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nerbert commented on Mistral OCR 3 mistral.ai/news/mistral-o... · Posted by u/pember

Tiberium · 3 months ago

From a tweet: https://x.com/i/status/2001821298109120856

> can someone help folks at Mistral find more weak baselines to add here? since they can't stomach comparing with SoTA....

> (in case y'all wanna fix it: Chandra, dots.ocr, olmOCR, MinerU, Monkey OCR, and PaddleOCR are a good start)

nerbert · 3 months ago

On the OP link, they compare themselves to the capabilities of leaderboard AI's and beat them.

nerbert commented on Mistral OCR 3 mistral.ai/news/mistral-o... · Posted by u/pember

GZGavinZhao · 3 months ago

Does it handle math expressions (those rendered from LaTeX) well? I've been looking for a good OCR model to transcribe my math textbooks into markdown (obviously ignoring the images and figures) with LaTeX as math expressions, and none of the current OCR models work reliably enough.

EDIT: you can try it yourself for free at https://console.mistral.ai/build/document-ai/ocr-playground once you create a developer account! Fingers crossed to see how well it works for my use case.

nerbert · 3 months ago

Just need to open the link to answer that question.

nerbert commented on Strong earthquake hits northern Japan, tsunami warning issued www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/e... · Posted by u/lattis

rishikeshs · 3 months ago

I’m curious, how is it more safer inside a building than being outside?

nerbert · 3 months ago

Buildings are built to resist earthquakes. Outside, anything (electric poles, roof tiles...) can fall on you.

nerbert commented on AirPods libreated from Apple's ecosystem github.com/kavishdevar/li... · Posted by u/moonleay

KolibriFly · 4 months ago

Yet if someone likes the sound quality, fit, or ANC of AirPods (which are genuinely good), why should they lose out on functionality just because they're not using an iPhone?

nerbert · 4 months ago

I'm all for everything being compatible with everything, but why should apple invest resources in testing/debugging android compatibility for something that they make?

nerbert commented on GPT-5.1: A smarter, more conversational ChatGPT openai.com/index/gpt-5-1/... · Posted by u/tedsanders

jasonjmcghee · 4 months ago

It is interesting. I don't need ChatGPT to say "I got you, Jason" - but I don't think I'm the target user of this behavior.

nerbert · 4 months ago

Indeed, target users are people seeking validation + kids and teenagers + people with a less developed critical mind. Stickiness with 90% of the population is valuable for Sam.

nerbert commented on My iPhone 8 Refuses to Die: Now It's a Solar-Powered Vision OCR Server terminalbytes.com/iphone-... · Posted by u/hemant6488

namuol · 9 months ago

Interesting tech but there’s zero explanation of the actual application, so it’s all a little abstract.

nerbert · 9 months ago

A little detail in the otherwise great write up! I'm curious too.

nerbert commented on xAI to pay telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat app techcrunch.com/2025/05/28... · Posted by u/freetonik

nikanj · 9 months ago

Google is paying Mozilla to keep Firefox on life support - so that they can pretend Chrome has competitors

nerbert · 9 months ago

Directly taken from Gate's book.

nerbert commented on An election forecast that’s 50-50 is not “giving up” statmodeling.stat.columbi... · Posted by u/luu

credit_guy · a year ago

I disagree. I think the US system with 2 parties is superior to the systems in many other nations where there are multiple parties. The problem with multiple parties is that it is difficult to form a governing coalition. In the US the problem of coalition building simply does not exits (I wonder how many people in the US are even aware of the concept). Basically, the coalition building is done ahead of the elections, by various interest groups aligning themselves with one of the two parties. This alignment is voluntary and dynamic, so the shape of the two parties continuously changes. The debate seems quite polarized and this is indeed a problem. But I think it stems more from the way people's exposure to information has changed with the advent of the internet and social media, and less from how the US organizes its electoral process.

nerbert · a year ago

It's not all or nothing. Within EU nations, you will find many systems that sit within a spectrum between a rigid 2 party system like the US, and a full blown multi-party coalition type government broken down into specific levels, like Belgium.

nerbert commented on TSMC unveils 1.6nm process technology with backside power delivery tomshardware.com/tech-ind... · Posted by u/elorant

blackoil · 2 years ago

This will also come in 2026, so not that far ahead.

nerbert · 2 years ago

Depends who will ultimately deliver.