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Optical illusion: Only people with X-ray vision can spot the cat in this image in under 15 seconds
5+ hour, 18+ min ago (269+ words) Optical illusions and brain teasers do more than simply entertain'they challenge perception and encourage us to look beyond the obvious. Put your observation skills to the test with one of the internet's trickiest visual puzzles, which has left many netizens…...
IIT Programs 2026: AI, Design, Computational Engineering courses among new options for JEE Advanced qualifiers
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (436+ words) The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, announced the JEE Advanced results on Monday, June 1. The Jo SAA counselling has also started on June 2. Students who have passed the JEE Advanced examination are not wondering which branch to choose for further…...
The cost, and the value of intelligence
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (150+ words) PREVIOUSLY ON NEURAL DISPATCH Here's a minor detail'June 30th is the last day of Microsoft's financial year. Cancelling Claude Code licenses at that cutoff helps cut some operating expenses, ahead of their new financial year. They aren't the only ones. THE…...
AI models are being used to predict conflict
2+ week, 3+ day ago (719+ words) | World News Hindustan Times AI models are being used to predict conflict Good data are hard to come by AS AN UNEASY truce holds between America and Iran, experts are struggling to predict what new phase the conflict may enter…...
Who is Andrej Karpathy? Open AI cofounder and one of AI's most influential figures joins Anthropic
3+ week, 20+ hour ago (414+ words) Andrej Karpathy, a founding member of Open AI, has joined Anthropic. The 39-year-old announced his move to Anthropic on Tuesday, saying he was "very excited to join the team" and return to research and development. "Personal update: I've joined Anthropic....
Scientifically Speaking: The fake disease that fooled AI
3+ week, 12+ hour ago (382+ words) If you have spent too much time staring at screens lately, you may have developed sore, itchy eyes, perhaps even a slight pinkish hue in your eyelids. If you asked one of the AI chatbots what was wrong with you,…...
IIT Kanpur introduces 4 online M. Tech programs on AI, Machine Learning, Project Management and more
3+ week, 2+ day ago (291+ words) Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Kanpur, has launched 4 online M. Tech programs in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Construction Engineering & Project Management, Smart Grid, and Sustainable Energy Technologies. The programs have been launched as part of the second cycle of its online…...
Narrative of scientific progress seen through narrow lens: Jaishankar at maths exhibition inaugural
4+ week, 1+ day ago (894+ words) United Nations, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar inaugurated an exhibition highlighting Indian civilisation's contributions to mathematics, noting that the global narrative of scientific progress has long been viewed through a "narrow lens" and stressing the need to "right" historical distortions....
Fake citations surged 12-fold since 2023, audit of 2. 5 million biomedical papers reveals
4+ week, 2+ day ago (335+ words) New Delhi, An audit of 2. 5 million biomedical research papers has revealed that nearly 3, 000 contained fake citations absent in scientific databases, highlighting an alarming trend in academic publishing as the use of artificial intelligence grows. The papers were published between January…...
Building quant skills for modern finance: IIM Ahmedabad's Advanced Programme in Quantitative Finance and Risk Management
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (535+ words) Do you know how the price of a complex derivative is actually worked out? Or what goes into measuring risk across portfolios when markets turn volatile? Much of this happens through quantitative models that are built and applied behind the…...