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Google DeepMind Introduces MONA: A Novel Machine Learning Framework to Mitigate Multi-Step Reward Hacking in Reinforcement Learning
Reinforcement learning (RL) focuses on enabling agents to learn optimal behaviors through reward-based training mechanisms. These methods have empowered systems to tackle increasingly complex tasks, from mastering games to addressing real-world problems. However, as the complexity of these tasks increases, so does the potential for agents to exploit reward systems in unintended ways, creating new…
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How to Use Stolen Device Protection on Apple’s iPhone
Whether you’re worried about a new iPhone or the Apple smartphone you’ve had for ages, activating Stolen Device Protection can limit what thieves can access.
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This New Designer Kitchen Tool Is Just a Stick. So Why Are We Obsessed With It?
Stir with it, flip with it, cook with it—a Danish kitchenware studio has reinvented man’s OG tool.
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‘Reflecting New York’ Holds a Mirror Up to NYC
A series from photographer Sefan Falke captures iconic views of New York City’s boroughs both coming and going.
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The Lush Bath Bot Is a Vegan, Recyclable Floating Speaker That’s Out to Make a Point
When the cosmetics brand decided to make a Bluetooth speaker, it didn’t know how hard it would be to make it sustainably. The next challenge: Will anyone actually buy it?
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Scientists Recreate the Conditions That Sparked Complex Life
Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the first time, biologists made it happen in the lab.
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Alibaba Researchers Propose VideoLLaMA 3: An Advanced Multimodal Foundation Model for Image and Video Understanding
Advancements in multimodal intelligence depend on processing and understanding images and videos. Images can reveal static scenes by providing information regarding details such as objects, text, and spatial relationships. However, this comes at the cost of being extremely challenging. Video comprehension involves tracking changes over time, among other operations, while ensuring consistency across frames, requiring…
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ByteDance AI Introduces Doubao-1.5-Pro Language Model with a ‘Deep Thinking’ Mode and Matches GPT 4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet Benchmarks at 50x Cheaper
The artificial intelligence (AI) landscape is evolving rapidly, but this growth is accompanied by significant challenges. High costs of developing and deploying large-scale AI models and the difficulty of achieving reliable reasoning capabilities are central issues. Models like OpenAI’s GPT-4 and Anthropic’s Claude have pushed the boundaries of AI, but their resource-intensive architectures often make…
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DeepSeek R1’s bold bet on reinforcement learning: How it outpaced OpenAI at 3% of the cost
DeepSeek R1’s Monday release has sent shockwaves through the AI community, disrupting assumptions about what’s required to achieve cutting-edge AI performance. This story focuses on exactly how DeepSeek managed this feat, and what it means for the vast number of users of AI models. For enterprises developing AI-driven solutions, DeepSeek’s breakthrough challenges assumptions of OpenAI’s…
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This AI Paper Explores Behavioral Self-Awareness in LLMs: Advancing Transparency and AI Safety Through Implicit Behavior Articulation
As large language models (LLMs) continue to evolve, understanding their ability to reflect on and articulate their learned behaviors has become an important aspect of research. Such capabilities, if harnessed, can contribute to more transparent and safer AI systems, enabling users to understand the models’ decision-making processes and potential vulnerabilities. One of the biggest challenges…