After ~400 Z-Image Turbo gens I finally figured out why everyone’s portraits look plastic

Been using Z-Image Turbo pretty heavily since it dropped and wanted to dump some notes here because I kept seeing the same complaints I had on day one and nobody was really answering them properly. The thing I kept running into: every portrait looked like a skincare ad. Glossy skin, symmetrical face, that weird “influencer …

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Evaluating Netflix Show Synopses with LLM-as-a-Judge

by Gabriela Alessio, Cameron Taylor, and Cameron R. Wolfe Introduction When members log into Netflix, one of the hardest choices is what to watch. The challenge isn’t a lack of options — there are thousands of titles — but finding the most intriguing one is complex and deeply personal. To help, we surface personalized promotional assets, especially the show synopsis — a …

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How SAP Concur automates expense reporting with agentic AI

For decades, expense automation relied on a simple premise: If the machine can read the text, it can do the work. But anyone who has ever tried to scan a crumpled, smudged, or sun-bleached receipt from their pocket knows that reading isn’t enough. When key data is missing, such as a city name or a …

This new chip could slash data center energy waste

A new chip design from UC San Diego could make data centers far more energy-efficient by rethinking how power is converted for GPUs. By combining vibrating piezoelectric components with a clever circuit layout, the system overcomes limitations of traditional designs. The prototype achieved impressive efficiency and delivered much more power than previous attempts. Though not …