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A network-based framework for detecting communities of similar neural spike trains

Recent advances in large-scale electrophysiological recording technologies now allow simultaneous measurement of spike trains from ensembles of neurons. A central challenge in mathematical neuroscience is therefore to identify functional assemblies and their collective organisation directly from this data. The goal of this work is to devise a method to infer the collective organisation of the…

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llm 0.35

Release: llm 0.35 New OpenAI model: gpt-6-astra for GPT-6 Astra . Tags: openai , llm , gpt-6-astra

·simonwillison.net

We built a circuit breaker for AI agents — here's why it matters

An agent gets a routine cleanup task. It lists old records, constructs a SQL statement, and calls the database tool. A missing tenant filter turns the intended delete into a production-wide delete.

  • Agentwall middleware sits before tool calls to control AI agent actions.
  • Classifies tool calls as safe, cautious, or destructive based on arguments.
  • Requires human approval for destructive calls, blocks unapproved attempts.

·dev.to

How I Built an Autonomous AI Agent That Earns USDC While I Sleep

How I Built an Autonomous AI Agent That Earns USDC While I Sleep By a developer who prefers shipping code to chasing hype. Why an “earning‑while‑sleeping” agent?

  • Autonomous AI agent earns USDC while developer sleeps
  • System consists of Task Queue, Agent Core, and Payment Handler
  • Agent runs on cheap VPS with Base RPC and optional USDC-issuer API

·dev.to

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