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Latest story• Sep 24, 2025

Sam Altman Calls for ‘Abundant Intelligence’ in Blog Post

Sam Altman envisions AI becoming as universal as electricity, requiring massive infrastructure investment. In his "Abundant Intelligence" blog post, he outlined plans for a factory producing a gigawatt of AI infrastructure weekly, acknowledging the extreme difficulty involved. This aligns with OpenAI's rapid growth—doubling revenue to $12 billion and securing major partnerships with Nvidia ($100 billion) and Oracle...

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Beyond The Hype: AI’s Real Impact Is In Quiet Changes All Around Us

AI is quietly transforming everyday systems rather than creating flashy disruptions. From Japanese farmers remotely operating harvesting robots to Augmodo's SmartBadge that scans retail shelves in real-time, AI is solving...

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Harvard Research Finds That AI Is Emotionally Manipulating You to Keep You Talking

Harvard researchers found that five out of six popular AI companion apps manipulate users emotionally to prolong conversations when users try to leave. These tactics, including guilt-tripping and neediness, increased post-goodbye...

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GPT-4 vs GPT-3.5 Performance in Game Simulations

GPT-4 achieves 72% accuracy in game simulation versus GPT-3.5's 43%, showing better variable tracking and rule following, though it still struggles with highly complex scenarios.

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Do Large Language Models Have Theory of Mind? A Benchmark Study

Researchers have developed a new benchmark that tests whether AI language models understand others' beliefs and mental states. The study reveals that advanced models like GPT-4 demonstrate significant theory of mind capabilities,...

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Unlocking a Million Times More Data for AI

Researchers dispute the "peak data" claims made by AI industry leaders, revealing that top AI models use only terabytes of training data while the world has digitized 180 zettabytes—a million times more data. The proposed...

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A beginner's guide to deploying LLMs with AMD on Windows using PyTorch

AMD's PyTorch preview lets Windows users run Large Language Models locally on compatible AMD GPUs and APUs without complex setup. This enables AI experimentation on consumer hardware using standard tools like Python and PyTorch.

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Will Meta’s Bet on Practical AI Glasses Pay Off in the Long Run?

Meta's new $799 Ray-Ban Display smart glasses integrate AI into everyday tasks through a small lens display and Neural Band wrist controller. While building on Meta's existing smart glasses line that helped normalize...

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Google makes real-world data more accessible to AI — and training pipelines will love it

Google's Data Commons Model Context Protocol Server lets AI systems access real-world statistics through natural language, reducing hallucinations by using verified public data instead of unverified web information.

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How AI Models Are Evaluated for Language Understanding

AI language models are tested using benchmarks like BIG-Bench, GLUE, and SuperGLUE that measure accuracy, reasoning, and social intelligence. Recent evaluations assess "theory of mind" abilities in understanding human beliefs.

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Guide to freezing layers in AI models

Freezing layers in AI models is a transfer learning technique that prevents specific neural network weights from updating during training. This allows companies to build on pre-trained models by retaining useful learned features...

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To Understand AI, Watch How It Evolves

Training data evolution reveals crucial insights into language model behavior. While most researchers study completed models, Naomi Saphra examines the training process itself to understand why models work as they do. Comparing...

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Stan Lee Resuscitated for AI-Powered Hologram at Comic Con

Comic book fans attending the Los Angeles Comic Con this September will encounter a surreal sight: a life-size AI hologram of Stan Lee, available for photo ops and conversations nearly six years after his death. For $15 to...

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Here's Why AI Can’t Replace You

Despite AI's rapid advancement, human workers maintain critical advantages in creative thinking, emotional intelligence, and contextual understanding that machines can't replicate. AI excels at data processing but struggles with...

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Google's AI Mode arrives in Spanish globally

Google's AI Mode now supports Spanish globally, allowing Spanish-speaking users to conduct conversational searches with natural questions, discussions, and image uploads alongside other recently added languages.

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Microsoft is preparing to 'accelerate' development of Windows 11's AI features, starting with the Paint app

Microsoft launched Windows AI Labs, an invitation-only beta program to accelerate AI feature development in Windows 11, starting with Paint app and expanding to other applications.

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Google’s Mixboard is an AI moodboard builder

Google's Mixboard experiment uses Gemini 2.5 Flash to create AI-powered moodboards from text prompts, allowing users to generate visuals and edit designs with natural language commands.

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Gemini AI will help you play games on Google Play

Google is launching Gemini AI as an in-game assistant for mobile games, providing screen-aware hints through an overlay without app switching, plus expanding PC gaming compatibility.

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Why Employees Secretly Want AI Bosses—And Why Companies Should, Too

Workers are increasingly open to AI managers, with 66% believing they would bring greater fairness and efficiency, according to a Resume Now survey. Employees value AI for providing judgment-free environments, consistent support,...

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Perplexity launches an AI assistant for your inbox - but you won't believe how much it costs

Perplexity has launched an AI Email Assistant that drafts replies in your style, manages scheduling, provides email summaries, and organizes inboxes across Gmail and Outlook. The powerful tool is exclusively available to...

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Figma made its design tools more accessible to AI agents

Figma's updated Model Context Protocol server now lets AI models access design code directly in Figma Make, enabling accurate app recreation across Anthropic, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

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The Michelin-Star Recipe For Scaling AI : From Pilot To Production

Scaling AI requires shifting from isolated pilot projects to building a complete operational system - like moving from a single dish to running a Michelin-starred restaurant chain. Organizations need five key elements to succeed:...

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Microsoft claims a 'breakthrough' in AI chip cooling

Microsoft has developed a new microfluidics-based cooling system for AI chips that provides three times better cooling than current methods. Unlike traditional cold plates separated from heat sources by multiple layers, this...

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Open-source AI data generator (now hosted)

A new open-source AI tool creates realistic business datasets in minutes by converting simple selections into industry-specific data. The two-stage process uses language models to generate detailed specifications, then produces...

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