Provable Inference
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- Points198
- Comments87
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#10Peak rank
2Days on list
204Score · 7d
Nov 4, 2026First seen
Rank · 7 days
On Hacker News
- Points
- 198
- Comments
- 87
- Submitted by
- ltononro
- Posted
- Nov 4, 2026
- Site
- anthropic.com
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Trending history
Provable Inference was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 4, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 84 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #10 of 30, reached on Nov 5, 01:37 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 5, 14:07 UTC.
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This is built on VerInf, work that I did as a MARS fellow. They ripped everything down to the choice of 400B Maverick from us with very little attribution. Cool, I guess... https://github.com/jamespetrie/verinf
I've been writing about the need for provable inference (and training) on and off for a number of years; this is welcome news and a good start, and a significant improvement on prior zk results. The problems of inference proof for a closed model provider are more difficult than an open model provider -- you can get a…
> In both cases the question is the same: how can a company be sure of which weights are actually running on its servers? > the resulting commitment is good for about 16 million requests, after which the provider has to commit again. > The client downloads the commitment, ~6.5 MB in all, and then one proof per…
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Is Provable Inference trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 5, 14:07 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Provable Inference reached?
#10 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 5, 01:37 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Provable Inference been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 4, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (84 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
198 points and 87 comments; submitted by ltononro on Nov 4, 2026.