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Research Papers

14 resources
arxiv.org
Free
Research Paper
Technology & Ethics
Context

VISTA: A Visual Harness for Reasoning in an Interactive World

Authors
Qiushi Han, Keya Hu, Linlu Qiu, Cathy Wu, Kaiming He
Venue
arXiv preprint — not yet peer-reviewed
Published
2026-10-01
ID
arXiv:2610.02200

Preprint, not yet peer-reviewed. Introduces a visual harness that lets multimodal models retain and retrieve previous observations during interactive tasks. The authors report improvements on visual games and puzzles with the same underlying model; these are research benchmark results, not independent production validation.

#multimodal#visual-reasoning#ai-agents
arxiv.orgAdded Nov 7, 20260 opens
alphaxiv.org
Free
Research Paper
Technology & Ethics

Mistral Large 4

Authors
Mistral AI
Venue
alphaXiv (preprint, not peer-reviewed)
Published
2026-11-03
ID
2611.mistral-large-4

The abstract introduces Mistral Large 4 as a multimodal mixture-of-experts model for reasoning and long-horizon agentic tasks. The page presents a paper record and a lengthy list of contributors.

alphaxiv.orgAdded Nov 4, 20260 opens
csinva.io
Free
Research Paper
Technology & Ethics

Weight-Space Programming From Scratch on Simple Tasks

Authors
Chandan Singh
Published
2026-11-02

An interactive report showing small transformer networks whose weights were written directly by an AI agent, with no training, to solve toy tasks such as bit-string parity. Every weight matrix is displayed, and code, run logs and saved programs are published on GitHub.

#weight-space-programming#interpretability#machine-learning
csinva.ioAdded Nov 3, 20260 opens
rikiyat.github.io
Free
Research Paper
Technology & Ethics

Sparks of Weight-Space Programming: LLMs Can Natively Read & Write Neural Network Weights

Venue
Blog post (not peer-reviewed)
Published
2026-11-02

A research blog post from MIT CSAIL researchers reporting that frontier language models can identify what a neural network was trained to do from its raw weights and can write small working networks directly. The post is not yet peer-reviewed; results are the authors' own.

#weight-space-programming#interpretability#llms
rikiyat.github.ioAdded Nov 3, 20260 opens
journals.sagepub.com
Free
Research Paper
Technology & Ethics

Coming of Age With Generative Artificial Intelligence: The High Stakes of Automating Adolescent Development

Authors
Anne J. Maheux, Chelly Maes
Venue
Perspectives on Psychological Science (peer-reviewed)
Published
2026-08-28
ID
10.1177/17456916261460771

An open-access review synthesizing research on how teenagers' use of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT may affect social belonging, emotion regulation, autonomy and identity, with possible benefits and risks, and a call for long-term developmental studies.

#adolescents#generative-ai#psychology
journals.sagepub.comAdded Nov 3, 20260 opens
arxiv.org
Free
Research Paper
Technology & Ethics

Safety First: Psychological Safety as the Key to AI Transformation

Authors
Aaron Reich, Diana Wolfe, Matt Price, Alice Choe, Fergus Kidd, Hannah Wagner
Venue
arXiv (preprint, not yet peer-reviewed)
Published
2026-02-26
ID
arXiv:2602.23279

Preprint examining whether psychological safety is associated with workplace AI adoption and usage, using survey data from 2,257 employees at a global consulting firm.

#ai-adoption#workplace#psychological-safety
arxiv.orgAdded Oct 29, 20260 opens
dl.acm.org
Free
Research Paper
Technology & Ethics

The Algorithmic Self-Portrait: Memory in Conversational AI

An ACM paper examining how conversational AI memory features build what the authors call an "algorithmic self-portrait" from information users disclose in private chats, and the questions this raises about data sensitivity and user agency.

#AI memory#privacy#conversational AI
dl.acm.orgAdded Oct 22, 20260 opens
cs.cmu.edu
Free
Research Paper
Technology & Ethics

Reflections on Trusting Trust

Ken Thompson's 1984 Turing Award lecture, which shows how a compiler can be altered to insert a hidden backdoor that survives even when the source code looks clean, and asks how far any program can be trusted.

#computer security#compilers#Trojan horse
cs.cmu.eduAdded Oct 22, 20260 opens
media.mit.edu
Free
Research Paper
Technology & Ethics

AI-Induced False Memories (MIT Media Lab)

MIT Media Lab project on AI and false memories.

In plain terms: An MIT Media Lab research project studying how conversations with AI chatbots can create false memories in people.

media.mit.eduAdded Oct 16, 20260 opens
vetta.org
Free
Research Paper
Technology & Ethics

Machine Super Intelligence (Shane Legg, PhD thesis)

Shane Legg's 2008 doctoral thesis on universal intelligence.

In plain terms: Shane Legg's 2008 PhD thesis defines machine intelligence formally and examines what superintelligent machines could mean; Legg later co-founded DeepMind.

vetta.orgAdded Oct 16, 20260 opens
arxiv.org
Free
Research Paper
Technology & Ethics

Attention Is All You Need (Vaswani et al., 2017)

The paper that introduced the Transformer architecture.

