The DaB - Daily Briefing

October 15, 2025, 12:34 PM


πŸ“Š 39 articles collected from multiple sources
πŸ”„ Generated at 2025-10-15 12:34:42

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⏱️ Execution Details:

Duration: 137.2 seconds
Start Time: 2025-10-15 12:34:42
End Time: 2025-10-15 12:36:59

πŸ“‘ Data Collection:

Articles Collected: 39
Sources Configured: 4
Source Breakdown: RSS: 24, Hacker News: 6, arXiv: 4, Reddit: 5

πŸ€– AI Processing:

AI Summaries: 39
Tweet Sets: 39

πŸ“Š Analytics:

Engagement Scores: 39
Distribution: Notable: 6, Standard: 13, Low: 20
Topics Detected: 7
Cross-platform Stories: 3

[01]
πŸ’» Microsoft only lets you opt out of AI photo scanning 3x a year
Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-10-11 18:36 | ID: 1abba652f26b | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, πŸ”’ Security
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 834 points and 331 comments. Posted 2025-10-11 18:36.
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Check out this tech news: Microsoft only lets you opt out of AI photo scanning 3x a year... https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/10/11/0238213/microsofts-onedrive-begins-testing-face-recognizing-ai-for-photos-for-some-preview-users
[02]
πŸ’» NanoChat – The best ChatGPT that $100 can buy
Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-10-13 15:22 | ID: 075e08e52175 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, πŸ”’ Security
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 1482 points and 301 comments. Posted 2025-10-13 15:22.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: NanoChat – The best ChatGPT that $100 can buy... https://github.com/karpathy/nanochat
[03]
πŸ’» A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator
Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-10-08 23:48 | ID: 821c93844e81 | | Topics: πŸ”’ Security
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 1301 points and 928 comments. Posted 2025-10-08 23:48.
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Check out this tech news: A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator... https://larslofgren.com/codesmith-reddit-reputation-attack/
[04]
πŸ’» A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size
Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-10-09 16:04 | ID: 726d85f37aa7 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, πŸ”’ Security
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 1188 points and 434 comments. Posted 2025-10-09 16:04.
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Check out this tech news: A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size... https://www.anthropic.com/research/small-samples-poison
[05]
πŸ’» FSF announces Librephone project
Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-10-14 23:47 | ID: fac4c495a2a2 | | Topics: πŸ”’ Security
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 1097 points and 437 comments. Posted 2025-10-14 23:47.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: FSF announces Librephone project... https://www.fsf.org/news/librephone-project
[06]
πŸ’» The Tag
Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-10-11 08:27 | ID: fe0b9e7ef074 | | Topics: πŸ”’ Security
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 837 points and 182 comments. Posted 2025-10-11 08:27.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: The Tag... https://denodell.com/blog/html-best-kept-secret-output-tag
[07]
πŸ“° VSCO gets AI editing chops, support for RAW files
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:06:29 +0000 | ID: 6a04c722d65b | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Video editing app VSCO is adding a set of new AI image editing tools, support for high-resolution RAW files, non-destructive edits, and content-aware region detection.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: VSCO gets AI editing chops, support for RAW files... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/15/vsco-gets-ai-editing-chops-support-for-raw-files/
[08]
πŸ“° Waymo plans to launch a robotaxi service in London in 2026
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000 | ID: 816007f99d8d |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Waymo already has ties to the UK, which began after the autonomous vehicle technology company acquired Latent Logic in 2019.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Waymo plans to launch a robotaxi service in London in 2026... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/15/waymo-plans-to-launch-a-robotaxi-service-in-london-in-2026/
[09]
πŸ“° OpenAI has five years to turn $13 billion into $1 trillion
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 05:39:36 +0000 | ID: eadafa31128d | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, 🏒 Big Tech
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Some of America's most valuable companies are now leaning on OpenAI to fulfill major contracts, notes the FT.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: OpenAI has five years to turn $13 billion into $1 trillion... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/openai-has-five-years-to-turn-13-billion-into-1-trillion/
[10]
πŸ“° Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for adult users
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 20:51:51 +0000 | ID: ee3af80931e9 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, 🏒 Big Tech
πŸ€– AI Summary:
OpenAI says it will soon roll back some of ChatGPT's safeguards, and even allow the chatbot to engage in erotica for adult users.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for adult users... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/sam-altman-says-chatgpt-will-soon-allow-erotica-for-adult-users/
