In the chaotic world of Large Language Model (LLM) optimization, engineers have spent the last few years developing increasingly esoteric rituals to get better answers. We’ve seen "Chain of Thought" (asking the model to think step-by-step and often, show those "reasoning traces" to the user), "Emotional Blackmail" (telling the model its career depends on the answer, or that it is being accused of ...
In the chaotic world of Large Language Model (LLM) optimization, engineers have spent the last few years developing increasingly esoteric rituals to get better answers. We’ve seen "Chain of Thought" (asking the model to think step-by-step and often, show those "reasoning traces" to the user), "Emotional Blackmail" (telling the model its career depends on the answer, or that it is being accused of sexual misconduct ), and complex multi-shot prompting frameworks. But a new paper released by Google Research suggests that we may have been overthinking it. The researchers found that simply repeating the input query—literally copying and pasting the prompt so it appears twice—consistently improves performance across major models including Gemini, GPT-4o, Claude, and DeepSeek. The paper, titled " Prompt Repetition Improves Non-Reasoning LLMs ," released last month just before the holidays, presents a finding that is almost suspiciously simple: for tasks that don’t require complex reasoning steps, stating the prompt twice yields significantly better results than stating it once. Even better, because of how transformer architecture works, this "one weird trick" comes with virtually zero penalty in terms of generation speed. The Causal Blind Spot To understand why repeating a question makes a supercomputer smarter, you have to look at the architectural limitations of the standard Transformer model. Most modern LLMs are trained as "causal" language models. This means they process text strictly from left to right. When the model is processing the 5th token in your sentence, it can "attend" (pay attention) to tokens 1 through 4, but it has zero knowledge of token 6, because it hasn't happened yet. This creates a fundamental constraint in how models understand user queries. As the authors note, the order of information matters immensely. A query formatted as often yields different results than because, in the latter case, the model reads the question before it knows the context i...
Garner Ebun, general counsel and corporate secretary of Erasca (NASDAQ:ERAS) , executed an options exercise and immediate sale of 120,000 shares for a total value of $670,812 on Jan. 7, as disclosed in a recent SEC Form 4 filing . Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average purchase price ($5.59); post-transaction value based on Jan. 7 market close ($5.59). * 1-year price change calcula...
Garner Ebun, general counsel and corporate secretary of Erasca (NASDAQ:ERAS) , executed an options exercise and immediate sale of 120,000 shares for a total value of $670,812 on Jan. 7, as disclosed in a recent SEC Form 4 filing . Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average purchase price ($5.59); post-transaction value based on Jan. 7 market close ($5.59). * 1-year price change calculated using Jan. 7 as the reference date. Continue reading
Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman recently made a big investment in real estate developer Howard Hughes Holdings (NYSE: HHH), with the goal of expanding the company's focus and creating a "modern-day Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B)." Howard Hughes recently
Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman recently made a big investment in real estate developer Howard Hughes Holdings (NYSE: HHH), with the goal of expanding the company's focus and creating a "modern-day Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B)." Howard Hughes recently
Eos Energy Enterprises Inc (EOSE) is a roughly $5 billion market cap company that became public in January 2021. Like many companies, it took a post-Covid 2022 drop, based out in 2023 and started to ramp back toward the highs in 2025 as the quest to power this artificial intelligence revolution rages on. We just added the name to our Active Opps portfolio, hoping to put a "charge" into our portfol...
Eos Energy Enterprises Inc (EOSE) is a roughly $5 billion market cap company that became public in January 2021. Like many companies, it took a post-Covid 2022 drop, based out in 2023 and started to ramp back toward the highs in 2025 as the quest to power this artificial intelligence revolution rages on. We just added the name to our Active Opps portfolio, hoping to put a "charge" into our portfolio returns. With the realized volatility in this name, please be sure you understand risk management before you consider following us in. The monthly chart is showing a move up to what I call the retracement of last resort. Specifically when a reaction to a significant trend recaptures about three-fourths of that significant move, we deem the market to be in a new trend. Post-IPO, the stock dropped from $32 down to 60 cents. The market has recaptured three-fourths of that massive decline in percentage terms. If we break above the prior four-month high at around $18, we should be cleared to retest and possibly exceed the former $32 all-time highs. Take a look at the lower panel revenue growth since 2024; 852% this fiscal year, and 211% expected in 2026 . GAAP profitability is not expected until 2027, but this is the kind of momentum AI- powered company that is trading on topline growth, which requires a skilled risk manager to hold a name like this. This company makes large-scale batteries using zinc chemistry to store renewable power when the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing. You can think of Eos like a power bank for big cities and data centers. Just like our iPhones store power in a lithium battery, Eos stores electricity generated from renewables for the grid. But there are key differences between zinc and lithium-ion battery solutions, which is where the opportunity in EOSE presents itself. According to EOSE.com website , "The EOS Z3 is a zinc-powered aqueous liquid battery module. It's the intraday market's only U.S.-designed and -manufactured — and fully-co...
The nice thing about saving for retirement in an IRA or 401(k) plan is getting a tax break on the money you contribute. But come retirement, traditional retirement plans have one big disadvantage over Roth accounts. Traditional retirement accounts force savers to start taking required minimum distributions , or RMDs, once they turn 73 (though for younger savers, that requirement doesn't kick in un...
The nice thing about saving for retirement in an IRA or 401(k) plan is getting a tax break on the money you contribute. But come retirement, traditional retirement plans have one big disadvantage over Roth accounts. Traditional retirement accounts force savers to start taking required minimum distributions , or RMDs, once they turn 73 (though for younger savers, that requirement doesn't kick in until age 75). If you don't need the money, RMDs can be a real hassle, as they could subject you to taxes. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Prime minister is yet to receive a formal invitation, but the Guardian has been told that Starmer is expected to accept Keir Starmer has been offered a place on the Gaza “peace board” set up by Donald Trump as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. The prime minister was asked to sit on the board by a senior member of the Trump administration. The Guardian has been told that Sta...
Prime minister is yet to receive a formal invitation, but the Guardian has been told that Starmer is expected to accept Keir Starmer has been offered a place on the Gaza “peace board” set up by Donald Trump as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. The prime minister was asked to sit on the board by a senior member of the Trump administration. The Guardian has been told that Starmer is expected to accept but has not yet received a formal invitation, while conversations about the exact makeup of the board are continuing. Continue reading...