Unlike conventional LLMs, these SR models take extra time to produce responses, and this extra time often increases performance on tasks involving math, physics, and science. And this latest open model is turning heads for apparently quickly catching up to OpenAI. For example, DeepSeek reports that R1 outperformed OpenAI’s o1 on several benchmarks and tests,… Read More »
On Monday, the US government announced a new round of regulations on global AI chip exports, dividing the world into roughly three tiers of access. The rules create quotas for about 120 countries and allow unrestricted access for 18 close US allies while maintaining existing bans on China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. AI-accelerating GPU… Read More »
“A muscular barbarian breaking a CRT television set with a weapon, cinematic, 8K, studio lighting” “A scared woman in a Victorian outfit running through a forest, dolly shot” “Low angle static shot: A teddy bear sitting on a picnic blanket in a park, eating a slice of pizza. The teddy bear is brown and fluffy,… Read More »
In the spirit of not cherry-picking any results, everything you see was the first generation we received for the prompt listed above it. “A highly intelligent person reading ‘Ars Technica’ on their computer when the screen explodes” “A cat in a car drinking a can of beer, beer commercial” “Will Smith eating spaghetti“ “Robotic humanoid… Read More »
Enlarge / Still from a Chinese social media video featuring two people imitating imperfect AI-generated video outputs. reader comments 46 It’s no secret that despite significant investment from companies like OpenAI and Runway, AI-generated videos still struggle to achieve convincing realism at times. Some of the most amusing fails end up on social media, which… Read More »
Enlarge / Cisco Systems headquarters in San Jose, California. reader comments 56 A Florida resident was sentenced to 78 months for running a counterfeit scam that generated $100 million in revenue from fake networking gear and put the US military’s security at risk, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday. Onur Aksoy, aka Ron… Read More »
Getty Images reader comments 14 A federal Cyber Safety Review Board has issued its report on what led to last summer’s capture of hundreds of thousands of emails by Chinese hackers from cloud customers, including federal agencies. It cites “a cascade of security failures at Microsoft” and finds that “Microsoft’s security culture was inadequate” and… Read More »
Enlarge / A Google sign stands in front of the building on the sidelines of the opening of the new Google Cloud data center in Hesse, Hanau, opened in October 2023. reader comments 48 On Wednesday, authorities arrested former Google software engineer Linwei Ding in Newark, California, on charges of stealing AI trade secrets from… Read More »
Getty Images reader comments 52 More than 1,000 Ubiquiti routers in homes and small businesses were infected with malware used by Russian-backed agents to coordinate them into a botnet for crime and spy operations, according to the Justice Department. That malware, which worked as a botnet for the Russian hacking group Fancy Bear, was removed… Read More »
Enlarge / The New Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzen is made to be pointed at, rapidly, in a crowded environment. Machinery Enchantress / Crowd Supply reader comments 11 “Hong Kong has better food, Shanghai has better nightlife. But when it comes to making things—no one can beat Shenzen.” Many things about the Hua Qiang… Read More »