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Forget Keyword Imitation: ByteDance AI Maps Molecular Bonds in AI Reasoning to Stabilize Long Chain-of-Thought Performance and Reinforcement Learning (RL) Training

ByteDance Seed recently dropped a research that might change how we build reasoning AI. For years, devs and AI researchers have struggled to ‘cold-start’ Large Language Models (LLMs) into Long Chain-of-Thought (Long CoT) models. Most models lose their way or fail to transfer patterns during multi-step reasoning. The ByteDance team discovered the problem: we have […]

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These are the nine best US laptop backpacks for hauling tech gear on the go – tested

Your $1,000 laptop deserves a protective home on the road. A tech journalist and frequent traveler recommends his nine favoritesThe four best personal-item backpacks that fit under US airline seatsSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsWhether you’re flying across the country on vacation, meeting with an important

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What would happen to the world if computer said yes?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions asks whether we could cope with a world where computer gave up saying no …Readers reply: what would be the most socially useful way to spend a billion dollars?After years of computer saying no, and giving us all migraines and premature grey hair, I’m starting

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Met police using AI tools supplied by Palantir to flag officer misconduct

Exclusive: Police Federation condemns deployment of US firm’s tech to analyse behaviour as ‘automated suspicion’Scotland Yard is using AI tools supplied by the US tech company Palantir to monitor staff behaviour in an attempt to root out failing officers, the Guardian has learned.The Metropolitan police has previously declined to confirm or deny whether it used

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Can a hair dryer really save your scalp from heat damage? I put Dyson’s Supersonic Nural to the test

With sensors that cool the air as it nears your head, this high-end tool promises gentler styling for sensitive scalps• The best hair dryers for smooth, speedy styling at homeTell most hair-care enthusiasts you want to upgrade your hair dryer, and I’d bet good money you’ll be asked, “Will you buy a Dyson?” That would

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I’m worried my boyfriend’s use of AI is affecting his ability to think for himself | Annalisa Barbieri

Overdependence on chatbots is a growing problem, and though your boyfriend’s ADHD may be a factor, he needs to find the root of his anxietyMy boyfriend of eight years, who is 44, has ADHD and runs his own business. He’s always struggled with admin and mundane tasks, but AI has revolutionised how he works. Now

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A New Google AI Research Proposes Deep-Thinking Ratio to Improve LLM Accuracy While Cutting Total Inference Costs by Half

For the last few years, the AI world has followed a simple rule: if you want a Large Language Model (LLM) to solve a harder problem, make its Chain-of-Thought (CoT) longer. But new research from the University of Virginia and Google proves that ‘thinking long’ is not the same as ‘thinking hard’. The research team

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Is There a Community Edition of Palantir? Meet OpenPlanter: An Open Source Recursive AI Agent for Your Micro Surveillance Use Cases

The balance of power in the digital age is shifting. While governments and large corporations have long used data to track individuals, a new open-source project called OpenPlanter is giving that power back to the public. Created by a developer ‘Shin Megami Boson‘, OpenPlanter is a recursive-language-model investigation agent. Its goal is simple: help you

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US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’

Families are navigating the tough choice between unimaginable riches and the identity that comes with landWhen two men knocked on Ida Huddleston’s door last May, they carried a contract worth more than $33m in exchange for the Kentucky farm that had fed her family for centuries.According to Huddleston, the men’s client, an unnamed “Fortune 100

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The splinternet: how online shutdowns are getting cheaper and easier to impose

Iran has shown how plausible blackouts now are, with far-reaching consequences for the internet as we know itDuring the height of Iran’s blackout in January, people could still access a platform that, in some senses, was like the internet.Iranians could message family members on a government-monitored app and watch clips of Manchester United on a

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