The Large Memory Model (LM2) is a decoder-only Transformer architecture with an auxiliary memory module designed to improve multi-step reasoning and synthesizing information across long contexts. By incorporating a memory module that interacts with input tokens and maintains the original information flow, LM2 outperforms other models in tasks such as numerical reasoning and question-answering. Surprisingly, […]
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Three years ago, the author’s world fell apart when his open source project, OptaPlanner, was threatened. Despite its success, the project was discontinued, leading him to start Timefold AI, a PlanningAI company with commercial success while maintaining open source values. Through dedication and engineering excellence, OptaPlanner grew into a software library used in enterprises like […]
The unofficial OBS Studio Flatpak for Fedora is causing issues for users who mistakenly believe it’s the official package. This problem extends beyond OBS Studio to other Flatpaks as well, with many users frustrated by Fedora’s lack of clear opt-out options for Flatpaks. The community is calling for the removal of the unofficial package or […]
OCR4all is a completely free and open-source Optical Character Recognition tool that offers high-quality processing for challenging manuscripts and mass full-text recognition of printings. The powerful LAREX editor allows users to manually annotate, correct, or compare layout and text elements. The software is OCR-D compatible, ensuring compatibility with the OCR-D ecosystem. Users can create complex […]
Kagi Search is introducing a new privacy feature called Privacy Pass, compliant with IETF’s RFCs. This feature allows users to authenticate without revealing their identity, ensuring privacy while accessing search services. Kagi emphasizes their commitment to privacy by not tracking individual search histories. With Privacy Pass, users can search anonymously and toggling between full features […]
The author explains why cryptography is not based on NP-complete problems, highlighting the importance of average-case hardness in cryptographic schemes. They use the example of the RSA problem to demonstrate how random instances of a problem must be difficult for cryptography to be secure. The author contrasts the complexity theorist’s definition of a hard problem […]
Vance made it clear the US will not lose its AI advantage and cautioned against deals with authoritarian regimes like China. The joint declaration on international cooperation was seen as unfavorable by the US, with concerns about funding for French-speaking countries. The shift in narrative at Macron’s summit was noted, with Vance’s speech contradicting the […]
In the world of functional package managers like Nix, build reproducibility is highly valued, but not always guaranteed. Despite the marketing pitch of “Reproducible builds and deployments,” Nix has faced criticism from those dedicated to achieving bitwise reproducibility in their builds. Recently, a study spanning 6 years found that Nixpkgs saw a steady increase in […]
The race to keep expanding mobile bandwidth may be ending, as industry data reveals a slowdown in growth. Despite advancements like 5G, consumer demand for high data speeds seems to be plateauing around 1 Gb/s. Technologies like AI and holographic communications are unlikely to require much more than current networks can provide. The future of […]
The half cent coin was the smallest denomination of U.S. coin ever minted, produced from 1793 to 1857 with five different designs. The coin was made of 100% copper and was minted with no mint marks in Philadelphia Mint. Controversially, the Coinage Act of 1857 discontinued the half cent in favor of the small cent. […]