Large-scale frontier model training is compute-intensive, with hardware failures disrupting progress. Amazon SageMaker HyperPod minimizes disruptions, enhances efficiency, and reduces training costs.
Discover the ultimate cheese-and-bread-based meals at the International Welsh Rarebit Centre in Defynnog. Doctor asks to take placenta home to put on roses in Bristol hospital, sparking curiosity.
Gerry Adams considers legal action against Meta for using his books to train AI without permission. Meta included at least seven of his books in copyright material trawl for AI development.
British startup Synthesia partners with Shutterstock to enhance AI avatars with more 'human-like performances' using corporate video footage. The $2bn deal aims to improve expressions, vocal tones, and body language for realistic avatars.
Former researcher shares insights on starting a Machine Learning project with the right problem definition for success. Emphasizes the importance of understanding, finding, and solving the business problem hidden in datasets.
The April 2025 Microsoft Visual Studio Magazine article demonstrates Linear Support Vector Regression using C# with Evolutionary Training. Linear SVR penalizes outliers and keeps model values small, but simpler techniques like L1 and L2 regression are more popular.
NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 Series and RTX PRO GPUs, powered by Blackwell architecture, enhance creative workflows with AI tools in DaVinci Resolve Studio 20. New AI features like UltraNR Noise Reduction and Magic Mask streamline video editing and post-production processes, running faster on RTX GPUs for improved efficiency and performance.
Deb8flow uses AI agents like Pro and Con to autonomously debate, with real-time fact-checking and moderation. The advanced architecture leverages LangGraph and GPT-4o, ensuring debates stay grounded in truth.
Black Mirror is modern science folklore, shaping views on technology. Each innovation gets allegories in episodes, channeling collective anxieties.
Mistral AI's Pixtral Large model is now available on Amazon Bedrock, offering a powerful multimodal AI solution with 124 billion parameters. This model excels in multilingual text analysis, chart interpretation, and general visual understanding, revolutionizing various data-driven tasks.
IEA predicts surge in AI energy needs, but downplays climate impact. By 2030, US data processing for AI may surpass energy use in heavy industries.
Catboost introduces a new method of calculating the Target Statistic for categorical variables, avoiding issues like sparsity and memory problems. By replacing one-hot encoding with a smoothed average, Catboost provides a practical solution for real-world tasks.
EU plans €20bn investment in power-hungry supercomputers for AI 'moonshots'. Strategy aims to make Europe a competitive AI continent, says Vice-President Virkkunen.
Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are constructing datacentres in water-scarce regions worldwide, potentially exacerbating existing water scarcity issues. With support from Donald Trump, the tech giants plan to expand their operations, raising concerns about the impact on local populations.
MIT and MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab researchers develop a groundbreaking multimodal approach using Large Language Models and graph-based models to streamline molecule design, increasing success rate from 5% to 35%. This innovative technique could automate the entire process of molecule design and synthesis, potentially revolutionizing drug discovery.