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LLMs as Code Architects: Meta’s New Approach to Precise Code Transformations
Tools designed for rewriting, refactoring, and optimizing code should prioritize both speed and accuracy. Large language models (LLMs), however, often lack these critical attributes. Despite these limitations, there remains significant potential for leveraging LLMs to enhance code quality. In a new paper Don’t Transform the Code, Code the Transforms: Towards Precise Code Rewriting using LLMs,…
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Multi-Scale Neural Audio Codec (SNAC): An Wxtension of Residual Vector Quantization that Uses Quantizers Operating at Multiple Temporal Resolutions
Neural audio compression has emerged as a critical challenge in digital signal processing, particularly in achieving efficient audio representation while preserving quality. Traditional audio codecs, despite their widespread use, face limitations in achieving lower bitrates without compromising audio fidelity. While recent neural compression methods have demonstrated superior performance in reducing bitrates, they encounter significant challenges…
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What do jumping spiders find sexy? How DIY tech is offering insights into the animal mind.
In his quest to understand the hermit crab housing market, biologist Mark Laidre of Dartmouth College had to get creative. Crabs are always looking to move into a bigger, better shell, but having really nice digs also comes with risks. Sometimes crabs gang up to pull an inhabitant out of an especially desirable shell. If…
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Online Talk About ‘Civil War’ Could Inspire Real-World Violence, DHS Warns Cops
The agency also cautioned that it’s unable to get a grasp on the full scale of the threat, due to extremists increasingly using encrypted chat tools.
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Loop Switch 2 Review: Volume-Adjustable Earplugs
These earplugs let you fine-tune your noise reduction—within reason.
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Using Artificial Intelligence Is Easier Than You Think
WIRED’s AI Unlocked newsletter about using chatbots and other generative AI tools is back for a second season. We’ve incorporated reader feedback and answered your burning questions.
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CIOs face mounting pressure as AI costs and complexities threaten enterprise value
CIOs are under increasing pressure to deliver meaningful returns from generative AI initiatives, yet spiraling costs and complex governance challenges are undermining their efforts, according to Gartner. Despite AI’s potential to transform businesses, many senior technology leaders find themselves wrestling with unpredictable expenses, uneven productivity gains, and growing risks as AI adoption scales, Gartner said.…
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Tiger Siphonysta Review: Fun Yet Flawed Coffee Brewer
The niche coffee maker brews a great cup of coffee. But at this price, parts of the machine should be better quality.
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Nintendo Alarmo Review: Nagging Nostalgia
Nintendo’s alarm clock does less than we want it to for more than we want to pay. You might want to buy one anyway.
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German Federal Foreign Office uses AI to get personal
With about 12,000 employees worldwide, along with offices in Bonn and Berlin and approximately 230 missions, the reach of the German Federal Foreign Office is vast, connecting with citizens abroad, along with other governments and international organizations. But in the modern age, the agency realized that its system of digitally managing citizen requests was outdated. The pressure…