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Is it safe to travel with your phone right now?
In recent weeks, airport Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have drawn public outcry for denying travelers US entry based on searches of their phones. A doctor on an H-1B visa was deported to Lebanon after CBP found âsympathetic photos and videosâ of Hezbollah leaders. A French scientist was turned away after a device search…
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To Truly Fix Siri, Apple May Have to Backtrack on One Key Thing—Privacy
The Siri that was promised back in 2011 never quite materialized. Now the big upgrade promised as part of Apple Intelligence is delayed “indefinitely.” Why can’t Apple get Siri right?
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A Math Couple Solves a Major Group Theory Problem—After 20 Years of Work
Britta Späth has dedicated her career to proving a single, central conjecture. She’s finally succeeded, alongside her partner, Marc Cabanes.
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Should You Smoke (Food) Indoors?
Countertop gadgets that let you prepare smoked foods inside your home have thus far been imperfect or impractical. But they’re getting closer.
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OpenAI’s Sora Is Plagued by Sexist, Racist, and Ableist Biases
WIRED tested the popular AI video generator from OpenAI and found that it amplifies sexist stereotypes and ableist tropes, perpetuating the same biases already present in AI image tools.
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Sea AI Lab Researchers Introduce Dr. GRPO: A Bias-Free Reinforcement Learning Method that Enhances Math Reasoning Accuracy in Large Language Models Without Inflating Responses
A critical advancement in recent times has been exploring reinforcement learning (RL) techniques to improve LLMs beyond traditional supervised fine-tuning methods. RL allows models to learn optimal responses through reward signals, enhancing their reasoning and decision-making capabilities. RL introduces a feedback-driven training loop that better aligns with human-like learning processes, particularly in tasks involving step-by-step…
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A Coding Implementation to Build a Conversational Research Assistant with FAISS, Langchain, Pypdf, and TinyLlama-1.1B-Chat-v1.0
RAG-powered conversational research assistants address the limitations of traditional language models by combining them with information retrieval systems. The system searches through specific knowledge bases, retrieves relevant information, and presents it conversationally with proper citations. This approach reduces hallucinations, handles domain-specific knowledge, and grounds responses in retrieved text. In this tutorial, we will demonstrate building…
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Fin-R1: A Specialized Large Language Model for Financial Reasoning and Decision-Making
LLMs are advancing rapidly across multiple domains, yet their effectiveness in tackling complex financial problems remains an area of active investigation. The iterative development of LLMs has significantly driven the evolution of artificial intelligence toward artificial general intelligence (AGI). OpenAI’s o1 series and similar models like QwQ and Marco-o1 have improved complex reasoning capabilities by…
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Meta AI Researchers Introduced SWEET-RL and CollaborativeAgentBench: A Step-Wise Reinforcement Learning Framework to Train Multi-Turn Language Agents for Realistic Human-AI Collaboration Tasks
Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly transforming into autonomous agents capable of performing complex tasks that require reasoning, decision-making, and adaptability. These agents are deployed in web navigation, personal assistance, and software development. To act effectively in real-world settings, these agents must handle multi-turn interactions that span several steps or decision points. This introduces the…
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Hue accidentally leaks a new video doorbell
The video doorbell would join others in Hue’s lineup, like this indoor / outdoor camera. An update to the Philips Hue app this week appears to have leaked a new Hue Secure video doorbell, reports Hueblog. The unannounced product shows up in a section offering instructions for adding devices that you have no QR code…