[11]
πŸ“š DeepMMSearch-R1: Empowering Multimodal LLMs in Multimodal Web Search
Source: arXiv | Published: 2025-10-14 | ID: ce82edc9a10c | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Research paper by Kartik Narayan, Yang Xu, Tian Cao et al.. Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) in real-world applications require access to external knowledge sources and must remain responsive ...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: DeepMMSearch-R1: Empowering Multimodal LLMs in Multimodal Web Search... http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12801v1
[12]
πŸ“° Google will let Gemini schedule meetings for you in Gmail
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:24:53 +0000 | ID: 485cd2d60694 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, 🏒 Big Tech
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Help Me Schedule creates a meeting widget based on the context of your message.
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Check out this tech news: Google will let Gemini schedule meetings for you in Gmail... https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/10/gemini-can-now-help-schedule-meetings-in-gmail/
[13]
πŸ“° OpenAI unveils β€œwellness” council; suicide prevention expert not included
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:00:40 +0000 | ID: 39dd80a366a9 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, 🏒 Big Tech
πŸ€– AI Summary:
OpenAI reveals which experts are steering ChatGPT mental health upgrades.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: OpenAI unveils β€œwellness” council; suicide prevention expert not included... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/openai-unveils-wellness-council-suicide-prevention-expert-not-included/
[14]
πŸ“° Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:58:21 +0000 | ID: 4df553e4c2f3 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, πŸ”§ Hardware
πŸ€– AI Summary:
The 1 petaflop DGX Spark system runs AI models with 200 billion parameters locally for $4K.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop... https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/nvidia-sells-tiny-new-computer-that-puts-big-ai-on-your-desktop/
[15]
πŸ“° Apple exec on Apple TV rebranding: β€˜let’s just do it’
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-15T05:03:09-04:00 | ID: e7ac74ed259b | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, 🏒 Big Tech
πŸ€– AI Summary:
We have some new insight into Apple’s muddled rebrand of Apple TV Plus to Apple TV, courtesy of an interview with the company’s senior vice president of services, Eddy Cue. Speaking on The Town podcas...
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Check out this tech news: Apple exec on Apple TV rebranding: β€˜let’s just do it’... https://www.theverge.com/news/799725/apple-tv-streaming-rebrand-eddy-cue
[16]
πŸ“° Inaudible sound might be the next frontier in wildfire defense
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 19:54:34 +0000 | ID: 95fd721b4e38 | | Topics: πŸš€ Startup
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Sonic Fire Tech has developed a device that can extinguish flames using acoustic energy below the range of human hearing. The startup is building a demo capable of protecting a home.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Inaudible sound might be the next frontier in wildfire defense... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/inaudible-sound-might-be-the-next-frontier-in-wildfire-defense/
[17]
πŸ“° DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 19:58:38 +0000 | ID: 651a82bba546 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Like other companies with streaming businesses, DirecTV is leaning into ads more.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026... https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/directv-screensavers-will-show-ai-generated-ads-with-your-face-in-2026/
[18]
πŸ“° Samsung officially teases Moohan headset launch for next week
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-14T19:00:51-04:00 | ID: 74bb83611909 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, πŸ“± Mobile
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Samsung is finally about to reveal more details about its Project Moohan mixed reality headset. The company just announced a new β€œWorlds Wide Open” Galaxy event that will take place on October 21st at...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Samsung officially teases Moohan headset launch for next week... https://www.theverge.com/news/799607/samsung-galaxy-event-project-moohan-android-xr-event-date-worlds-wide-open
[19]
πŸ“° Trump admin pressured Facebook into removing ICE-tracking group
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 20:44:02 +0000 | ID: b92aefba6267 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Pam Bondi claims Facebook group was used to β€œdox and target” ICE agents
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Check out this tech news: Trump admin pressured Facebook into removing ICE-tracking group... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/trump-admin-pressured-facebook-into-removing-ice-tracking-group/
[20]
πŸ“° Coinbase boosts investment in India’s CoinDCX, valuing exchange at $2.45B
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 04:24:11 +0000 | ID: 5d03ba0555d5 | | Topics: πŸš€ Startup
