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One of the major challenges in modern scientific research is finding effective ways to model, interpret, and utilize data collected from diverse sources to drive new discoveries. As scientific knowledge expands, the complexity of analyzing and integrating this information grows, making it increasingly difficult for human researchers to uncover hidden patterns and connections. The rise… Read more

Restaurants field a high volume of phone calls from inquisitive tourists or diners running late. Increasingly, voice chatbots are picking up on the other end of the line. Read more

In an era of fast-evolving AI accelerators, general purpose CPUs don’t get a lot of love. “If you look at the CPU generation by generation, you see incremental improvements,” says Timo Valtonen, CEO and co-founder of Finland-based Flow Computing. Valtonen’s goal is to put CPUs back in their rightful, ‘central’ role. In order to do… Read more

The data centers that train all the large language models behind AI consume unimaginable amounts of energy, and the stakes are high for big tech companies to ensure they have enough power to run those plants. That’s why Microsoft is now throwing its weight behind nuclear power. The tech giant on Friday signed a major… Read more

Yes, you really can climb a building by jumping back and forth between two opposing walls. Thank you, Isaac Newton. Read more

Should you splurge for the new Series 10 or stick with the SE? Let us help you figure out which version to get (and which to avoid). Read more

The scale of the ambition of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is pretty astounding. Made with 800 game developers over four years, the title has a seriously impressive set of numbers. I got a big download of the ambition at a preview event at the Grand Canyon, where the game makers flew us over the canyon… Read more

Paul Graham’s viral essay explains why Brian Chesky and Steve Jobs ruled and professional managers stink. But if a manager is smart and the founder is meh, who’s better? Read more

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI models let robots carry out tasks in unfamiliar environments What’s new: It’s tricky to get robots to do things in environments they’ve never seen before. Typically, researchers need to train them on… Read more

Multimodal large language models (MLLMs) focus on creating artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can interpret textual and visual data seamlessly. These models aim to bridge the gap between natural language understanding and visual comprehension, allowing machines to cohesively process various forms of input, from text documents to images. Understanding and reasoning across multiple modalities is… Read more