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title: "Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen"
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published_at: "2026-11-02T18:21:28.000Z"
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source_urls: ["https://rikiyat.github.io/blog/weight-space-programming/","https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50341174","https://huggingnews.com/ai/gpt-6-astra-edits-neural-network-weights-to-boost-qwen35-math-score-6x-33e9ac48","https://marketbrief.now/ai/gpt-6-astra-edits-neural-network-weights-to-boost-qwen35-math-score-6x-33e9ac48","https://www.techmeme.com/261102/p36"]
summary: "Frontier LLMs are surprisingly good at natively reading and writing neural network weights. This capability exceeds expectations from humans or conventional algorithms."
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# Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen

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**Published:** 2026-11-02T18:21:28.000Z
**Category:** Research
**Topics:** llm, openai

## Summary

Frontier LLMs are surprisingly good at natively reading and writing neural network weights\. This capability exceeds expectations from humans or conventional algorithms\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://rikiyat.github.io/blog/weight-space-programming/>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50341174>)
- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/gpt-6-astra-edits-neural-network-weights-to-boost-qwen35-math-score-6x-33e9ac48>)
- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/ai/gpt-6-astra-edits-neural-network-weights-to-boost-qwen35-math-score-6x-33e9ac48>)
- [Story source](<https://www.techmeme.com/261102/p36>)