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 […]
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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, […]
On July 8, 2023, user accounts on the Vivaldi Social Mastodon instance started disappearing. The incident began when the author noticed that their home timeline was empty after logging back in. They quickly reached out to colleagues who experienced the same issue. It was discovered that the affected accounts had been deleted and re-created as […]
The author of this web content discusses their inspiration for the concept of a cyberdeck, which is a mobile computer with a cyberpunkish look and feel. They explain that the idea of a cyberdeck originated from the portrayal of decks in popular novels and role-play games. The author notes that decks are still attractive to […]
In this blog post, the author provides an update to their analysis of a paper that proposed a text classification method using gzip and k-nearest neighbors (kNN). The paper claimed that this “simple” method outperformed benchmarks, including language models like BERT. However, the author identifies several issues with the paper’s methodology, including contaminated datasets and […]
Mark Zuckerberg has revealed that Meta’s new social media platform, Threads, has lost more than half of its users. The platform gained over 100 million users within five days of its launch, but retention has been an issue. Zuckerberg acknowledged the situation as “normal” and expects retention to improve as new features are added. He […]