7 h. ago Researchers say they’ve discovered a new method of ‘scaling up’ AI, but there’s reason to be skeptical

Have researchers discovered a new AI “scaling law”? That’s what some buzz on social media suggests — but experts are skeptical. AI scaling laws, a bit of an informal concept, describe how the performance of AI models improves as the size of the datasets and computing resources used to train them increases. Until roughly a […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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6 d. ago A Groundbreaking Ship That Sank in Lake Superior in 1892 Is Discovered

After searching for two years, researchers discovered the shipwreck of the Western Reserve, an early all-steel ship that broke apart in a gale in 1892 with a sole survivor.

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2 w. ago Study finds Japanese buildings absorb 14% of cement production's carbon footprint

A team of Japanese researchers has discovered that Japan's concrete structures—including buildings and infrastructure—absorb and store about 14% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated during cement production.

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2 w. ago Seawater purification technique outperforms commonly used materials, even activated carbon

Researchers have discovered a new technique for improving the electrodes that convert seawater into potable water using oxygen. The findings were reported in Nature Communications. The research was led by Yusuke Yamauchi at Nagoya University, Japan in collaboration with Xingtao Xu at Zhejiang Ocean University,

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2 w. ago AI models trained on unsecured code become toxic, study finds

A group of AI researchers has discovered a curious — and troubling — phenomenon: Models say some pretty toxic stuff after being fine-tuned on unsecured code. In a recently published paper, the group explained that training models, including OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Alibaba’s Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct, on code that contains vulnerabilities leads the models to give dangerous advice, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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3 w. ago Research Team Led by Wuhan's 'Batwoman' Finds Bat Coronavirus in China

Researchers have discovered a bat coronavirus in China that is raising concerns, but the risk of it infecting humans is reportedly low. The post Research Team Led by Wuhan’s ‘Batwoman’ Finds Bat Coronavirus in China appeared first on Breitbart.

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