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People are turning on Elon Musk
Elon Musk’s popularity with the American public is waning, according to the latest polling average from Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin. The billionaire CEO of multiple companies wears many hats, but the most visible one of late has been as the face of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an organization that has been tearing through…
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Beyond ARC-AGI: GAIA and the search for a real intelligence benchmark
GUEST: Intelligence is pervasive, yet its measurement seems subjective. At best, we approximate its measure through tests and benchmarks. Think of college entrance exams: Every year, countless students sign up, memorize test-prep tricks and sometimes walk away with perfect scores. Does a single number, say a 100%, mean those who got it share the sa…Read…
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Simulated Musk, Zuckerberg voices are speaking from hacked crosswalk buttons
Crosswalk buttons in at least three California cities appear to have been hacked this weekend to give them the seemingly AI-generated voices of Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In videos posted online, the apparent voice of Musk begs listeners to be his friend, or that of Zuckerberg brags about “undermining democracy”…
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Smartphone tariffs are coming back in ‘a month or two,’ says Trump admin
Smartphones, laptops, and other products that are exempt from Trump’s April 9th tariffs will be lumped in with duties on semiconductors in “a month or two,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told ABC News anchor Jonathan Karl on This Week. Yesterday, the Trump administration released updated guidance that excluded smartphones, laptops, and more from Trump’s new…
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Reasoning Models Know When They’re Right: NYU Researchers Introduce a Hidden-State Probe That Enables Efficient Self-Verification and Reduces Token Usage by 24%
Artificial intelligence systems have made significant strides in simulating human-style reasoning, particularly mathematics and logic. These models don’t just generate answers—they walk through a series of logical steps to reach conclusions, offering insights into how and why those answers are produced. This step-by-step reasoning, often called Chain-of-Thought (CoT), has become vital in how machines handle…
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Code Implementation to Building a Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server and Connecting It with Claude Desktop
In this hands-on tutorial, we’ll build an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that allows Claude Desktop to fetch stock news sentiment and daily top gainers and movers via the AlphaVantage API. Since most LLMs can’t directly access real-time financial data, this solution uses MCP to provide real-time insights. We’ll expose two tools from our server:…
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How the Switch 2 compares to the ROG Ally
The Nintendo Switch 2 has entered the ring, possibly complicating your decision of which handheld to buy this year. While Nintendoâs new console, which comes out on June 5th, may seem similar to handheld gaming PCs like the Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally, thereâs a lot that sets them apart. Everything like how you…
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iPads could get more Mac-like features soon
By the time Apple releases M5-powered iPads, using iPadOS may feel closer to working on a Mac, according to Bloombergâs Mark Gurman in todayâs Power On newsletter. It wonât be macOS running on a tablet, but he writes that the changes will be significant enough to make people who want such a thing happy. Updates…
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Wool, water, Wi-Fi: Modernizing an ancient business at the final frontiers of e-commerce
One night in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, a felting artisan ended her day with a prayer. May our partners have good health. May they be ambitious, and successful, and may their businesses grow. The next morning, sisters-in-law Chinara Makashova and Nazgul Esenbaeva, and the people they worked with awoke to what seemed like a miracle: Shopify orders.…
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The Best TV Deals on 2024 Models to Skip the Tariffs
There are some great deals on last year’s top TVs and soundbars.