The NYC AI Reading Group

NYC AI is so back :rocket:.

• [June 26, 2025] Mind the Gap: Examining the Self-Improvement Capabilities of Large Language Models (Song et al., 2025)
• [May 29, 2025] SFT Memorizes, RL Generalizes: A Comparative Study of Foundation Model Post-Training (Chu et al., 2025)
• [Apr 27, 2025] Inference-Time Scaling for Generalist Reward Modeling (DeepSeek et al., 2025)

About

The NYC AI Reading Group brings together AI researchers and practitioners to:

• Stay up to date with frontier AI research
• Meet and engage with thoughtful, curious minds re: the above
• Imbibe copious amounts of caffeine/pizza/bagels and ~knowledge~
• Build an enduring AI community in the greatest city in the world

Schedule

• Frequency: Biweekly/Monthly meetings
• Duration: 1.5-2 hours per session
• Location: immediately, Haize Labs HQ in FiDi; may expand to larger venues in the near future

How to Participate

Join our community:

• Sign up for our mailing list
• Join our Discord server

Paper suggestions are welcome from all participants.

Code of Conduct

NYC AI Reading Group is an environment that is meant to be universally engaging for all participants. Please:

• Listen with intent and respect to others' questions and suggestions
• Do not monopolize the conversation
• Come sufficiently prepared; do not waste other people's time on banal questions

Contributing

We welcome contributions to make this reading group better:

• Suggest papers for discussion
• Help organize sessions
• Share resources and notes
• Provide feedback

Contact

{ Leonard Tang leonard@haizelabs.com, Nimit Kalra nimit@haizelabs.com, Will Brown w.brown@columbia.edu }

---

This is a living document. Feel free to suggest improvements or additions.