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Coinbase's latest investment lifts CoinDCX's valuation from $2.15 billion to $2.45 billion.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Coinbase boosts investment in India’s CoinDCX, valuing exchange at $2.45B... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/coinbase-boosts-investment-in-indias-coindcx-valuing-exchange-at-2-45b/
[21]
πŸ“° EVs take a backseat in Stellantis’ $13B US investment plan
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 22:36:36 +0000 | ID: d881f9a4ac38 | | Topics: πŸš€ Startup
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Five new vehicles and a four-cylinder engine will be developed and produced through 2029 as part of investment into factories in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: EVs take a backseat in Stellantis’ $13B US investment plan... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/evs-take-a-backseat-in-stellantis-13b-u-s-investment-plan/
[22]
πŸ“° At Starbase, SpaceX is taking firefighting into its own hands
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 20:39:03 +0000 | ID: 5c5b9b660c87 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
SpaceX's company town has formed a volunteer fire department, extending control over both the emergency response and permitting process as the company looks to expand Starbase.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: At Starbase, SpaceX is taking firefighting into its own hands... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/at-starbase-spacex-is-taking-firefighting-into-its-own-hands/
[23]
πŸ“š DriveVLA-W0: World Models Amplify Data Scaling Law in Autonomous Driving
Source: arXiv | Published: 2025-10-14 | ID: 3a3e8fcd6b6e | | Topics: β‚Ώ Crypto, πŸ”§ Hardware
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Research paper by Yingyan Li, Shuyao Shang, Weisong Liu et al.. Scaling Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models on large-scale data offers a promising path to achieving a more generalized driving intellig...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: DriveVLA-W0: World Models Amplify Data Scaling Law in Autonomous Driving... http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12796v1
[24]
πŸ“° Doing it for themselves
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-15T08:00:03-04:00 | ID: 0912b503da04 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
In 2014, Time announced the β€œTransgender Tipping Point.” The perilous conditions trans people are facing right now probably weren’t the progress the publication had in mind. In the US, state legislato...
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Check out this tech news: Doing it for themselves... https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/798638/trans-resources-online-sharing
[25]
πŸ“° Waymo’s robotaxis are coming to London
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-15T05:00:00-04:00 | ID: 4588143b4185 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
London’s iconic black cabs could soon face a new rival: Waymo. The Alphabet-owned company said today it intends to launch a fully driverless robotaxi service in London, starting in 2026 β€” marking its ...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Waymo’s robotaxis are coming to London... https://www.theverge.com/news/799259/waymo-london-robotaxi-launch-2026
[26]
πŸ—¨οΈ I am a programmer, not a rubber-stamp that approves Copilot generated code
Source: Reddit (r/programming) | Published: 2025-10-15 05:09 | ID: a014efff526a | | Topics: πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Programming
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Reddit discussion in r/programming with 485 upvotes and 122 comments.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: I am a programmer, not a rubber-stamp that approves Copilot generated code... https://prahladyeri.github.io/blog/2025/10/i-am-a-programmer.html
[27]
πŸ“° NATO boss mocks Russian navy, which is on the hunt for Red October β€œthe nearest mechanic”
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 21:17:49 +0000 | ID: 086bf3f88059 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
A Russian sub surfaces off of Western Europe. Is it damaged?
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: NATO boss mocks Russian navy, which is on the hunt for Red October β€œthe nearest mechanic”... https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/nato-boss-mocks-russian-navy-which-is-on-the-hunt-for-red-october-the-nearest-mechanic/
[28]
πŸ“° Feds seize $15 billion from alleged forced labor scam built on β€œhuman suffering”
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 21:01:50 +0000 | ID: 3c7c3ece0b2b |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Scams like this one net billions from well-educated victims.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Feds seize $15 billion from alleged forced labor scam built on β€œhuman suffering”... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/feds-seize-15-billion-from-alleged-forced-labor-scam-built-on-human-suffering/
[29]
πŸ“° GM’s EV push will cost it $1.6 billion in Q3 with end of the tax credit
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:16:15 +0000 | ID: 5c59f97a4410 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
With EV demand predicted to plummet, GM has rejiggered its production plans.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: GM’s EV push will cost it $1.6 billion in Q3 with end of the tax credit... https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10/gms-ev-push-will-cost-it-1-6-billion-in-q3-with-end-of-the-tax-credit/
[30]
πŸ—¨οΈ CamoLeak: Critical GitHub Copilot Vulnerability Leaks Private Source Code
