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Junk data from X makes large language models lose reasoning skills, researchers show

Researchers have found that large language models permanently lose performance when they are continually trained on trivial online content, especially short and popular social media posts. This type ...
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Misleading claims that most web content is now AI-generated are spreading on social media

A study making the rounds on social media claims that more than half of all web content is "created by AI instead of humans." According to the study, a piece of writing is considered "AI-generated" if ...
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Meta AI's Yann LeCun says he played only an indirect role in the development of Llama models

Meta AI researcher Yann LeCun is distancing himself from the Llama models. In a recent post on X, LeCun said he "has not been involved in any Llama," except for a "very indirect" role in Llama 1 and ...
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Alibaba unveils Quark AI Glasses and a new AI Chat Assistant based on its Qwen models

Alongside the headset, Alibaba is rolling out a new AI Chat Assistant inside the Quark app. The chatbot supports both text and voice input, and can handle tasks like photo editing and task management.
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ChatGPT Atlas carries significant security risks, OpenAI warns

OpenAI's new browser, ChatGPT Atlas, could pose security risks, according to the company’s head of security, Dane Stuckey. One of the biggest issues involves so-called prompt injections. In these ...
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Microsoft Copilot introduces a group chat feature that lets up to 32 people collaborate in real time

According to the company, up to 32 people can brainstorm, plan, or write together in real time. Copilot summarizes conversations, suggests options, and distributes tasks. The group chat runs through a ...
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Apple seeks AI researchers for reasoning even as its own study questions current models

Apple recently published a widely discussed study revealing major weaknesses in current reasoning models. Now, the company is hiring for exactly this area. A new opening on Apple's MIND team in ...
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Meta cuts 600 AI jobs to reduce "overly bureaucratic" AI efforts

Meta is laying off about 600 employees from its core AI research (FAIR), product AI, and infrastructure teams. According to an internal memo from AI chief Alexandr Wang seen by Axios, the move is ...
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OpenAI launches Atlas, a new web browser built around ChatGPT integration

Atlas is designed to make everyday web tasks easier with AI support, and it's now available worldwide for macOS. Versions for Windows, iOS, and Android are in the works, but OpenAI hasn't announced ...
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Deepseek's OCR system compresses image-based text so AI can handle much longer documents

Chinese AI company Deepseek has built an OCR system that compresses image-based text documents for language models, aiming to let AI handle much longer contexts without running into memory limits. The ...
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Adobe unveils AI Foundry for custom enterprise generative AI models

Adobe is launching AI Foundry, a service for companies that want to build their own generative AI models. The platform uses Adobe's Firefly models, which are trained entirely on licensed data. With AI ...
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A parody website mocks the hype and dangers of the current large language model boom

The sign, with slogans like "Our AI does your daughter's homework" and "Deepfakes her," directs viewers to Replacement.ai, a parody site satirizing the hype and dangers of Silicon Valley's AI boom.