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Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Alibaba’s ZeroSearch Teaches AI To Search Without Search Engines, Cuts Training Costs By 88%
Alibaba Group researchers have developed “ZeroSearch,” a technique that enables large language models to acquire search capabilities without using external search engines during training. The approach transforms LLMs into retrieval modules through supervised fine-tuning and employs a “curriculum-based rollout strategy” that gradually degrades generated document quality. In tests across seven Read more…
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You Won’t Lose Your Job To AI, But To Someone Who Uses It
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang has served up another blunt take on the job market as AI permeates society. “You will not lose your job to AI, but will lose it to someone who uses it,” Huang said at the Milken Institute Conference. Added Huang, “I recommend 100% take Read more…
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Google To Fund Development of Three Nuclear Power Sites
Google has partnered with Elementl Power to develop at least 600 MW of nuclear capacity at each of three planned sites. It’s unknown where the three proposed sites will be located or how much Google is investing. The two companies will work “with utility and regulated power partners to identify Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
Dangerous Fungal Spores May Travel the Globe On ‘Stratospheric Superhighway’
Scientists have captured fungal spores cruising in the inhospitable environment of the stratosphere, much higher than commercial aircraft fly. When brought back to the lab, the researchers found that some of the spores — including pathogens of plants and people — had survived intercontinental trips and could be cultured in Read more…
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Zuckerberg’s Grand Vision: Most of Your Friends Will Be AI
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is aggressively promoting a future where AI becomes the dominant form of social interaction, claiming that AI friends, therapists, and business agents will soon outnumber human relationships. During a recent media blitz across multiple podcasts and a Stripe conference appearance, Zuckerberg cited statistics suggesting “the average Read more…
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Ghost Students Are Creating an ‘Agonizing’ Problem For California Colleges
When the pandemic upended the world of higher education, Robin Pugh, a professor at City College of San Francisco, began to see one puzzling problem in her online courses: Not everyone was a real student. Of the 40 students enrolled in her popular introduction to real estate course, Pugh said Read more…