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New algorithm helps enhance LLM collaboration for smarter, more efficient solutions

Ever been asked a question you only knew part of the answer to? To give a more informed response, your best move would be to phone a friend with more knowledge on the subject.

Computer Sciences

Novel framework allows for automated tuning of large-scale neuronal models

Developing large-scale neural network models that mimic the brain's activity is a major goal in the field of computational neuroscience. Existing models that accurately reproduce aspects of brain activity are notoriously ...

Computer Sciences

New research could make weird AI images a thing of the past

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has notoriously struggled to create consistent images, often getting details like fingers and facial symmetry wrong. Moreover, these models can completely fail when prompted to generate ...

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Hybrid optimization algorithm helps detect hidden messages in digital images

Research in the International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering describes a new approach to spotting messages hidden in digital images. The work contributes to the field of steganalysis, which plays a key role ...

Software

Quantum algorithm adopted by Google and IBM

An algorithm developed by Prakash Vedula, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Oklahoma School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, has been incorporated into advanced computing software developed by Google and IBM. ...

Computer Sciences

Exploring the fundamental reasoning abilities of LLMs

Reasoning, the process through which human beings mentally process information to draw specific conclusions or solve problems, can be divided into two main categories. The first type of reasoning, known as deductive reasoning, ...

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Google's GameNGen simulates parts of video game Doom

A team of researchers from Google Research, Google Deep Mind and Tel Aviv University reports that it is possible to use machine learning applications to recreate and simulate parts or all of an existing video game.

Computer Sciences

Universal accelerator finds faster answers to complex problems

A good machine-learning algorithm is a powerful research accelerator. Pair it with a computer simulation and it can sniff out mathematical shortcuts through the program, propelling scientists to faster insights about the ...

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New tool detects fake, AI-produced scientific articles

When ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence can produce scientific articles that look real—especially to someone outside that field of research—what's the best way to figure out which ones are fake?

Hardware

Thinking about the rise of brain-inspired computing

The recent widespread and long-lasting chaos caused by Microsoft outages across the globe exemplifies just how integral computing has become to our lives. Yet, as computer hardware and software improve, arguably the most ...

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Five ways to model text using networks

The explosive growth of AI "chatbots" over the last few years and their ability to generate text that simulates human writing, often very accurately, has focused attention on how text is structured.

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New tech boosts real-time data compression for AI

Information and communication technologies, such as IoT and cloud computing, are cornerstones of modern society. The efficiency of these services depends heavily on the speed of processing and transmitting digital data, including ...

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Expert discusses how deepfakes are being used

Digital tools can alter images of ourselves and others in ways that are more convincing and harder to detect than ever before. They can create spectacular special effects in movies. But they are also used with the images ...

Internet

Researchers predict seller success on dark web markets

Researchers from Leiden University have developed a method to predict which sellers will be successful in illegal online marketplaces. This could help the police track down big players on the dark web, the hidden part of ...

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AI tool challenges betting sites with Grammy predictions

Whether it's the Oscars, the Tonys, or the Grammys, observers annually make predictions as to which actor, film, musical, or song will win these coveted awards—with forecasts based on what experts say impresses the voters. ...

Computer Sciences

Breaking MAD: Generative AI could break the internet

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) models like OpenAI's GPT-4o or Stability AI's Stable Diffusion are surprisingly capable at creating new text, code, images and videos. Training them, however, requires such vast amounts ...