AI Research Is Getting Harder to Separate From Geopolitics
A policy change announced by NeurIPS, the world’s leading AI research conference, drew widespread backlash from Chinese researchers this week and then was quickly reversed.
Brain-inspired AI hardware helps autonomous devices operate efficiently and independently
The human brain constantly makes decisions. It requires minimal power to move bodies in a desired direction or avoid an object. A Purdue University engineer uses the brain’s efficiency as inspiration to help autonomous vehicles, such as drones and robots, make crucial, time-sensitive decisions while operating in the field.
Let’s Destroy the E-THOT Industry Together!
I created a completely local Ethot online as an experiment. I dream of a world that all ethots are all made on computers so easily that they have no value anymore. So instead people put down their phones and go outside. So in an effort to make that world real, I’m sharing the tools with …
Vector Databases Explained in 3 Levels of Difficulty
Traditional databases answer a well-defined question: does the record matching these criteria exist?
Drop-In Perceptual Optimization for 3D Gaussian Splatting
Despite their output being ultimately consumed by human viewers, 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) methods often rely on ad-hoc combinations of pixel-level losses, resulting in blurry renderings. To address this, we systematically explore perceptual optimization strategies for 3DGS by searching over a diverse set of distortion losses. We conduct the first-of-its-kind large-scale human subjective study on …
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Frontend Engineering at Palantir: Redefining Real-Time Map Collaboration
How we built lightweight, real-time map collaboration for teams operating at the edge. About This Series Frontend engineering at Palantir goes far beyond building standard web apps. Our engineers design interfaces for mission-critical decision-making, build operational applications that translate insight to action, and create systems that handle massive datasets — thinking not just about what the user needs, but …
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Run Generative AI inference with Amazon Bedrock in Asia Pacific (New Zealand)
Kia ora! Customers in New Zealand have been asking for access to foundation models (FMs) on Amazon Bedrock from their local AWS Region. Today, we’re excited to announce that Amazon Bedrock is now available in the Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region (ap-southeast-6). Customers in New Zealand can now access Anthropic Claude models (Claude Opus 4.5, …
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The new AI literacy: Insights from student developers
AI has made it easier than ever for student developers to work efficiently, tackle harder problems, and pursue ambitious projects. But for students earning technical degrees, these new capabilities also create genuine tensions around learning. How much should I use AI? What should I use it for? As 90% of technology professionals now use AI …
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Anthropic Supply-Chain-Risk Designation Halted by Judge
A judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s designation, clearing the way for Anthropic to keep doing business without the label starting next week.
ChatGPT’s taste for literary nonsense sparks alarm
OpenAI’s GPT models can often be fooled into declaring that “pseudo-literary” nonsense is great, a German researcher has found.