Quantum Physicists Have Shrunk and "de-Censored" Deepseek R1
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The story claims that quantum physicists have modified the DeepSeek R1 AI model, but lacks details and context, sparking skepticism due to the absence of discussion or supporting information.
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> The method gives researchers a “map” of all the correlations in the model, allowing them to identify and remove specific bits of information with precision. After compressing and editing a model, Multiverse researchers fine-tune it so its output remains as close as possible to that of the original.
This seems to be the substance but I didn’t spot a link to a paper. Is there a technical explanation someplace?
edit: it's really light on details. They have some graphs on reduction and a few (old) benchmarks where supposedly they don't lose much accuracy, but with such old models being listed, it's hard to know. More of a "promo pamphlet" than a paper tbh.
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