AI
Everything we publish on AI: the models we run on our own machines, what the tools send home, the benchmarks we measure ourselves and the claims we check against the code. Start with the investigations, then the guides.
NoteNVFP4 does not range from -8 to 7.5: the 16 values, corrected
The NVFP4 range is not -8 to 7.5. Its 16 bit patterns hold just 15 values, from -6 to 6,…
AI securityThe largest distillation attack yet: the Alibaba numbers
Somewhere between late April and early June, a machine somewhere opened a fresh conversation with Claude roughly every seventh of…
1-bit LLMBonsai 27B vs Gemma 4 31B on a Mac: which local model to run
Two models sat loaded in the same copy of LM Studio this week, and one of them was a fifth…
1-bit LLMBonsai 27B 1-bit on a Mac: a 27B model in 3.8 GB
Most 27-billion-parameter models arrive as a download you plan an evening around. The Bonsai 27B 1-bit build from PrismML lands…
TelemetryDoes your AI phone home? The StrideNote telemetry investigations
Does your AI phone home? Our telemetry investigations tested seven local AI tools, captured what each one sent, and show…
Press releaseAI for beginners: a new hands-on course from StrideNote
AI for beginners, done the StrideNote way: a new hands-on course on StrideNote Education that teaches the basics with no…
Press releaseAI privacy and data control: where StrideNote stands
AI privacy and data control start with proof, not promises. Here is where StrideNote stands: verify what a tool sends,…
NoteHow AI companies hide tracking code, from Claude Code to your local tools
AI tracking code hides in plain sight. We break down the covert tracker Anthropic shipped in Claude Code, the telemetry…
automationHow to keep a background AI agent from failing silently
A background AI agent silent failure hides in plain sight. A heartbeat, a cron wrapper, and a watchdog make a…
graphifyGraphify has 81,000 stars. We read the code instead of running it
Graphify has 81,000 GitHub stars in three months. We read the Graphify source instead of running it: zero telemetry, local-first…