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Solal Nathan

@solalnathan.com
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PhD student @ U. Paris-Saclay / Inria, AI for social good, fairness, RecSys, congestion avoidance, optimal transport. ENS PS 2018. Free software advocate, linux user, cat owner. asso @ auro.re and crans.org. Bicyle, Bouldering, improv. solalnathan.com

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Transactions on Machine Learning Research @tmlrorg.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
What is TMLR doing under a 300% increase in submissions? - Suspensions of >150 authors - Publicly naming major violations - Submission quotas distinguishing slop patterns - Desk rejections 6% → 53%; focus on clarity - AI reviews evaluating soundness blog.tmlr.org/2026/adaptin...
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Adapting Our Processes to the Changing World of Scientific Publication
TMLR is adapting its submission and review processes to handle rapid growth while protecting review quality, reviewer time, and scientific integrity.
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Solal Nathan @solalnathan.com · 13/10/2026
Even if Alignment was solved and we had perfect sandbox solution they would not implement them. External forces like regulation is needed in order to keep big companies in check.
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Solal Nathan @solalnathan.com · 13/10/2026
www.alphaxiv.org/abs/2610.08144 very interesting way to formalize the issue. And I don't think that google-deepmind.github.io/formal-conje... fully solves it. Just shifting the goal post.
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Navier-Stokes lost in translation: Why Lean verification of AI autoformalisation does not guarantee correct natural language proofs
“Navier–Stokes Lost in Translation” separates checking a Lean proof from checking whether it faithfully represents the mathematics written in natural language. Comparing two results in an announced...
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Solal Nathan @solalnathan.com · 06/10/2026
pola.rs/posts/releas... cool cool cool
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Release of Polars 2.0
DataFrames for the new era
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Nutan Limaye @nutanlimaye.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Unbelievable stuff! arxiv.org/abs/2610.067... APSP and 3SUM refuted!! This is big.
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Truly Subquadratic 3SUM and Truly Subcubic APSP via Triangles in Sparse Lopsided Graphs
We give the first polynomial improvements over the textbook algorithms for $3$SUM and All-Pairs Shortest Paths (APSP): we show how to deterministically solve $3$SUM on $n$ integers of polynomial size ...
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Amber 🌸 @shimmermathlabs.com · 02/10/2026
as above, compose below. probably the world's first occult category theory music video verified by lean.
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Flef @flefgraph.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
SI vous êtes intéressés par comment analyser les réseaux sociaux SANS utiliser de LLM/IA Gen, je vous conseille le billet de blog de Mathis à propos de Jev. Et j'ai fais un petit post sur comment concrètement on va utiliser cette nouvelle technologie a balle dans nos études. lnkd.in/p/eyyYQr3j
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On a pris l'habitude d'utiliser les IA Génératives pour tout, mais on peut faire BIEN mieux... Post sur comment Jev va changer nos outils pour analyser les RS. En gros pour l'instant on a...
On a pris l'habitude d'utiliser les IA Génératives pour tout, mais on peut faire BIEN mieux... Post sur comment Jev va changer nos outils pour analyser les RS. En gros pour l'instant on a deux grande...
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Solal Nathan @solalnathan.com · 25/09/2026
It's even worse than I imagined.
Screenshot of a web page reading:
 
The Education of a Libertarian
Peter Thiel • April 13, 2009 •

I remain committed to the faith of my teenage years: to authentic human freedom as a precondition for the highest good. I stand against confiscatory taxes, totalitarian collectives, and the ideology of the inevitability of the death of every individual. For all these reasons, I still call myself “libertarian.”

But I must confess that over the last two decades, I have changed radically on the question of how to achieve these goals. Most importantly, I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible. By tracing out the development of my thinking, I hope to frame some of the challenges faced by all classical liberals today.

