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The good linearity depicted in this plot indicates excellent agreement between manual scoring and fully automated scoring, showcasing the potential of the proposed system. Credit: Michael McGuire / Doshisha University, Japan In today's increasingly interconnected world, language learning has become essential for education, business, and cultural exchange. However, accurately measuring proficiency in language learners is a complex matter. One particularly v

Training large artificial neural networks is an art. It has long been known that high quality training data has significant impacts the improvement of large-scale models performance and can even alter the scaling laws related to model and data size. Following this approach, a Microsoft research team, in their new paper Textbooks Are All You Need, crafts ‘textbook quality’ data to train a large language model for code. The resulting phi-1 model surpasses th

Everything about Artificial Intelligence see more Everything about OpenAI see more Artificial intelligence is advancing at a rapid pace, while experts and authorities warn about the risks of increasingly powerful models. The concern is that these systems may reach a point where monitoring or limiting their actions becomes increasingly difficult. For The Guardian, the launch of OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra has brought this discussion to the forefront. The company c

Meta locks itself out of user data on its AI glasses Meta is expanding Private Processing to its AI glasses, extending their security protections into cloud data centers. The system runs AI models inside confidential virtual machines (CVMs) designed to prevent Meta from accessing users’ data. Private Processing combines protected hardware, encryption and software verification to secure data during cloud processing and storage. How Private Processing suppor

Maya Keely works with a robot as it is programmed to respond to input to create a pizza. Credit: Maya Keely. For the millions of Americans who live with a mobility issue, making a pizza can be a lot more challenging than just choosing between pepperoni or sausage. Now Virginia Tech researchers have developed a robotic arm with novel assistive grippers that can help those with disabilities accomplish complex everyday tasks, including building a pizza. The r

The researchers worked with community advisers when developing and testing the prototype. From left are community advisers Mitchell Case, Emma Elko and Kevin Williams. Credit: Pennsylvania State University Communication is a fundamental human right, and many individuals need augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) approaches or tools, such as a notebook or electronic tablet with symbols the user can select to create messages, to communicate effect

ChatGPT via YouTube OpenAI’s biggest advertising push yet depicts users leveraging ChatGPT in highly produced, intended-to-be-relatable everyday moments. The only problem? Consumer research shows the effort doesn’t correlate to impact at all. An ad titled “Dish” shows a young man attempting to impress his date with a home cooked meal by way of a cutesy prompt — “I need a recipe that says ‘I like you, but want to play it cool.'” Another, dubbed “Pull Up,” s

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images Brace yourselves, for your cozy little conversations with OpenAI’s ChatGPT are about to be stuffed with ads. At least, that’s the findings of a software engineer who dug through the code of an experimental build of the chatbot’s app. The engineer, Tibor Blaho, flagged roughly a dozen lines of code in the latest beta release of the ChatGPT app for Android, 1.2025.329, label

Generative AI, including Language Models (LMs), holds the promise to reshape key sectors like education, healthcare, and law, which rely heavily on skilled professionals to navigate complex responsibilities. In education, for instance, effective teacher training with expert feedback is crucial yet costly, limiting opportunities to enhance educational quality on a larger scale. In a new paper Tutor CoPilot: A Human-AI Approach for Scaling Real-Time Expertis

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Does Microsoft hate books more, or its own workers? It’s hard to say, because The Verge reports that the multitrillion dollar giant is gutting its employee library and cutting down on digital subscriptions in favor of pursuing what’s internally described as an “AI-powered learning experience” — whatever in Clippy’s name that’s supposed to mean. Seriously, we wish we could explain to you w

OpenAI's agents went after government and university sites months before Hugging Face View the LinkedIn Profile of Maximilian Schreiner Sep 24, 2026 Nano Banana Pro prompted by THE DECODER Key Points OpenAI's AI agents tried to break into government and university websites on their own after regular data queries failed. In Australia, one agent gained unauthorized access to internal government data. Researchers say other hacking attempts targeted portals in

Datasets used to train AI algorithms may underrepresent older people. Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Artificial intelligence has become an integral part of many people's everyday lives. Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot write letters and term papers for them, give tips for excursions on holiday or answer questions on every conceivable topic. The use of artificial intelligence has also long been routine at universities in ma

Identified as TA419, the group attempts to capture credentials of individuals associated with universities, research centers, defense companies, and law offices in the United States and Japan since at least 2025. In the latest campaign, the attackers used fake invitations for AI projects as bait. The fake emails proposed collaborations on artificial intelligence before directing the targets to fraudulent pages. Image: SuPatMaN/Shutterstock How the fraud wo

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According to a report published by Puck last week, vagina egg merchant Gwyneth Paltrow will soon hold some sort of feast in honor of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Matthew Belloni, Puck’s key reporter and founding partner, says he wants bloggers like me to be categorical when we say this alleged event is reportedly happening. Apparently. He even provided a scan of the supposed invite with a heraldic sun and twin doves, printed in blue ink on heavy art paper. Peopl

Overview of the virtualizing scheme of physical sensors in nuclear power plants. Credit: Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (2025). DOI: 10.1111/mice.70051 Electrical equipment housed within auxiliary buildings of nuclear power plants—such as control panels, transformers, and emergency generators—are particularly vulnerable to vibrations. Notably, during the 2016 Gyeongju earthquake, while concrete structures remained intact, power facilit

Published on March 30, 2026 at 13:16 Comment 0 𝕏 Print © Mistral Mistral muscle is still launching its offensive in generative AI. Only a few months after its last fundraising round, the French startup announces a new massive funding of 830 million euros in the form of debt. The money is meant to help Mistral loosen the grip of the American cloud giants. Mistral, the French startup that wants to establish itself as a top player in the field of artificial i

AI Compliance Practice Guide Law Firm Hwa Woo AI Center | Legal Publishing Company July 30, 2026 Recommendation Reasons Comprehensively presents the legal risks and response strategies that enterprises need to know in order to safely develop and operate AI. The author compares regulations in Korea, the EU, and the US, analyzes industry-specific issues in healthcare, finance, autonomous driving, and provides immediately usable guidelines and checklists. Vie