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How old is Elmo really? Here’s why the Sesame Street character has a set age

08 December 2022, Thuringia, Erfurt: The Sesame Street character Elmo looks through an "A" made of cardboard during a set date at filming in a studio of MDR Landesfunkhaus Thüringen. On January 8, ...
Wired

AI Models Are Starting to Learn by Asking Themselves Questions

An AI model that learns without human input—by posing interesting queries for itself—might point the way to superintelligence. Save this story Save this story Even the smartest artificial intelligence ...
Phys.org

Connections between coral reefs boost their health

Coral reefs may seem like paradise, but they are being degraded by a range of global and local factors, including climate change, poor water quality, and overfishing. New research reveals that ...
International Monetary Fund

GDP Nowcasting Performance of Traditional Econometric Models vs Machine-Learning Algorithms: Simulation and Case Studies

Are Machine Learning (ML) algorithms superior to traditional econometric models for GDP nowcasting in a time series setting? Based on our evaluation of all models from both classes ever used in ...
marktechpost

Nested Learning: A New Machine Learning Approach for Continual Learning that Views Models as Nested Optimization Problems to Enhance Long Context Processing

How can we build AI systems that keep learning new information over time without forgetting what they learned before or retraining from scratch? Google Researchers has introduced Nested Learning, a ...
Business Insider

I rented a Model Y for my first long-distance drive. I struggled with it for all the reasons people love the EV.

I rented a Tesla Model Y for my first long drive, and it came with a surprising learning curve. From braking to navigation, the Tesla felt very different from anything I had driven before. The ...
InfoQ

Google DeepMind Launches EmbeddingGemma, an Open Model for On-Device Embeddings

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...
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Enhancing Oncology-Specific Question Answering With Large Language Models Through Fine-Tuned Embeddings With Synthetic Data

Enhancing Readability of Lay Abstracts and Summaries for Urologic Oncology Literature Using Generative Artificial Intelligence: BRIDGE-AI 6 Randomized Controlled Trial The recent advancements of ...