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What's coming next for LLMs and AI agents?
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (865+ words) Three or four years ago, we were super excited when our [AI] models could solve eighth-grade math problems," Jeff Dean, chief scientist, Google Deep Mind and Google Research, said during a panel discussion at Nvidia's GTC developer show last week....
GPT 5. 4 solves previously unsolved math problem with help from long-forgotten human research
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (184+ words) GPT just keeps getting better at mathematics, increasingly solving the trickiest of problems. In January, AI testing company Epoch AI found that a previous version of the AI model, GPT-5. 2 Pro had solved 31% of its mathematical challenges, a rise from…...
LLMs bow to pressure, changing answers when challenged: Deep Mind study
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (389+ words) Large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4o and Google's Gemma may appear confident, but new research suggests their reasoning can break down under pressure, raising concerns for enterprise applications that rely on multi-turn AI interactions. A study by researchers at…...
Researchers propose a self-distillation fix for "catastrophic forgetting" in LLMs
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (630+ words) A new fine-tuning technique aims to solve "catastrophic forgetting," a limitation that often complicates repeated model updates in enterprise deployments. Researchers at MIT, the Improbable AI Lab, and ETH Zurich have introduced'a fine-tuning method'designed to let models learn new tasks…...
Linux " Page 7 " Computerworld " United Kingdom
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (256+ words) Linux | News, how-tos, features, reviews, and videos In today's Linux tip, we're going to look at the lsblk command, which provides useful information on block devices. In today's Linux tip, we look at the apropos command " a command that helps…...
AI Nuclear Rules, France Zoom Ban, Microsoft Maia 200 | Ep. 43
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (302+ words) In today's 2-Minute Tech Briefing, the Department of Energy trims nuclear reactor rules to accelerate small modular reactors (SMR) for AI power. France moves to replace Zoom and Teams in government with Visio. Microsoft unveils Maia 200, a new Azure inference…...
IT Strategy " Computerworld " New Zealand
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (428+ words) IT Strategy | News, how-tos, features, reviews, and videos Like many companies, Ernst & Young and Lumen have been working to bring AI tools and services into their respective operations. But they've taken very different approaches to find success. Panelists at this…...
IT Strategy " Computerworld " United Kingdom
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (463+ words) IT Strategy | News, how-tos, features, reviews, and videos Like many companies, Ernst & Young and Lumen have been working to bring AI tools and services into their respective operations. But they've taken very different approaches to find success. Panelists at this…...
IT Strategy " Computerworld
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (415+ words) IT Strategy | News, how-tos, features, reviews, and videos Like many companies, Ernst & Young and Lumen have been working to bring AI tools and services into their respective operations. But they've taken very different approaches to find success. Panelists at this…...
Open AI's GPT is getting better at mathematics
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (235+ words) Open AI's GPT-5. 2 Pro does better at solving sophisticated math problems than older versions of the company's top large language model, according to a new study by Epoch AI, a non-profit research institute. GPT-5. 2 Pro solved four problems that had…...