Source: Reddit (r/programming) | Published: 2025-10-14 22:09 | ID: de8a55d6003e | | Topics: πŸ”’ Security, πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Programming
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Reddit discussion in r/programming with 279 upvotes and 31 comments.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: CamoLeak: Critical GitHub Copilot Vulnerability Leaks Private Source Code... https://www.legitsecurity.com/blog/camoleak-critical-github-copilot-vulnerability-leaks-private-source-code
[31]
πŸ“š Detect Anything via Next Point Prediction
Source: arXiv | Published: 2025-10-14 | ID: 171dbbb94905 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Research paper by Qing Jiang, Junan Huo, Xingyu Chen et al.. Object detection has long been dominated by traditional coordinate regression-based models, such as YOLO, DETR, and Grounding DINO. Althoug...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Detect Anything via Next Point Prediction... http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12798v1
[32]
πŸ“š CuMPerLay: Learning Cubical Multiparameter Persistence Vectorizations
Source: arXiv | Published: 2025-10-14 | ID: 88d0f131aa8a | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Research paper by Caner Korkmaz, Brighton Nuwagira, Barış Coşkunuzer et al.. We present CuMPerLay, a novel differentiable vectorization layer that enables the integration of Cubical Multiparameter Per...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: CuMPerLay: Learning Cubical Multiparameter Persistence Vectorizations... http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12795v1
[33]
πŸ“° These are the Office icons Microsoft rejected
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-15T06:09:41-04:00 | ID: a283aadfb132 | | Topics: 🏒 Big Tech
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Microsoft is busy rolling out new curvy and colorful new Office icons, and now it’s revealing a set of design concepts it experimented with before finalizing these new icons. Some of the concepts are ...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: These are the Office icons Microsoft rejected... https://www.theverge.com/news/799736/microsoft-office-icons-test-versions
[34]
πŸ“° Netflix is making a big bet on video podcasts
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-14T18:19:06-04:00 | ID: bdc3506c4831 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Netflix is no longer just a home for TV shows, movies, documentaries, and live WWE matches β€” soon, you’ll be able to stream video podcasts, too. The streaming giant announced on Tuesday that it’s part...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Netflix is making a big bet on video podcasts... https://www.theverge.com/news/799582/netflix-spotify-video-podcast-deal
[35]
πŸ“° Only out online
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-15T08:30:03-04:00 | ID: e3b1470c18a6 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
For about a year of my life, from late 2019 through the summer of 2020, I was trans only on Reddit. I don’t know why I chose Reddit. I don’t normally use the site heavily, or at all. But Reddit is a p...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Only out online... https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/799045/trans-identity-online-anonymous
[36]
πŸ“° The government shutdown is strangling aviation
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-15T07:00:00-04:00 | ID: 47ac4fcec984 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
In May, The Verge reported that the US aviation system was so fragile that "the smallest disruption can throw the entire system into chaos." That disruption arrived on October 1st, when the federal go...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: The government shutdown is strangling aviation... https://www.theverge.com/transportation/799413/faa-air-travel-delays-government-shutdown
[37]
πŸ—¨οΈ β€˜I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat | Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
Source: Reddit (r/technology) | Published: 2025-10-14 17:55 | ID: 616dd5090331 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Reddit discussion in r/technology with 53765 upvotes and 2927 comments.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: β€˜I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat | Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.... https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146
[38]
πŸ—¨οΈ Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian says 'much of the internet is now dead'
Source: Reddit (r/technology) | Published: 2025-10-14 23:41 | ID: 69a873a94435 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Reddit discussion in r/technology with 23721 upvotes and 1829 comments.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian says 'much of the internet is now dead'... https://www.businessinsider.com/alexis-ohanian-much-of-the-internet-is-now-dead-2025-10
[39]
πŸ—¨οΈ [D] Only 17 days given to review 5 papers in ICLR 2026...
Source: Reddit (r/MachineLearning) | Published: 2025-10-14 14:57 | ID: 6d8ecac321fa | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
The paper assignments for ICLR 2026 are in today and I was assigned 5 papers to review. The review deadline is 31st October. I am not sure if this is the normal time period but seems very little. Last...
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Check out this tech news: [D] Only 17 days given to review 5 papers in ICLR 2026...... https://reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1o6hs2w/d_only_17_days_given_to_review_5_papers_in_iclr/