OpenAI-backed startup Figure teases new humanoid robot ‘Figure 02’
Figure is backed by OpenAI among others to the tune of $675 million in its last round in February, but is teasing a new update today.Read More
2024 Summer Olympics: A Self-Healing Pole Vault Pole Is One Great Leap for Sports Tech
Pole vaulting is a spectacular, dangerous sport. Modern poles could be drastically improved to make them more reliable, with healable tech being developed that could also be used in surfing and cycling.
Why editing the knowledge of LLMs post-training can create messy ripple effects
After the advent of ChatGPT, the readily available model developed by Open AI, large language models (LLMs) have become increasingly widespread, with many online users now accessing them daily to quickly get answers to their queries, source information or produce customized texts. Despite their striking ability to rapidly define words and generate written texts pertinent …
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Hedra releases video-focused foundation model Character-1
Hedra released its AI video model Character-1 after raising cash from Index Ventures, A16Z Speedrun and Abstract.Read More
Intel Is Cutting More Than 15,000 Jobs Despite Getting Billions From the US Government
The chipmaker, which has fallen behind competitors, is slashing 15 percent of its workforce.
Researchers introduce novel approach allowing robots to be trained in simulations of scanned home environments
At the top of many automation wish lists is a particularly time-consuming task: chores.
The Incredible Physics of Simone Biles’ Yurchenko Double Pike
Calculating angular velocity and the moment of inertia isn’t quite as hard as competing in the 2024 summer Olympics gymnastics tournament—but it’s pretty darn tough.
Analysis reveals that most major open- and closed-source LLMs tend to lean left when asked politically charged questions
When 24 different state-of-the-art Large Language Models (LLMs) were administered a battery of different tests designed to reveal political orientation, a significant majority produced responses rated as left-of-center, according to a study published July 31, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by David Rozado from Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand.
OpenAI launches experimental GPT-4o Long Output model with 16X token capacity
It is a variation on its signature GPT-4o model from May, but with a massively extended output size: up to 64,000 tokens of output.Read More
The Affordable Connectivity Program Died—and Thousands of Households Have Already Lost Their Internet
The ACP provided affordable internet connectivity to low-income Americans. Since it expired in May, around 100,000 Charter subscribers have had to pull the plug.