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Multiverse Computing: Ising block pruning beats baseline by ~23 MMLU

Multiverse Computing’s Sept 21 Hugging Face write-up models transformer-block deletion as an Ising optimization problem so candidates can be scored without rebuilding each pruned model. On Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct with 40 of 80 blocks removed and no retrain, it scored 76.9 MMLU vs 54.0 for a block-influence baseline (original 82.2); GitHub code is patent-pending and research/non-commercial only.

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Qwen Code 0.26.9 adds Skill ZIP installs and bulk Skill activation

Released Nov 6, Qwen Code 0.26.9 lets you install large Skill ZIPs via the daemon API, TypeScript SDK, or Web Shell, and toggle 1–100 Skills in one PUT /skills/activation call. It also turns managed agent automation on by default, adds image input for Llama 4, Pixtral, and Mistral Small models, and reports working/blocked/done status to terminals via OSC 7501…

Apiiro: Claude Code "don't ask again" left secrets in 1,122 public GitHub copies

Apiiro found 1,122 public .claude/settings.local.json copies holding at least one secret (1,379 distinct, including 379 database passwords) after "Yes, and don't ask again" saves the full approved command—credentials included—in plain text. Claude Code only adds the file to the user's global git excludes, not the project's .gitignore , so already committed copies and forks stay exposed; rotate first, then clean up…

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