreeEval: Efficient Inference Backends

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Background and 2.1 Automatic Evaluation Methods for LLMs 2.2 Meta-Evaluation of LLMs 3 Design and Implementation and 3.1 Design Principles 3.2 FreeEval Architecture Overview and 3.3 Extensible Modular Design 3.4 Trustworthy Evaluation 3.5 Efficient Inference Backends 4 Conclusion, Ethical Considerations, and References 3.5 Efficient Inference Backends FreeEval’s … Read more

How FreeEval Incorporates A Range of Metaevaluation Modules

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Background and 2.1 Automatic Evaluation Methods for LLMs 2.2 Meta-Evaluation of LLMs 3 Design and Implementation and 3.1 Design Principles 3.2 FreeEval Architecture Overview and 3.3 Extensible Modular Design 3.4 Trustworthy Evaluation 3.5 Efficient Inference Backends 4 Conclusion, Ethical Considerations, and References 3.4 Trustworthy Evaluation FreeEval prioritizes … Read more

FreeEval Architecture Overview and Extensible Modular Design

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Background and 2.1 Automatic Evaluation Methods for LLMs 2.2 Meta-Evaluation of LLMs 3 Design and Implementation and 3.1 Design Principles 3.2 FreeEval Architecture Overview and 3.3 Extensible Modular Design 3.4 Trustworthy Evaluation 3.5 Efficient Inference Backends 4 Conclusion, Ethical Considerations, and References 3.2 FreeEval Architecture Overview FreeEval’s … Read more

The Design and Implementation of FreeEval

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Background and 2.1 Automatic Evaluation Methods for LLMs 2.2 Meta-Evaluation of LLMs 3 Design and Implementation and 3.1 Design Principles 3.2 FreeEval Architecture Overview and 3.3 Extensible Modular Design 3.4 Trustworthy Evaluation 3.5 Efficient Inference Backends 4 Conclusion, Ethical Considerations, and References 3 Design and Implementation In … Read more

A Meta-Evaluation of LLMs

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Background and 2.1 Automatic Evaluation Methods for LLMs 2.2 Meta-Evaluation of LLMs 3 Design and Implementation and 3.1 Design Principles 3.2 FreeEval Architecture Overview and 3.3 Extensible Modular Design 3.4 Trustworthy Evaluation 3.5 Efficient Inference Backends 4 Conclusion, Ethical Considerations, and References 2.2 Meta-Evaluation of LLMs Meta-evaluation … Read more

Paul Atkins closes in on SEC chair role amid setbacks: Report

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Paul Atkins could move one step closer to becoming the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s new crypto-friendly chair, with a Senate committee hearing reportedly in the works for March 27. President Donald Trump nominated Atkins to lead the SEC on Dec. 4, but his marriage into a billionaire family has reportedly caused headaches with financial … Read more

Background and Automatic Evaluation Methods for LLMs

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Background and 2.1 Automatic Evaluation Methods for LLMs 2.2 Meta-Evaluation of LLMs 3 Design and Implementation and 3.1 Design Principles 3.2 FreeEval Architecture Overview and 3.3 Extensible Modular Design 3.4 Trustworthy Evaluation 3.5 Efficient Inference Backends 4 Conclusion, Ethical Considerations, and References 2 Background In this section, … Read more

FreeEval: A Modular Framework for Trustworthy and Efficient Evaluation of Large Language Models

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Background and 2.1 Automatic Evaluation Methods for LLMs 2.2 Meta-Evaluation of LLMs 3 Design and Implementation and 3.1 Design Principles 3.2 FreeEval Architecture Overview and 3.3 Extensible Modular Design 3.4 Trustworthy Evaluation 3.5 Efficient Inference Backends 4 Conclusion, Ethical Considerations, and References Abstract The rapid development of … Read more

CFPB workers are reinstated after a court order, but many still can’t work

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Terminated employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have been brought back to work in response to a judge’s order — sort of.  Probationary employees (a class of government workers who are newer to an agency or role) received letters over the weekend notifying them that they were reinstated into their positions, following a … Read more