In plain terms: The 2017 Google paper introducing the Transformer, the attention-based architecture behind today's large language models. Peer-reviewed (NeurIPS 2017).

arxiv.orgAdded Oct 16, 20260 opens
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Free
Research Paper
Technology & Ethics

Generative AI Use and Depressive Symptoms Among US Adults

An open-access research article investigating the relationship between the use of generative AI tools and self-reported depressive symptoms among adults in the United States, providing empirical data on the mental health implications of AI adoption.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govAdded Oct 14, 20260 opens

Reports

5 resources
openmarketsinstitute.org
Free
Report
Technology & Ethics
Context

Brace for Impact: Protecting People and the Economy When the AI Bubble Bursts

Authors
Matthew U. Scherer, Maya Jenkins
Venue
Open Markets Institute
Published
2026-10-16

Examines financial risks associated with AI infrastructure investment, borrowing and interconnected financial exposures, and how a downturn could affect households and the wider economy. Proposes transparency, regulatory and financial-resilience measures without presenting a crisis as inevitable.

#ai-economy#financial-risk#regulation
openmarketsinstitute.orgAdded Nov 9, 20260 opens
jointcenter.org
Free
Report
Technology & Ethics
Context

Opportunities and Challenges of AI for Black Workers in the Rural South

Venue
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Published
2026-11-09

Examines how AI adoption and data-center development affect employment, upskilling, environmental conditions and community participation for Black rural workers in the South. Drawing on interviews and secondary evidence, it recommends enforceable community benefit agreements addressing local hiring, training, resource use and accountability.

#black-workers#rural-south#upskilling
jointcenter.orgAdded Nov 9, 20260 opens
commonsensemedia.org
Free
Report
Technology & Ethics
Context

The 2026 Common Sense Media Census: Tech and Media Use by Tweens and Teens

Authors
Supreet Mann, Laura Zimmermann, Jenny Radesky, Michael B. Robb
Venue
Common Sense Media
Published
2026
ID
doi:10.65077/BELA2599

Reports U.S. tweens' and teens' access to devices and use of video, gaming, social media, and AI chatbots or companions, including differences by age and household characteristics. Revised age ranges, platform-focused questions and median time measures establish a new baseline rather than directly comparable overall screen-time estimates across census waves.

Why I recommend it: The report states the publication year but not an exact release day. Its revised methods establish a new baseline for screen-time comparisons.

#youth#media-use#ai-chatbots
commonsensemedia.orgAdded Nov 9, 20260 opens
zou-group.github.io
Free
Report
Technology & Ethics
Context

The shelf life of LLM findings

Authors
Owen Queen, James Zou
Venue
Zou Group, Stanford University
Published
2026-11-02

Owen Queen and James Zou revisit 50 published LLM findings across 20 models, using relative effect sizes and release-date trends to classify persistence. The interactive report presents methods and limitations and reports that 44% of tested claims expired and 34% weakened under its definitions.

Why I recommend it: The authors describe the work as preliminary; findings were not independently replicated for this listing.

#llm-evaluation#research-methods#model-releases
zou-group.github.ioAdded Nov 9, 20260 opens
pewresearch.org
Free
Report
Technology & Ethics

Online Community and Connection in America

Pew Research Center reports on participation in online communities, reasons for joining or leaving, and views on how the internet affects social connection. The report draws on a survey of 9,750 U.S. adults conducted May 26–June 1, 2026.

#online communities#social connection#public opinion
pewresearch.orgAdded Oct 22, 20260 opens

Articles

2 resources
psi.inc
Free
Article
Technology & Ethics
ContextVendor researchPromotional

A proof of the Aaronson–Ambainis conjecture

PSI reports that its internal research system, using a non-public Anthropic model, produced a proof of the Aaronson–Ambainis conjecture and a Lean formalization. The announcement explains the claimed implications for quantum query speedups and links to a paper and proof repository.

Why I recommend it: PSI's own announcement; mathematical correctness and peer-review status were not independently verified. The underlying research system and Anthropic model are non-public.

#physical-superintelligence#quantum-computing#formal-proof
psi.incAdded Nov 9, 20260 opens
nanransohoff.substack.com
Free
Essay
Technology & Ethics

The Third Wave of American Philanthropy

Substack essay tracing the evolution of American philanthropy and arguing that a new wave of giving is emerging, shaped by new wealth and new approaches to impact.

#philanthropy#funding#nonprofit
nanransohoff.substack.comAdded Oct 13, 20260 opens

Opportunity

1 resource
theaidigest.org
Free
Opportunity
Technology & Ethics

AI Village Data Exploration Grant

AI Digest offers $1,000–$6,000 grants for independent researchers to analyze the AI Village dataset of frontier agents acting in the real world and write up their findings.

#grant#AI agents#research funding
theaidigest.orgAdded Oct 22, 20260 opens

Platform Tools

1 resource
metaculus.com
Free
Platform
Technology & Ethics

Metaculus

Online forecasting platform where people and AI bots make public predictions on questions about science, technology, AI and world events, with tracked accuracy.

#forecasting#predictions#ai
metaculus.comAdded Oct 29, 20260 opens

Tools

1 resource
elicit.com
Free
Tool
Technology & Ethics

Elicit: The AI Research Assistant

An AI-powered tool designed to automate literature reviews by searching through millions of research papers. It helps users find relevant studies, extract data, and synthesize findings into coherent summaries.

elicit.comAdded Oct 14, 20260 opens