Summary
According to a post on X by @ilblackdragon, Delta League is an open contest from a project led by NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin. Anyone can submit changes to model weights, and submissions are scored on a hidden test set. The post links the launch to this week's discussion about LLMs editing weights directly, and says the project plans to add architecture changes and custom domain evaluations.
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What happened
NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin's project lets anyone submit changes to model weights that are scored on a hidden test set, following this week's buzz about LLMs editing weights directly. It plans to add architecture changes and custom domain evaluations. Why it matters: It turns a viral research idea into an...
Why it matters
The post presents the project as a way to turn a viral research idea into an open, verifiable benchmark. Builders working on small open models could use it to test weight changes against a shared hidden test set. Watch whether the planned architecture changes and custom domain evaluations are added.
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