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Google is bragging about Gemini 2.0 Flash, but how does it compare to ChatGPT for casual AI chatbot users?
(Image credit: OpenAI & Google) Google really wants you to know that Gemini 2.0 Flash is a big deal. It’s […]
National Institutes of Health radically cuts support to universities
Grants paid by the federal government have two components. One covers the direct costs of performing the research, paying for […]
Google fumbles Gemini Super Bowl ad’s cheese statistic
(Image credit: Google) Google’s Gemini AI mistakenly claimed Gouda makes up 50-60% of global cheese consumption in a Super Bowl […]
Optimizing Large Model Inference with Ladder Residual: Enhancing Tensor Parallelism through Communication-Computing Overlap
LLM inference is highly resource-intensive, requiring substantial memory and computational power. To address this, various model parallelism strategies distribute workloads […]
The Sims re-release shows what’s wrong with big publishers and single-player games
Opinion: EA might be done with single-player games—but we’re not. The Sims Steam re-release has all of the charm of […]
Boeing has informed its employees that NASA may cancel SLS contracts
The primary contractor for the Space Launch System rocket, Boeing, is preparing for the possibility that NASA cancels the long-running […]
Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas’ least vaccinated counties
Still, the county-wide number obscures pockets of yet lower vaccination rates. That includes the independent public school district in Loop, […]
Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction
On a recent WikiTok browsing run, I ran across entries on topics like SX-Window (a GUI for the Sharp X68000 […]
OpenAI changes ChatGPT o3-mini to work more like DeepSeek-R1, but faces backlash from users
(Image credit: OpenAI / DeepSeek) OpenAI has changed the way that its new ChatGPT o3-mini model displays its chain of […]