The Next Web

Forget about algorithms and models — learn how to solve problems first

Almost weekly a friend or an acquaintance asks me, “I want to learn to code; which language should I start with?” More or less bi-weekly I get a DM on LinkedIn starting with, “My son should start ...
MIT Technology Review

Large language models can do jaw-dropping things. But nobody knows exactly why.

And that's a problem. Figuring it out is one of the biggest scientific puzzles of our time and a crucial step towards controlling more powerful future models. Two years ago, Yuri Burda and Harri ...
Microsoft

From forecasting storms to designing molecules: How new AI foundation models can speed up scientific discovery

People have always looked for patterns to explain the universe and to predict the future. “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning” is an adage predicting the weather.
Nature

How close is AI to human-level intelligence?

OpenAI’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) system dropped in September with a bold promise. The company behind the chatbot ChatGPT showcased o1 — its latest suite of large language models (LLMs) — ...
VentureBeat

How Snowflake’s open-source text-to-SQL and Arctic inference models solve enterprise AI’s two biggest deployment headaches

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Snowflake has thousands of enterprise ...
The Conversation

What are small language models and how do they differ from large ones?

Lin Tian receives funding from the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) and the Defence Innovation Network. Marian-Andrei Rizoiu receives funding from the Advanced Strategic Capabilities ...