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How to Build Models Without Language, with Logical Intelligence

Something unusual happened in a public Sudoku experiment early this year.

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ByteByteGo Newsletter | Alex Xu | Substack · Oct 07, 2026

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How Netflix Taught an LLM to Recommend Movies So That You Keep Watching

In this article, we will look at how GenRec was built.

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ByteByteGo Newsletter | Alex Xu | Substack · Oct 06, 2026

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Why LLMs Agree With You Even When You’re Wrong

When LLMs sometimes agree with incorrect claims, it is mostly because their training rewards such behaviour. This reward system is built on several things at once, such as accuracy, helpfulness, politeness, and responses that people like.

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ByteByteGo Newsletter | Alex Xu | Substack · Oct 05, 2026

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The LLM Blindspot: Why Models Forget What’s in the Middle of Your Prompt

In this article, we’ll look at why LLMs have this bias against middle information.

ByteByteGo Newsletter | Alex Xu | Substack · Oct 03, 2026

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

EP228: How SSH Works

Secure shell is a method to access a remote machine securely over an unsecured network. It starts with a TCP connection from the SSH client to the remote machine (SSH server).

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