U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he held a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran, which was described in the Israeli media as “heated.”
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KEY AI BENCHMARKING SERVICE ACCUSED OF BIAS
LMArena, a standard platform ranking the performance of large language model AIs (LLMs), gives preference to models made by giant tech companies, according to a study preprinted on arXiv and not yet peer-reviewed.
RESEARCHERS RELEASE THE KRAKENCODER
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City have unveiled the Krakencoder, a new AI that weaves together a variety of brain images taken by different devices. The result is a deeper, more integrated view of how a brain affects behavior, thoughts, and how it recovers from injuries.
LEADING AI MODELS “COLLAPSE” UNDER HARD PROBLEMS, STUDY SAYS
When struggling with highly complex problems, “reasoning” AIs from DeepSeek and OpenAI suffer “complete accuracy collapse,” according to a new study released by Apple.
META’S ZUCKERBERG HAND-PICKS AGI SUPERGROUP
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is personally recruiting a team of as many as 50 specialists to speed the company’s progress toward creating artificial general intelligence (AGI), a supercharged synthetic intelligence that can outperform humans across a wide range of tasks.
COAXING AI TO BE SCIENTIFICALLY CREATIVE
Large language model AIs such as ChatGPT or Gemini are good at carrying out rote tasks and copying patterns—writing poems, making pictures—but the folks at Lila Sciences want their AI to think outside the test tube, be wildly original, and make jaw-dropping breakthroughs.
TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: INTERNET AT RISK, SAYS BARRONS, AND MIT PONDERS TRANSHUMANIST TECH BILLIONAIRES
Few higher ed institutions have been as closely connected with the development of Artificial Intelligence as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
MONUMENTAL: HEAVYWEIGHTS COME OUT SWINGING AGAINST AI COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
In a legal first, two major Hollywood studios have launched a copyright infringement lawsuit against one of the most popular AI imaging platforms, Midjourney.
IBM TO BUILD GIANT QUANTUM COMPUTER BEFORE 2029
IBM has announced a plan to build a quantum computer by 2029 that will hold 10,000 qubits, about 50 times more than today’s most powerful quantum device.
MIDDLE-AGE BELLY: BLAME STEM CELLS, NOT DIET OR LAZINESS
It’s been called “middle-age spread”: as people reach their 40s and beyond, many see their bellies go big and fat pile onto their hips and butts.Some respond by joining a gym, taking up jogging, or eating a lot more salads. Still, the extra fat usually stays put. People at City of Hope—a major U.S. center......