With the sentence "I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible" highlighted
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Jérémie Younes @jeremieyounes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Si je devais me fier à mon flair, je dirais que cette polémique artificielle (lol) est en fait une gigantesque campagne de pub déguisée pour l'appli de merde qui croit détecter de l'IA. Sur le dos d'un auteur dont ils se foutent (et qu'ils prennent plaisir à détruire, puisque ce sont des racelards)
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L'écrivain canado-haïtien Thélyson Orélien accusé d'avoir utilisé l'intelligence artificielle pour son dernier roman, sa maison d'édition évoque "une campagne de haine"
Selon France Inter, les extraits de l'ouvrage analysés par un détecteur d'intelligence artificielle seraient composés entre 95% et 100% d'IA.
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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · 23/09/2026
Looking for takes by TCS (Theoretical Computer Science) senior academics/researchers about AI and their discipline/research values. E.g., essays, detailed blog posts. (Specifically TCS: there is a lot from Maths, but while adjacent there are enough differences in culture it's worth distinguishing)
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Solal Nathan @solalnathan.com · 22/09/2026
OpenAI is starting to do aggressive cross-site data collection like Google and Meta. www.buchodi.com/chatgpt-now-...
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ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector
OpenAI's ad collector at bzr.openai.com sets a cookie called __obi, scoped to .openai.com. The value is while you are on ChatGPT and tied to your ChatGPT account. __obi is then sent to OpenAI from ord...
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The Lobste.rs RSS feed @lobsters-feed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
graphing my sleep schedule lobste.rs/s/20c9v3 #javascript #visualization
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graphing my sleep schedule - charlotte!
computer art! non-24-hour sleep/wake exhibit
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Matt Hodges @matthodges.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Very quick and dirty Jev test for hiring bias. One resume for a Wall Street job; asked whether the applicant should get a first-round interview. 76 evaluations, changing only the first name. 19 of each: White-associated men/women, Black-associated men/women. console.typesafe.ai/playground?s...
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Jules @juleswp.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026
Comment détecter un article généré par IA sur Wikipédia ? C'est désormais notre lot quotidien. 🧵 Un petit fil, à partir d'un exemple concret.
Aperçu d'un article sur Blaise Agresti.

