Vision Transformers (ViTs) have become a cornerstone in computer vision, offering strong performance and adaptability. However, their large size and […]
Revolutionizing LLM Alignment: A Deep Dive into Direct Q-Function Optimization
Aligning large language models (LLMs) with human preferences is an essential task in artificial intelligence research. However, current reinforcement learning […]
Chinese APT Exploits BeyondTrust API Key to Access U.S. Treasury Systems and Documents
Dec 31, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Incident Response The United States Treasury Department said it suffered a “major cybersecurity incident” that […]
Misconfigured Kubernetes RBAC in Azure Airflow Could Expose Entire Cluster to Exploitation
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered three security weaknesses in Microsoft’s Azure Data Factory Apache Airflow integration that, if successfully exploited, could […]
Hugging Face Just Released SmolAgents: A Smol Library that Enables to Run Powerful AI Agents in a Few Lines of Code
Creating intelligent agents has traditionally been a complex task, often requiring significant technical expertise and time. Developers encounter challenges like […]
NYT Strands today — my hints, answers and spangram for Tuesday, December 31 (game #303)
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 31 (game #1072)
(Image credit: Getty Images) Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than […]
I test laptops for a living, and this Lenovo IdeaPad 3i Chromebook is the best Chromebook you’ll find under $250
(Image credit: Future / Lenovo) Chromebooks are some of my favorite laptops on the market thanks to their portability, functionality, […]
Meet the Pirates of the RAG: Adaptively Attacking LLMs to Leak Knowledge Bases
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) enhances the output of Large Language Models (LLMs) using external knowledge bases. These systems work by retrieving […]
The Apple TV+ free weekend could cost you dearly
Apple is starting the new year with what seems like a generous offer — free access to its Apple TV+ […]