Research Correspondent
Elena Voss covers model development and the ideas behind new research. Her beat follows the distance between a promising paper and a result that holds up outside the lab. She favors clear explanations, original sources and questions that a benchmark score alone cannot answer.
2,909 published articles · Showing 1981–2000
The artificial intelligence landscape is heating up, and Chinese startup Zhipu is feeling the burn – albeit a good one. The company announced today that it's throttling access to its GLM Coding Pla......
Read article →The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has become a stark showcase of modern warfare, with drones playing a pivotal role in reconnaissance, artillery spotting, and even direct attacks. Now......
Read article →The future of distributed computing just got a significant boost. New research demonstrates the necessity of cooperative transmissions for optimizing wireless MapReduce systems, paving the way for ......
Read article →Comic-Con, the annual mecca for comic book enthusiasts and artists, has officially banned AI-generated art from its upcoming 2026 convention. This decision comes after months of vocal protests from......
Read article →The race to secure America’s energy future just got a significant boost. Zanskar, a Salt Lake City-based startup leveraging artificial intelligence to pinpoint previously overlooked geothermal reso......
Read article →A new algorithm called BallotRank could revolutionize ranked-choice voting systems. Developed by researchers, BallotRank is a ranked preference aggregation method built on a modified PageRank algor......
Read article →Instagram head Adam Mosseri's recent pronouncements on AI's growing role on the platform have sparked debate about the future of authenticity online. As AI-generated content becomes more prevalent,......
Read article →Elon Musk is reportedly pushing for a SpaceX initial public offering (IPO) as early as July, according to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal. The move appears to be driven, in part, by a desi......
Read article →As enterprises increasingly rely on AI for mission-critical tasks, the risk of model outages looms large. Today, TrueFoundry ([https://www....
Read article →YouTube CEO Neal Mohan has outlined his priorities for 2026, and a central theme is the platform's battle against what he terms "AI slop" – low-quality, AI-generated content that threatens to overw......
Read article →Adobe Acrobat is leveling up the PDF experience with a suite of new AI-powered features. The update, announced today, brings generative AI directly into Acrobat and Acrobat Studio, promising to tra......
Read article →The AI landscape is shifting once again, this time with a bold merger poised to reshape cloud computing for machine learning. Lightning AI, the company behind the popular open-source PyTorch Lightn......
Read article →Netflix is set to fully embrace the vertical video format later this year, a move that could fundamentally alter how we consume streamed content. The streaming giant has been testing the waters for......
Read article →Davos, Switzerland – Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered a stark message at the World Economic Forum today: the burgeoning AI sector is at risk of an investment bubble even as it begins to deliver ta......
Read article →The race to build better AI forecasters just hit a major roadblock. A new study reveals a fundamental flaw in how we benchmark the ability of Large Language Models (LLMs) to predict future events....
Read article →A new artificial intelligence model called Fine-grained Correspondence Pose Estimation (FiCoP) is making waves in the field of robotics. Developed by researchers, FiCoP enables robots to manipulate......
Read article →The quest for artificial general intelligence (AGI) took a significant leap forward today with the unveiling of Reinforced Agent Merging (RAM), a novel technique poised to revolutionize how we trai......
Read article →The quest to design fluorescent molecules with specific optical and physical properties has long been a bottleneck in fields ranging from medical imaging to materials science. Traditional methods s......
Read article →The world of AI recommendations is about to get a whole lot smarter. A new paper published on arXiv details a groundbreaking approach called Entropy-Guided Latent Reasoning (EGLR) that promises to ......
Read article →Imagine a world with significantly reduced traffic congestion, thanks to a novel approach combining microscopic and macroscopic traffic modeling. A new paper published on arXiv details a hybrid num......
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