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.
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The United States government has formally released its guidelines regarding the export of advanced AI GPUs, specifically NVIDIA's H200 and AMD's MI325X, to China. However, these rules come with signif...
Read article →The venerable `ps` utility, a cornerstone of system administration since the Unix era, just got a significant upgrade. Dubbed `psc`, this reimagined process status tool leverages the power of eBPF (Ex...
Read article →Apple's Siri, long the subject of tech industry jokes, is poised for a major upgrade, reportedly leveraging Google's Gemini models. While the prospect of a smarter Siri is enticing, a recent poll s......
Read article →The relentless march of technology often brings with it the welcome side effect of falling prices. However, in the world of DDR5 RAM, that trend has been…uneven, shall we say? That's why Newegg's rece...
Read article →The relentless march of artificial intelligence, it appears, may soon be stymied not by algorithms or compute power, but by something far more prosaic: glass cloth. This unassuming material, critical ...
Read article →The new year brings new challenges for Apple, as the tech giant faces mounting issues with its Apple Card program while simultaneously ramping up its investment in AI infrastructure. Sources indicate ...
Read article →BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is making a significant push into the infrastructure powering the AI revolution. The company has successfully raised $12.5 billion as part of its strategi...
Read article →The future has landed squarely in your Gmail inbox. Google ([https://www.google.com/]) has officially integrated its flagship AI assistant, Gemini, into Gmail ([https://mail.google.com/]), promising t...
Read article →The age of ad-free AI is coming to an end, at least for some users. OpenAI has announced that it will begin displaying advertisements within ChatGPT for logged-in adult users in the United States on b...
Read article →The race to build truly natural conversational AI has taken a significant leap forward with the unveiling of Sparrow-1, an audio-native model developed by Tavus. Unlike traditional systems that rely o...
Read article →In an era increasingly defined by digital control, a decentralized messaging application is offering a glimmer of hope. Bitchat, the brainchild of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has unexpectedly beco...
Read article →Mark Zuckerberg's vision for the metaverse appears to be undergoing a significant recalibration. Meta has initiated layoffs within its Reality Labs division, responsible for virtual reality (VR) and a...
Read article →Sei Labs, the company focused on cutting-edge AI infrastructure, is looking to significantly bolster its DevOps capabilities in India. The Y Combinator (YC W22) alum's recent job posting signals an in...
Read article →As protests intensify across Iran and the nation grapples with a multi-day internet blackout, SpaceX has stepped in, waiving Starlink subscription fees for users in the country. Holistic Resilience, a...
Read article →Anthropic, the AI safety and research company behind the Claude LLM, is making a significant push into the Indian market. The company has appointed Irina Ghose, formerly a managing director at Microso...
Read article →Hydrosat, a Luxembourg-based startup specializing in thermal infrared satellite technology and advanced AI analytics, has closed a $60 million Series B funding round. This investment will fuel the com...
Read article →The promise of AI chatbots like ChatGPT is readily available information and guidance. But a recent tragedy in California underscores the potential dangers when that guidance veers into sensitive area...
Read article →GitHub, the ubiquitous code-hosting platform, harbors a fascinating secret: every object, from repositories to comments, possesses not one, but two distinct identifiers. This revelation, uncovered by ...
Read article →The intersection of machine learning and application development has taken an intriguing turn. A new open-source library, ExecuTorch-Ruby, now enables Ruby developers to directly run PyTorch models wi...
Read article →The race to democratize access to AI compute just got a major boost. SkyPilot, an open-source project incubated at UC Berkeley's RISELab, has emerged from stealth with a platform promising to unify th...
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