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First therapy chatbot trial shows AI can provide 'gold-standard' care

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Dartmouth researchers conducted the first clinical trial of an AI-powered therapy chatbot and found that, on average, people with diagnosed mental disorders experienced clinically significant improvements in their symptoms over eight weeks, according to results published in& NEJM AI, a journal from the publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine.

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VibE: A Visual Analytics Workflow for Semantic Error Analysis of CVML Models at Subgroup Level

Machine Learning Research at Apple

Effective error analysis is critical for the successful development and deployment of CVML models. One approach to understanding model errors is to summarize the common characteristics of error samples. This can be particularly challenging in tasks that utilize unstructured, complex data such as images, where patterns are not always obvious. Another method is to analyze error distributions across pre-defined categories, which requires analysts to hypothesize about potential error causes in advan

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The Secret History of the War in Ukraine

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This is the untold story of Americas hidden role in Ukrainian military operations against Russias invading armies.

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For this computer scientist, MIT Open Learning was the start of a life-changing journey

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MIT Research Scientist Ana Triovi went from a student downloading MIT Open Learning resources in Serbia to becoming a computer scientist at CERN, Harvard, and MIT.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook For Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Document-heavy workflows slow down productivity, bury institutional knowledge, and drain resources. But with the right AI implementation, these inefficiencies become opportunities for transformation. So how do you identify where to start and how to succeed? Learn how to develop a clear, practical roadmap for leveraging AI to streamline processes, automate knowledge work, and unlock real operational gains.

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Rare Merlin and King Arthur manuscript fragment discovered in book binding

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Fragments of a rare Merlin manuscript from the 1200s discovered and digitised in a ground-breaking three-year project at Cambridge University Library.

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The Five Things You Shouldn’t Tell ChatGPT

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Dont let your mystery rash become AI training fodderor turn up in a data breach Ive learned a lot from OpenAIs ChatGPT over the past few years. And the bot has learned a lot about The AI picked up factoids from our many conversations and banked them in its memory.

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AI Experts Say We’re on the Wrong Path to Achieving Human-Like AI

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An extensive report on the future of AI research indicated that there's skepticism about current approaches to AGI.

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Met Police smash down door of Quaker meeting house to arrest activists

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What Is Vibe Coding? And Why Should You Care?

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AI is fundamentally changing how software is built. Gone are the days of facing an empty editor, writing each line of code individually.

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Installing air filters in classrooms has surprisingly large educational benefits

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$1,000 can raise a classs test scores by as much as cutting class size by a third.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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Why Adding a Full Hard Drive Can Make a Computer More Powerful

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Ten years ago, researchers proved that adding full memory can theoretically aid computation. Theyre just now beginning to understand the implications.

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The average college student today

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The hottest AI models, what they do, and how to use them

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AI models are being cranked out at a dizzying pace, by everyone from Big Tech companies like Google to startups like OpenAI and Anthropic. Keeping track of the latest ones can be overwhelming. Adding to the confusion is that AI models are often promoted based on industry benchmarks.

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A decision to eject from a failing F-35B fighter and the betrayal in its wake

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Exclusive: A decorated Marine colonel who ejected out of a failing F-35B stealth fighter over North Charleston in 2023 tells the story about what happened and how it affected his military career.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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$40B into the furnace: As OpenAI adds a million users an hour, the race for enterprise AI dominance hits a new gear

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In a move that surprised the tech industry Monday, OpenAI said it has secured a monumental $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank, catapulting its valuation to an unprecedented $300 billion making it the largest private equity investment on record.

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Isar Aerospace launches Spectrum, fails early in first stage flight

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Isar Aerospace, based near Munich, Germany, made the first-ever launch attempt of its Spectrum two-stage…

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AI Agents Are Coming For Your Job Tasks—Here's How To Stay Ahead

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ChatGPT and other large-language chatbots are great and have revolutionized many aspects of work. However, they have one big drawback: they talk the talk but can't walk the walk. The next wave of AI disruption will be different.

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It's the hottest car company. You can't buy one in America

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In the world of electric vehicles (EV), a Chinese car maker has gotten the upper hand over Tesla in just a few years. And it seems to be just getting started.

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?

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Watch eerie video of humanoid robot 'army' marching naturally, thanks to a major AI upgrade

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Figure 02's human-like gait is the product of the company's simulated reinforcement learning system, and is just the beginning of its plans to make its robots perform physical tasks more naturally.

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Rust Any part 3: we have upcasts

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Some good news is coming in Rust 1.

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I Saw the AI Future of Video Games: It Starts With a Character Hopping Over a Box

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At the 2025 Game Developers Conference, graphics-chip maker Nvidia showed off its latest tools that use generative AI to augment future games.

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Public secrets exposure leads to supply chain attack on GitHub CodeQL

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An exposed GitHub token could have been used to launch a supply chain attack on GitHub CodeQL, resulting in source code exposure and repository tampering of CodeQL users.

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Apache Airflow® Best Practices: DAG Writing

Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

In this new webinar, Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate, will walk you through many Airflow best practices and advanced features that can help you make your pipelines more manageable, adaptive, and robust. She'll focus on how to write best-in-class Airflow DAGs using the latest Airflow features like dynamic task mapping and data-driven scheduling!

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Study Finds AI Chatbot Can Improve Mental Health

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AI chatbot therapy helps those with anxiety, depression, and eating disorders.

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The Mediocrity of Modern Google

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These days, whenever I think about Google, I recall a line from Madame Bovary.

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Are We At Peak AI Bubble And The Cusp Of ‘AI Moment’?

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The AI bubble may burst soon, followed by a period of reckoning, and then the emergence of productive AI-based business practices.

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Can Earth's rotation generate power? Physicists divided over controversial claim

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Experiments suggest that an unusual magnetic material can help harness energy from the planet’s rotation. But not everyone is convinced. Experiments suggest that an unusual magnetic material can help harness energy from the planet’s rotation. But not everyone is convinced.

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

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Forget ChatGPT— this site offers mind-blowing AI image generation for free

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After initially rolling out ChatGPT's image generation feature for free, OpenAI has recently implemented temporary rate limits due to overwhelming

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Vitodeploy: Self hosted Laravel Forge alternative

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Free, Open-Source, and Self-Hosted Server Management Tool

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Chatbot Confidential: How to Protect Your Privacy When Using AI Chatbots

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A podcast series that examines the risks that come with using generative AI-powered chatbots and how to keep your data safe Millions of people use generative AI chatbots such as OpenAIs ChatGPT and Anthropics Claude for help with drafting tricky work emails, planning summer vacations and

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Lapham's Quarterly Announces New Stewardship

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The magazine will relaunch under the stewardship of Bard College and its Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities in 2025.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?