Scientists Claim to Have Brought Back the Dire Wolf
Startup Colossal Biosciences has edited the DNA of a gray wolf to produce what it says is a de-extincted animal. Does that make it a true dire wolf?
Nurture more important than nature for robotic hand
How does a robotic arm or a prosthetic hand learn a complex task like grasping and rotating a ball? Researchers address the classic ‘nature versus nurture’ question. The research demonstrates that the sequence of learning, also known as the ‘curriculum,’ is critical for learning to occur. In fact, the researchers note that if the curriculum …
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Is AI truly creative? Study shows how visibility of process shapes perception
What makes people think an AI system is creative? New research shows that it depends on how much they see of the creative act. The findings have implications for how we research and design creative AI systems, and they also raise fundamental questions about how we perceive creativity in other people.
I created a real life product from its A.I. inspired design.
I created this wall shelf / art using AI. I do woodworking as a hobby and wanted to see if I could leverage AI to come up with some novel project concepts. Using Flux.dev my prompt was “a futuristic looking walnut wood spice rack with multiple levels that can also act as kitchen storage, unique, …
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From MIPS to exaflops in mere decades: Compute power is exploding, and it will transform AI
For the first time, we may have the computing power and the intelligence to tackle problems with AI that were once beyond human reach.Read More
I added voxel diffusion to Minecraft
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Meta’s answer to DeepSeek is here: Llama 4 launches with long context Scout and Maverick models, and 2T parameter Behemoth on the way!
While DeepSeek R1 and OpenAI o1 edge out Behemoth on a couple metrics, Llama 4 Behemoth remains highly competitive.Read More
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
lol WTF, I was messing around with fooocus and I pasted the local IP address instead of the prompt. Hit generate to see what’ll happen and …
prompt was `http://127.0.0.1:8080` so if you’re using this IP address, you have skynet installed and you’re probably going to kill all of us. submitted by /u/tennisanybody [link] [comments]
Text Embedding Generation with Transformers
This post is divided into three parts; they are: • Understanding Text Embeddings • Other Techniques to Generate Embedding • How to Get a High-Quality Text Embedding? Text embeddings are to use numerical vectors to represent text.