« Blaise Agresti, né le 20 janvier 1971, est un officier supérieur de la Gendarmerie nationale (colonel)[1], guide de haute montagne, auteur et dirigeant d'entreprise français. Spécialiste du secours en montagne et du commandement en situation d'urgence[2], il a dirigé le Peloton de gendarmerie de haute montagne (PGHM) de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ainsi que le Centre national d'instruction de ski et d'alpinisme de la gendarmerie (CNISAG)[3]. »
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Philippe Weinzaepfel @weinzaepfelp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
When were #ECCV2026 papers available on arXiv? 👇
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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 13/09/2026
But this comes back around to why I do support the statement Tao et al made. I like it more than the Leiden Declaration, because it doesn’t pretend it can regulate or limit change. It explains why we value knowledge-creation in the first place, and says “whatever comes next must do this too.”
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Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
what Dwarkesh got wrong and why it matters, a detailed dissection: garymarcus.substack.com/p/dwarkesh-p...
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Dwarkesh Patels’s wildly popular but dangerously misleading account of the OpenAI Hugging Face incident
When “plain English” isn’t a good thing.
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Solal Nathan @solalnathan.com · 31/08/2026
Real impact coming. It's great news.
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 31/08/2026
We have designated ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine and Reddit and Roblox as Very Large Online Platforms under the Digital Services Act. They now have four months to comply with additional DSA obligations. #DSA
“Graphic with a purple background and yellow EU stars. Text reads: ‘ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox designated under the Digital Services Act.’ The European Commission logo appears in the bottom right.”
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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · 20/08/2026
For sale: lower bound, never reached
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 19/08/2026
Spotted in today's Guardian: www.theguardian.com/environment/... Shout out to @ox.ac.uk and @qmul.bsky.social - both mentioned, as well as several research papers.
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Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
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Filippo Valsorda @filippo.abyssdomain.expert · 17/08/2026
I am mostly done implementing crypto/passkey, but now I need YOUR help collecting real-world traces for its test suite! Please go to help-test-crypto-passkey.exe.xyz and click the buttons. It should take 1–3 minutes. 𝘌𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 if you have some unusual Linux-on-the-desktop xkcd 1987 passkey setup.
Bernie "I Am Once Again Asking for Your Financial Support" but it says "I am once again asking for your help testing Go cryptography."
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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
For the past six months @mariaa.bsky.social and I have been working on creating an improved research experience on atproto. It's now live! Check out: lea.ac
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Lea: research-oriented social media
Introducing a beta-version of our new research-focused social media platform
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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
“We need data centers to stay ahead of China” seems to be a common belief of AI supporters. Why can’t we ever want to stay “ahead of China” when it comes to high-speed rail or EVs or low cost of living or public safety?
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Gro-Tsen @gro-tsen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I was told the following anecdote about Dirac, which, like all good stories, is probably half made up: ⤵️ A French physicist travels to Cambridge to talk with Dirac, and attempts to speak English, which he isn't good at. Halfway through a difficult conversation, Paul Dirac's sister enters the room …
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Joel David Hamkins @joeldavidhamkins.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
How nice! I am very pleased to announce that I have been awarded the Alternative Fields Medal award in the category of "Excellence in exposition of mathematics to a popular audience", in recognition of my books and my MathOverflow contributions. esander1789.github.io/afm/
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The Alternative Fields Medals
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Jean-Lou Fourquet @apreslabiere.fr · 01/08/2026
🧵 1/ Le fracking pétrolier existe parce qu'il n'y a plus de pétrole facilement accessible à extraire. Nous en sommes au même stade avec une autre ressource : notre attention.
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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 01/08/2026
For me, LLMs are clearly powerful machines, but everything about their construction and deployment in society by the people constructing them appears oriented around achieving a political project that deeply conflicts with my values or a vision of a future I want to live in and dont have a choice in
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Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Journal launch: The *Journal of Mathematical Philosophy* aims to publish high-quality research articles in all areas of mathematical philosophy (broadly understood), offering open access at no cost to authors. Submissions of manuscripts are now welcome at: mathematicalphilosophy.org/mathphil
https://mathematicalphilosophy.org/mathphil
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mr. TIM @timkellogg.me · 31/07/2026
desperation in his voice
A meme featuring Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg walking outdoors, talking on a mobile phone with a focused expression while wearing a grey t-shirt. White text overlaid at the bottom of the image in standard meme font reads, "SOMEBODY MAKE ONE OF OUR MODELS DO SOMETHING ILLEGAL".
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Liddell🏳️‍⚧️🌱 #toutcramer @liddell-cl.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Alors sur ce point je suis pas d'accord... Parce que "incapable de situer des pays d'Afrique mais capable de tout détruire" tu viens juste de décrire les blancs 😶
