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Hi HN! Our startup, Andon Labs, evaluates AI in the real world to measure capabilities and to see what can go wrong. For example, we previously made LLMs operate vending machines, and now we&#x27;re testing if they can control robots. There are two parts to this test:1. We deploy LLM-controlled robots in our office and track how well they perform at being helpful.2. We systematically test the robots on tasks in our office. We benchmark different LLMs against each other. You can read our paper &quot;Butter-Bench&quot; on arXiv: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arxiv.org&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;2510.21860" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arxiv.org&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;2510.21860</a>The link in the title above (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;andonlabs.com&#x2F;evals&#x2F;butter-bench">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;andonlabs.com&#x2F;evals&#x2F;butter-bench</a>) leads to a blog post + leaderboard comparing which LLM is the best at our robotic tasks.

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Today my collaborator and I are releasing issinrealtime.org, a multimedia project that plays back every day onboard the ISS. Feedback welcomed.Here&#x27;s an article that was just released about it: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.collectspace.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;news-102725a-iss-in-real-time-25-years-continuous-human-occupancy-space-station.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.collectspace.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;news-102725a-iss-in-real-t...</a>I also wrote a &quot;making of&quot; post about it here:
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Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k

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Washington Post editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties

EuroLLM: LLM made in Europe built to support all 24 official EU languages

Austrian ministry kicks out Microsoft in favor of Nextcloud

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The AirPods Pro 3 flight problem

Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux

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