MIT team claims GPT-6 Astra edited a small Qwen model's weights; critics call it standard ML engineering
thione · x · 2026-11-10
MIT researchers used OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to edit the weights of a small Qwen model, claiming a breakthrough. Critics pushed back, arguing the work amounts to standard ML engineering rather than a genuine methodological advance.
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