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Sukbae Lee, one of the scientists behind the alleged superconductor LK-99, revealed that the claims were being peer-reviewed. The team’s lead researcher, Professor Kwon, was accused of publishing the viral papers without permission from the other authors. Dr Hyun-Tak Kim also criticized the papers, stating they had flaws and were published without permission. Skepticism arose […]
The author breaks their silence to address the fork of Libreboot called GNU Boot. The author, who is not a member of the GNU Boot project but wants to see it succeed, created an unofficial fork of Libreboot, called non-GeNUine Boot, for the GNU Boot project to use. The fork was created due to disagreement […]
In this web content, the author discusses the concept of invisible asymptotes and the importance of identifying them in order to sustain growth in business. The author uses Amazon as an example, highlighting how the company discovered that shipping fees were a major obstacle for customers and implemented strategies like Amazon Prime to overcome this […]
A recent study published in eLife provides the most detailed understanding yet of how a larval brain evolves into an adult brain during metamorphosis in insects. The research focuses on the mushroom body, a region of the brain that is crucial for learning and memory in both larvae and adults. During metamorphosis, the researchers found […]
China has achieved another wind power milestone with the successful installation of a turbine with a rotor diameter over twice the length of a football field. The 16-megawatt MySE 16-260 turbine, standing at 152 meters tall, has been hooked up to a commercial grid for the first time. It is capable of producing enough electricity […]
Clang is a popular compiler known for its fast compile times, generated machine code, end-to-end correctness, quality diagnostic messages, and backing from the developer community. However, despite its success, Clang’s tooling capabilities leave much to be desired. The Clang AST (abstract syntax tree) lacks important information, the Clang CFG (control-flow graph) is an approximation, and […]
In this article, the author discusses how large language models (LLMs) are being used to process and generate human-like text. These models, such as ChatGPT and Google Bard, have the ability to answer questions, translate languages, and summarize text. However, there is growing concern about their ability to generate objectionable content. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon […]
In this article, the authors discuss their application of reinforcement learning (RL) to solve the problem of automatic music playlist generation. They developed a RL framework called Action-Head DQN (AH-DQN) that optimizes playlist sequencing to maximize user satisfaction metrics. They emphasize that their use case differs from standard slate recommendation tasks as they take into […]
Mozilla is committed to developing trustworthy AI systems. They believe in the power of open source technology to ensure transparency and prevent bias. The team at Mozilla recently undertook a project to build an internal chatbot prototype that runs entirely on Mozilla’s cloud infrastructure and uses open source language models. They faced challenges in hosting, […]