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Dec 31 • 4 months ago

From prophet to product: How AI came back down to earth in 2025

In a year where lofty promises collided with inconvenient research, would-be oracles became software tools. ...

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Nov 13 • 6 months ago

Meta’s star AI scientist Yann LeCun plans to leave for own startup

AI pioneer reportedly frustrated with Meta's shift from research to rapid product releases. ...

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Nov 11 • 6 months ago

Researchers isolate memorization from reasoning in AI neural networks

Basic arithmetic ability lives in the memorization pathways, not logic circuits. ...

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Nov 08 • 6 months ago

Researchers surprised that with AI, toxicity is harder to fake than intelligence

New "computational Turing test" reportedly catches AI pretending to be human with 80% accuracy. ...

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Oct 15 • 7 months ago

OpenAI wants to stop ChatGPT from validating users’ political views

New paper reveals reducing "bias" means making ChatGPT stop mirroring users' political language. ...

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Oct 10 • 7 months ago

AI models can acquire backdoors from surprisingly few malicious documents

Anthropic study suggests "poison" training attacks don't scale with model size. ...

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Oct 03 • 7 months ago

Why iRobot’s founder won’t go within 10 feet of today’s walking robots

Rodney Brooks says humanoid robots pose hidden safety challenges and won't learn dexterity from video alone. ...

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Sep 30 • 7 months ago

DeepSeek tests “sparse attention” to slash AI processing costs

Chinese lab's v3.2 release explores a technique that could make running AI far less costly. ...

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Sep 24 • 8 months ago

When “no” means “yes”: Why AI chatbots can’t process Persian social etiquette

New study examines how a helpful AI response could become a cultural disaster in Iran. ...

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Sep 16 • 8 months ago

ChatGPT may soon require ID verification from adults, CEO says

Chatbot will "default to the under-18 experience" when age is uncertain after teen suicide lawsuit. ...

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Sep 12 • 8 months ago

OpenAI and Microsoft sign preliminary deal to revise partnership terms

Companies work to finalize terms as OpenAI pursues for-profit restructuring. ...

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Sep 04 • 8 months ago

New AI model turns photos into explorable 3D worlds, with caveats

Openly available AI tool creates steerable 3D-like video, but requires serious GPU muscle. ...

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