How to Implement Tool Calling with Gemma 4 and Python
The open-weights model ecosystem shifted recently with the release of the
Cram Less to Fit More: Training Data Pruning Improves Memorization of Facts
This paper was accepted at the Workshop on Navigating and Addressing Data Problems for Foundation Models at ICLR 2026. Large language models (LLMs) can struggle to memorize factual knowledge in their parameters, often leading to hallucinations and poor performance on knowledge-intensive tasks. In this paper, we formalize fact memorization from an information-theoretic perspective and study …
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How to build effective reward functions with AWS Lambda for Amazon Nova model customization
Building effective reward functions can help you customize Amazon Nova models to your specific needs, with AWS Lambda providing the scalable, cost-effective foundation. Lambda’s serverless architecture lets you focus on defining quality criteria while it handles the computational infrastructure. Amazon Nova offers multiple customization approaches, with Reinforcement fine-tuning (RFT) standing out for its ability to teach …
How to find the sweet spot between cost and performance
At Google Cloud, we often see customers asking themselves: “How can we manage our generative AI costs effectively without sacrificing the performance and availability our applications demand?” This is the million-dollar question — or, perhaps more accurately, the “tokens-per-minute” question. The key isn’t just about choosing the cheapest option, but about finding the right recipe …
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You Can Soon Buy a $4,370 Humanoid Robot on AliExpress
Unitree is bringing its R1 to international markets. It arrives with some aerobatic capabilities and an entry-level price, but the question of what you’d actually do with it remains open.
“Giant superatoms” could finally solve quantum computing’s biggest problem
In the pursuit of powerful and stable quantum computers, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed the theory for an entirely new quantum system – based on the novel concept of ‘giant superatoms’. This breakthrough enables quantum information to be protected, controlled, and distributed in new ways and could be a key step …
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Revealing the hidden logic behind AI’s judgments of people
In a world where artificial intelligence is quietly shaping who gets hired, who receives loans, and even how medical decisions are made, a new question is emerging: How does AI judge us? A new study by Prof. Yaniv Dover and Valeria Lerman from Hebrew University suggests the answer is both reassuring and deeply unsettling. The …
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Free open-source tool to instantly rig and animate your illustrations (also with mesh deform)
If you haven’t seen it yet, a model called see-through dropped last week. It takes a single static anime image and decomposes it into 23 separate layers ready for rigging and animation. It’s a huge deal for anyone who wants a rigged 2D character but doesn’t have hundreds of dollars lying around. The problem is …
‘The Audacity’ Is the Broligarchy Takedown You Were Waiting For
AMC’s new black comedy about a manchild tech titan spinning out of control is a skewering Silicon Valley’s billionaire class deserves.
AI models can fake visual understanding of images that don’t exist
It wasn’t long ago that news headlines claimed that AI might soon assist radiologists in interpreting X-rays of broken bones and analyzing mammograms. We are still far from the destination, as a new study has brought to light the mirage effect, where AI creates detailed descriptions of images that do not exist.