Machine learning & AI
In Diplomacy, a strategy game set on the eve of World War I, success hinges not on luck but the ability to negotiate. Players, each representing the armed forces of a European superpower, spend much of their time building ...
Aug 15, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Ask a large language model (LLM) like GPT-4 to smell a rain-soaked campsite, and it'll politely decline. Ask the same system to describe that scent to you, and it'll wax poetic about "an air thick with anticipation" and "a ...
Aug 14, 2024
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Robotics
New research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst shows that programming robots to create their own teams and voluntarily wait for their teammates results in faster task completion, with the potential to improve manufacturing, ...
Aug 13, 2024
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Business
U.S. firms that use cloud-computing services are more likely to export their products and services, according to a new study by researchers at Penn State and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The team said the findings ...
Aug 13, 2024
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Computer Sciences
According to a new study led by TU Darmstadt, AI models such as ChatGPT are apparently less capable of learning independently than previously assumed.
Aug 12, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Do you find yourself doom-scrolling, or spending more time than you should consuming negative news on the internet and social media and want to stop? Well, there's now an app for that.
Aug 12, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Power grid operators, such as National Grid in the UK, rely on high-performance computers to plan grid expansions and to schedule when energy should be produced from different sources. These problems are becoming larger and ...
Aug 9, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Leading Chinese chipmaker SMIC announced Thursday a sharp year-on-year drop in profits during the second quarter, as a domestic price war and technological rivalry between Beijing and Washington show no signs of abating.
Aug 8, 2024
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Internet
A federal judge has branded Google as a ruthless monopolist bent on suffocating its competitors. But how do you go about creating alternatives to a search engine that's synonymous with internet exploration?
Aug 7, 2024
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Hardware
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 ...
Aug 5, 2024
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