Sean Ren 🔆

The intersection of AI + crypto is full of hype; but also some real, foundational use cases. Two areas from this @a16zcrypto piece strongly align with what we're building at @SaharaLabsAI: •Provenance for AI IP •User-owned, portable agents My quick take 👇

Here's a recent talk I gave recapping the last 6-12 months of AI progress, why getting perfect models is hard, how labs are likely approaching the next phase of training (for agents), and other interesting tidbits across the reasoning landscape. Topics: 00:00 Introduction & the…

Welcome back @xiangrenNLP, Co-Founder & CEO of @SaharaLabsAI, to #KBW2025: IMPACT! Sean is leading the charge for decentralized AI platforms that empower collaboration and fairness! 📍Sept 23–24 | Walkerhill, Seoul 🎟 tickets.koreablockchainweek.com #KBW #KoreaBlockchainWeek #Web3…

1+1=3 2+2=5 3+3=? Many language models (e.g., Llama 3 8B, Mistral v0.1 7B) will answer 7. But why? We dig into the model internals, uncover a function induction mechanism, and find that it’s broadly reused when models encounter surprises during in-context learning. 🧵

Data Services Platform (DSP) is LIVE! 🔆 Now anyone, anywhere in the world, can contribute to AI development and earn real rewards for their work. 🔆 $450K+ in $SAHARA + partner rewards available day one! Get started today → app.saharaai.com/data-services-… #AIforALL

We @Zai_org are thrilled to open-source GLM-4.1V-9B-Thinking, a VLM that can think with long CoTs. SoTA in <10B VLMs, comparable to Qwen-2.5-VL-72B in 18 tasks. One RL to rule them all! Details - Tech report: arxiv.org/abs/2507.01006 - Code: github.com/THUDM/GLM-4.1V…

In case you missed this — We're going behind the scenes — how it came together, what's live now, and what this unlocks. We shared the vision on AI developer platform and AI marketplace, and talked through what's next for @SaharaLabsAI.

I didn't believe when I first saw, but: We trained a prompt stealing model that gets >3x SoTA accuracy. The secret is representing LLM outputs *correctly* 🚲 Demo/blog: mattf1n.github.io/pils 📄: arxiv.org/abs/2506.17090 🤖: huggingface.co/dill-lab/pils-… 🧑‍💻: github.com/dill-lab/PILS

from “memory of search engines” —> “memory of foundational models” We continue to be higher order tool users as tools evolve 😄

Excited to partner with @okx!

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Can LLMs appropriately explain “Why is the sky blue?” …to a 10-year-old 👶🏽 vs. someone with a PhD in physics 👩🏽‍🔬? In our #ACL2025 paper, we evaluate how well how well LLMs can tailor their explanations to different people.✍️ 🔗 inklab.usc.edu/eli-why 🧵 (1/n)

Sahara isn’t just a bet, it’s a conviction.

Narrative understanding pushes AI beyond task completion into human-level reasoning and creativity. Still one of the most underexplored frontiers in AI research. We're just scratching the surface. Enjoyed exploring this space in my chat with @rajammanabrolu 👇