Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable similarities to human cognitive processes’ ability to form abstractions and adapt to new […]
ConfliBERT: A Domain-Specific Language Model for Political Violence Event Detection and Classification
The transformation of unstructured news texts into structured event data represents a critical challenge in social sciences, particularly in international […]
NYT Strands today — my hints, answers and spangram for Tuesday, December 24 (game #296)
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great […]
Quordle today – my hints and answers for Tuesday, December 24 (game #1065)
(Image credit: Getty Images) Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than […]
X CEO Linda Yaccarino is keynoting at CES 2025, but don’t expect any answers
(Image credit: Getty Images) X CEO Linda Yaccarino is unexpectedly sweeping into CES 2025 for a keynote. The former NBC […]
OpenAI Researchers Propose ‘Deliberative Alignment’: A Training Approach that Teaches LLMs to Explicitly Reason through Safety Specifications before Producing an Answer
The widespread use of large-scale language models (LLMs) in safety-critical areas has brought forward a crucial challenge: how to ensure […]
How to send a personal video message from Santa using AI
(Image credit: Synthesia) Want to send a special message straight from the North Pole this year? AI video developer Synthesia […]
Reminder: Donate to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes
How it works Donating is easy. Simply donate to Child’s Play using a credit card or PayPal or donate to […]
The quest to save the world’s largest CRT TV from destruction
At this point, any serious retro gamer knows that a bulky cathode ray tube (CRT) TV provides the most authentic, […]
Hume AI Introduces OCTAVE: A Next-Generation Speech-Language Model with New Emergent Capabilities like On-The-Fly Voice and Personality Creation
The evolution of speech and language technology has led to improvements in areas like voice assistants, transcription, and sentiment analysis. […]