Author: Hunter
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Mistral AI says its Small 3 model is a local, open-source alternative to GPT-4o mini
The new 24B-parameter LLM ‘excels in scenarios where quick, accurate responses are critical.’ In fact, the model can be run on a MacBook with 32GB RAM. Read more
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Have a .gov email address? You can get Perplexity Pro free for a year – here’s now
Government employees can get a free year of this popular AI tool – a $200 value. Read more
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Open Thoughts: An Open Source Initiative Advancing AI Reasoning with High-Quality Datasets and Models Like OpenThoughts-114k and OpenThinker-7B
The critical issue of restricted access to high-quality reasoning datasets has limited open-source AI-driven logical and mathematical reasoning advancements. While proprietary models have leveraged structured reasoning demonstrations to enhance performance, these datasets and methodologies remain closed, restricting independent research and innovation. The lack of open, scalable reasoning datasets has created a bottleneck for AI development.… Read more
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Google’s ‘Ask for Me’ uses AI to call local businesses for you
Google is trying out a new tool that lets AI call businesses to ask questions for you. The feature, called Ask for Me, collects information about the pricing and availability of a service, but it’s only available for nail salons and auto shops for now. Once you enable the experiment on Google Search Labs, you… Read more
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Nvidia’s latest AI trick made our mediocre webcam mic sound practically professional
A Logitech webcam similar to (but not the same as) the one we used. Nvidia mildly blew our minds in 2020 when its graphics cards gained the ability to delete practically all the background noise from our audio calls with a free app, and now the company’s doing it again. My colleague and Verge senior… Read more
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Sundance 2025: all the latest movie reviews and updates from the festival
A new year means a new Sundance Film Festival, and a fresh crop of promising original features that could go on to become awards season darlings in a few months. It might be hard to top last year’s festival where Dìdi, A Different Man, and I Saw the TV Glow all made strong showings. But… Read more
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Elon Musk admits Teslas will need new hardware for FSD
The new Model Y comes with the latest HW4 computer. In 2016, Tesla published a blog that said all EVs it produces have the hardware necessary to achieve “Full Self-Driving,” meaning owners of those Teslas could look forward to autonomous rides and could eventually send their cars out as money-making robotaxis when not in use.… Read more
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Perplexity lets you try DeepSeek R1 without the security risk, but it’s still censored
Here are two ways to try R1 without exposing your data to foreign servers. Read more
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Is Tesla still a car company?
On an earnings call last night, Tesla CEO Elon Musk spent a lot of time talking up his companyâs plans to âgo ballisticâ on artificial intelligence, and very little time on Teslaâs core business, which is making and selling electric cars. There was so little attention paid to Teslaâs automotive business, that even a bunch… Read more
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The best TV deals to upgrade your setup ahead of the Super Bowl
Missed out on all the terrific TV deals we saw during Black Friday and Cyber Monday? That’s okay, because the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl have historically been one of the better times of the year to snag a discounted set. In fact, Amazon, Best Buy, Woot, and a number of retailers are… Read more