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- Small Language Models Are the New Rage, Researchers Say
Larger models can pull off a wider variety of feats, but the reduced footprint of smaller models makes them attractive tools.
- Bigger isn’t always better: Examining the business case for multi-million token LLMs
Are we unlocking new frontiers in AI reasoning, or simply stretching the limits of token memory without meaningful improvements?
- Trump backs off on electronics tariffs
Reacting to continuing stock market woes and perhaps tech industry lobbyin, Trump backed off on tariffs for electronics late last night.
- Toby Jones’s next campaign? Misinformation, and a huge immersive theatre show
Meera Syal also to star in London production reflecting producer’s experience of censorship in GeorgiaHidden from view inside a south London warehouse, a new underground movement will be fighting the international blight of misinformation this summer.The huge immersive event – half theatrical show, half social campaign – is to involve some of Britain’s leading acting talent, including Toby Jones and Meera Syal, and has been put together by a theatre company led by a woman who learned about misinformation the hard way, at the Georgian television station Imedi. Continue reading...
- Using text-generating AI to power nuclear research
Text-generating AI programs like ChatGPT are known for everyday tasks like answering questions, but that's not all they're good for. These AI agents can use their text-parsing powers to help further nuclear science and assist health physicists, as shown by nuclear engineering graduate student Zavier Ndum's research.
- Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project
For the past three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers, have been collaborating to build a “mega API,” WIRED has learned.
- Now it’s TikTok parent ByteDance’s turn for a reasoning AI: enter Seed-Thinking-v1.5!
It achieved an 8.0% higher win rate over DeepSeek R1, suggesting that its strengths generalize beyond just logic or math-heavy challenges.
- GamesBeat Summit 2025 speakers will help us navigate back to growth | The DeanBeat
Get ready. GamesBeat Summit 2025 will take place on May 19 to May 20 at the Marriott Marina del Rey in Los Angeles.
- Human-AI relationships pose ethical issues, psychologists say
It's becoming increasingly commonplace for people to develop intimate, long-term relationships with artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. At their extreme, people have "married" their AI companions in non-legally binding ceremonies, and at least two people have killed themselves following AI chatbot advice.
- Sex-Fantasy Chatbots Are Leaking a Constant Stream of Explicit Messages
Some misconfigured AI chatbots are pushing people’s chats to the open web—revealing sexual prompts and conversations that include descriptions of child sexual abuse.
- San Diego County seeks new policy to govern use of AI
With artificial intelligence already affecting nearly every aspect of people's lives, San Diego County supervisors want a formal policy that spells out how staff will use—or avoid—the technology.
- OpenAI countersues Elon Musk over ‘unlawful harassment’ of company
ChatGPT developer asks US federal judge to stop former founder making any further attacksThe ChatGPT developer OpenAI has countersued Elon Musk, accusing the billionaire of harassment and asking a US federal judge to stop him from “any further unlawful and unfair action” against the company.OpenAI was co-founded by Musk and its chief executive, Sam Altman, in 2015. However, the two men have been at loggerheads for years over its direction as it transitions from a complex non-profit structure into a more traditional for-profit business. Continue reading...
