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‘In the Weights’ website surfaces which names are encoded in model weights

A new site called In the Weights queries multiple major LLMs to produce a 'strength score' ranking for names and shows which models recognize a person without web tools.

In detail

  • Founders: Thomas Dimson and Joey Flynn, who left OpenAI after Global Illumination was acquired
  • Queried models include Grok, Gemini, multiple GPT versions, Claude, Llama and others
  • Method: Models return up to 10 results per name; similar descriptions are clustered and assigned a strength score
  • Example: A TechCrunch author scored 641 (top 6%); current leader listed as Macaulay Culkin with 988

Why it matters

The site exposes how prominently people are encoded in model weights, revealing both fame signals and potential hallucinations; this matters for businesses because LLMs can reproduce person- and brand-related info from training rather than live web searches.

For you Check whether your executives, brand or key employees show up in such analyses; if they do, verify descriptions and correct misinformation or adjust PR/data strategies.

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