Most generative AI models nowadays are autoregressive. That means they’re following the concept of next token prediction, and the transformer architecture is the current implementation that has been used for years now thanks to its computational efficiency.…

A JPEG Image Compression Service using Part Homomorphic Encryption. - qianfei11/ShadowyCompression

The other day I came across some people on The Internet talking about a certain scene from Labyrinth, which is a movie from the 80s (if you haven't seen it you should - lavish musical numbers, very unsettling Jim Henson puppetry, David Bowie doing contact…

Carl Linnaeus, the father of biological taxonomy, also had a hand in inventing this tool for categorizing anything.

We’re sharing details about Strobelight, Meta’s profiling orchestrator. Strobelight combines several technologies, many open source, into a single service that helps engineers at Meta improve effic…

LLMs are not just limited by hallucinations—they fundamentally lack awareness of their own capabilities, making them overconfident in executing tasks they don’t fully understand. While “vibe coding” embraces AI’s ability to generate quick solutions, true…

In the mid-18th century, Benjamin Franklin championed lightning rods, yet skepticism persisted. By the 19th century, William Snow Harris's innovative lightning rod for ships faced resistance from the British Navy despite its proven effectiveness. Why did…

500 years before Polymarket, the Vatican fought to stop gambling on papal affairs. Should we worry that it’s back?​​​​​​​​​​​​

Martha Nussbaum’s philosophy is dynamic and challenging, but also elegant and lucidly written: she is the thinker of our time

Text-based desktop environment. Contribute to directvt/vtm development by creating an account on GitHub.

Learn about the new capabilities for declarative behavior on buttons.

Expert sommeliers can take a whiff of a glass of wine and tell you a lot about what's in your pinot noir or cabernet sauvignon. A team of physicists at CU Boulder and the National Institute of Standards ...

The announcement follows new fund-raising efforts from rivals like OpenAI, which is set to close a deal that values the company at $300 billion, and Elon Musk’s xAI.

AMD is sending us the two MI300X boxes we asked for. They are in the mail.

Better search results with no ads. Welcome to Kagi (pronounced kah-gee), a paid search engine that gives power back to the user.

Microsoft’s AI head is plotting a future without OpenAI. According to a report from The Information, Mustafa Suleyman, the head of Microsoft’s AI division, has set his sights on a bold objective: reducing the company’s dependence on OpenAI. In a report titled…

Amid growing jumpiness over Donald Trump’s re-alignment with Russia, a vulnerability that has long troubled many in UK military circles is taking centre stage: Britain’s ultimate wartime deterrent - the Trident nuclear programme - is built on the assumption…