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Action-chunk subsampling makes SmolVLA robots run 8x faster
Subsampling action chunks can dramatically boost a robot policy’s execution speed without changing the core model, making learned control far more practical on real hardware.
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Architect Runs Multiple Trading Venues With 12 Engineers
A tiny engineering team using custom-built agents is operating several regulated trading businesses, showing how AI automation can dramatically compress headcount in complex financial infrastructure.
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Voila turns UI screenshots into editable code and prompts (x.com)
Builders can now point at any interface and instantly generate code, copy, or tasks, speeding up design tweaks and handoffs into tools like Cursor.
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Cloudflare adds tiered cache directly in front of Workers
It gives Worker apps and ISR-style frameworks a programmable regional cache layer that cuts origin hits and latency using standard HTTP headers.
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