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Cosmopolitan Paris: The Crazy Years

Database of 8m handwritten census entries reveals Paris as hub for intellectuals like James Joyce in 1926, living among diverse neighbors including Russian émigrés and US writers. Joyce's life in the 7th arrondissement painted a vibrant portrait of the city's cultural richness.

Unveiling Amazon Nova: A Benchmarking Analysis

Large language models (LLMs) are crucial for various applications, but evaluating their performance is challenging. LLM-as-a-judge method offers scalable, cost-efficient evaluation, bridging automated and human judgment for fair comparisons.

Machine Self-Awareness: Teaching Robots Body Understanding

MIT's CSAIL developed NJF, allowing robots to learn control through vision, not sensors, offering a new approach to robotic self-awareness. The system enables robots to autonomously learn how to achieve goals, expanding design possibilities for soft and bio-inspired robots.

Revolutionizing Chemical Research with AI

ChemXploreML, a user-friendly desktop app created by researchers at MIT, democratizes machine learning in chemistry, making predictive modeling accessible to chemists without advanced programming skills. The app automates complex processes, transforms chemical structures into numerical vectors, and accurately predicts molecular properties, accelerating drug and material discovery.

AI Summaries: Impact on Online News Audiences

Study finds Google AI Overviews can cause 79% traffic loss for sites ranked below, impacting news companies' online audiences. Media owners fear AI summaries as existential threat to outlets reliant on search traffic.

Google's AI revolutionizes Roman inscriptions

Google DeepMind's Aeneas program is praised by historians for predicting the origins of Latin texts, easing the scholarly process. The AI tool helps decipher ancient inscriptions by predicting their time and location, named after the Trojan hero.

Trump's AI Fast-Track Sparks Climate Outrage

Trump administration unveils plan to fast-track AI sector development, sparking outrage from climate advocates. Scheme aims to dismantle environmental regulations for datacenters, semiconductor facilities, and fossil fuel infrastructure.

Redefining AI: Challenging Whiteness for Inclusivity

Stephanie Dinkins challenges racialized AI with Black cultural ethos at Plaza in Brooklyn, showcasing diversity through AI-generated images. The art project If We Don’t, Who Will? bridges past and future of African diaspora, commissioned by More Art and designed with architects LOT-EK.

Revolutionizing Global Advertising: AI and 3D Content Generation

OpenUSD and NVIDIA Omniverse are transforming marketing workflows for global brands like Coca-Cola and Nestlé, accelerating content creation and ensuring brand consistency at scale. AI-powered solutions are reducing costs, increasing speed, and streamlining workflows, enabling organizations to produce high-quality visuals for local markets in minutes, not weeks.