Bigger isn’t always better: Examining the business case for multi-million token LLMs
Are we unlocking new frontiers in AI reasoning, or simply stretching the limits of token memory without meaningful improvements?Read More
Homeland Security Email Tells a US Citizen to ‘Immediately’ Self-Deport
An email sent by the Department of Homeland Security instructs people in the US on a temporary legal status to leave the country. But who the email actually applies to—and who actually received it—is far from clear.
Now it’s TikTok parent ByteDance’s turn for a reasoning AI: enter Seed-Thinking-v1.5!
It achieved an 8.0% higher win rate over DeepSeek R1, suggesting that its strengths generalize beyond just logic or math-heavy challenges.Read More
Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project
For the past three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers, have been collaborating to build a “mega API,” WIRED has learned.
A new robotic gripper made of measuring tape is sizing up fruit and veggie picking
It’s a game a lot of us played as children — and maybe even later in life: unspooling measuring tape to see how far it would extend before bending. But to engineer, this game was an inspiration, suggesting that measuring tape could become a great material for a robotic gripper. The grippers would be a …
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DeepCoder delivers top coding performance in efficient 14B open model
DeepCoder-14B competes with frontier models like o3 and o1—and the weights, code, and optimization platform are open source.Read More
Trump’s Trade War Is Strengthening China’s Soft Power
President Trump’s tariffs are boosting China’s global image even as they threaten to decimate its economy.
Leveraging silicon photonics for scalable and sustainable AI hardware
The emergence of AI has profoundly transformed numerous industries. Driven by deep learning technology and Big Data, AI requires significant processing power for training its models. While the existing AI infrastructure relies on graphical processing units (GPUs), the substantial processing demands and energy expenses associated with its operation remain key challenges. Adopting a more efficient …
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Market Madness, Manufacturing, and the Liberation Day of It All
Donald Trump’s tariff announcements are roiling the markets. On this week’s special episode of Uncanny Valley, we break it all down.
Hopping gives this tiny robot a leg up
A hopping, insect-sized robot can jump over gaps or obstacles, traverse rough, slippery, or slanted surfaces, and perform aerial acrobatic maneuvers, while using a fraction of the energy required for flying microbots.