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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 29/07/2026
the account activity labeller continues to be such an incredibly good tool - signals like "no break greater than 4 hours yesterday" or "made 50+ replies yesterday" are such good signals that an account is inauthentic
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Gautam Kamath @gautamkamath.com · 30/07/2026
ICLR 2027 has authorship quotas: - No more than 20 submissions per author - No more than 1 submission where no author has a paper previously accepted to a major ML conference From iclr.cc/Conferences/...
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Sayash Kapoor @sayash.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Thrilled to share that I am joining UC Berkeley as an Assistant Professor in the School of Information! I start in Fall 2027, and I am recruiting PhD students this cycle. List me in your application if you want to work with me! More on what I'm looking for (and a form to indicate interest) 🧵
Image of the UC Berkeley campus
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David Rousseau @davidhrousseau.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Workshop AI for MetaScience U Paris Saclay 23-27 Nov indico.ijclab.in2p3.fr/event/11640/ "Meta", "Metascience", qu'est ce ? Ce que ce n'est pas: quand l'IA est dans la chaîne d'analyse. Donc pas l'IA rapide, pas la reconstruction, la simulation, l'inférence, les modèles de fondation... 🧵
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AI for Meta Science
Overview Artificial Intelligence (AI) has gained significant attention for its applications in science. This workshop will focus on its potential use beyond primary scientific data analysis pipelines,...
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Greg Egan @gregegansf.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
While the Fields Medal celebrates the under-40s, the mathematician Joan Birman has, at the age of 99, solved a major open problem in representations of the Braid groups, a topic she has worked on for more than 60 years.
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Gaël Varoquaux @gaelvaroquaux.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🧑‍💻🧑‍🏫 I'm recruiting a post-doc to work on Tabular Foundation Models, one of the hotest topics in AI, where we are at the leading edge team.inria.fr/soda/files/2... This is an opportunity to develop the next-level tabular AI, blending deep learning and tables.
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Tim van Erven @timvanerven.nl · 18/06/2026
Just learned about this website, with open mathematical problems in machine-learning-adjacent areas such as statistics, learning theory, and optimization. E.g. many open problems from COLT are there. Cool stuff. solveall.org
solveall.org
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Gabriel Peyré @gabrielpeyre.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The alpha version of my new book "Optimal Transport for Machine Learners" is out, with in particular an online version with interactive figures www.gpeyre.com/ot4ml/
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Solal Nathan @solalnathan.com · 03/06/2026
I think I need to spend less time on my reviews (or maybe other people should spend more time on them). Just finished a set a review and it took me 4h on average per paper. Is this a normal length of work. Basically took 2-3 days of work for 5 papers.
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Gergely Neu @neu-rips.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
value-driven transport! a new framework for generative modeling, combining elements of * optimal control / RL * optimal transport * stochastic primal-dual optimization thread about our new work with @pmorenoz.bsky.social (@upf.edu) & Adrian Müller (@ethz.ch) 1/
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The Lobste.rs RSS feed @lobsters-feed.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
uv is fantastic, but its package management UX is a mess lobste.rs/s/jr1uo9 #python
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uv is fantastic, but its package management UX is a mess
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Lê Nguyên Hoang @science4all.org · 06/02/2026
L'UE s'attaque au design addictif de TikTok !! Je suis particulièrement ravi que l'IA de recommandation soit ciblée. L'État de droit n'est pas mort ! digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · 15/05/2026
New blog post by @stein.ke on #DifferentialPrivacy: what happens when you modify the definition of neighbors to make it asymmetric? Why would you do that, and does that buy you anything? differentialprivacy.org/one-sided/
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One-Sided Differential Privacy
Differential privacy is defined in terms of pairs of neighboring datasets. That is, \(M\) is \((\varepsilon,\delta)\)-differentially private if, for all measurable events \(T\) and all neighboring pai...
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Solal Nathan @solalnathan.com · 15/05/2026
Si vous aussi vous avez regardé la #Zlan aujourd'hui et vous vous êtes demandé sur l'épreuve marre aux canard/des chiffres et des lettres : combien est-ce qu'il y a de solution de taille minimale à ce problème ? #denombrement #puzzle #math Voilà la solution:
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The Lobste.rs RSS feed @lobsters-feed.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Problem of Pedagogy in Advanced Mathematics lobste.rs/s/ztrxoj #math
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The Problem of Pedagogy in Advanced Mathematics
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Quentin Berthet @ AISTATS @qberthet.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🚨 New paper: Introducing MIND (Monge Inception Distance) Everyone agrees that FID is broken, requires too many samples, slowing down evals. MIND requires 10x fewer samples, is more robust, faster to compute. Our new drop-in replacement for evaluating generative models. 🧵👇
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les sans pagEs @lessanspages.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Rendez-vous demain dimanche à Toulouse pour éditer le @wiktionnaire.bsky.social sous un prisme féministe ! Inscriptions ici : fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Event:A...
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Projet:Les sans pagEs/Participer — Wikipédia
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