Full Breakdown: The bghira/Simpletuner Situation

I wanted to provide a detailed timeline of recent events concerning bghira, the creator of the popular LoRA training tool, Simpletuner. Things have escalated quickly, and I believe the community deserves to be aware of the full situation. TL;DR: The creator of Simpletuner, bghira, began mass-reporting NotSFW LoRAs on Hugging Face. When called out, he …

Skip Connections in Transformer Models

This post is divided into three parts; they are: • Why Skip Connections are Needed in Transformers • Implementation of Skip Connections in Transformer Models • Pre-norm vs Post-norm Transformer Architectures Transformer models, like other deep learning models, stack many layers on top of each other.

Pilot program integrates AI-generated notes with human community notes on X platform

X (formerly Twitter) launched its “Community Notes” program in 2021 to combat misinformation by allowing users to add contextual notes on posts that might be deceptive or lead to misinterpretation. An example would be users labeling an AI-generated video as such, so that other users would not be tricked into believing the event in the …

SceneScout: Towards AI Agent-driven Access to Street View Imagery for Blind Users

People who are blind or have low vision (BLV) may hesitate to travel independently in unfamiliar environments due to uncertainty about the physical landscape. While most tools focus on in-situ navigation, those exploring pre-travel assistance typically provide only landmarks and turn-by-turn instructions, lacking detailed visual context. Street view imagery, which contains rich visual information and …