According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple has “made progress” on a chip for a product that could rival the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. The company is also reportedly working on glasses that use augmented reality. The Verge reports: The chip is apparently based on the chips Apple uses for the Read more…
Facing deep staffing cuts, the IRS plans to lean heavily on AI to maintain tax collection efforts, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stating that smarter IT and the “AI boom” will offset reductions in revenue enforcement staff. When asked by Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) whether proposed reductions in the IRS’s Read more…
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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…
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…
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…
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…