Hacker News with Generative AI: Text Compression

Rust inadequate for text compression codecs? (palaiologos.rocks)
I wrote this blog post to answer a frequent question that I receive from strangers on the internet: why do I choose to implement codecs in C? The answer is far from straightforward; if you are interested in the details, please read on.
Ts_zip: Text Compression Using Large Language Models (bellard.org)
The ts_zip utility can compress (and hopefully decompress) text files using a Large Language Model.
Training LLMs over Neurally Compressed Text (arxiv.org)
Using a LLM to compress text (o565.com)