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Getting large language models (LLMs) to reason better is one thing. Getting them to do it without burning through absurd amounts of compute is another. A new research paper from TU Darmstadt, UCLA, Google DeepMind, and Mila digs deep into this trade-off — and might just change how AI developers think about scaling reasoning at test time.
The core tension? Whether LLMs should spend their compute...
Artificial intelligence might be the next big thing in clean energy or the next big problem. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its first major report on how the AI boom is reshaping global electricity demand, and the numbers are staggering.
The headline? By 2030, data centers, supercharged by AI workloads, are projected to consume as much electricity as Japan does today. That’s...
ByteDance Seed researchers rolled out Value Augmented Proximal Policy Optimization (VAPO), a reinforcement learning training framework designed to sharpen large language models’ reasoning on complex, lengthy tasks, achieving new state-of-the-art results on the AIME24 benchmark.
Training LLMs for intricate reasoning using value-based reinforcement learning previously faced significant hurdles....
Incident.io, which builds AI tools to manage problems like app outages, secured $62 million in Series B funding led by Insight Partners. This follows a $28.7 million Series A in 2022, bringing total funding over $96 million for the London-based startup.
Founded in 2021 by CEO Stephen Whitworth, Incident.io aimed to consolidate the fragmented tools–like PagerDuty, spreadsheets, and ticketing...
The startup incubation scene is seeing a meaningful shift, with new models emerging to prioritize social impact. Charity Entrepreneurship (CE), the inventor of one of these new models, stands out with its unique approach: launching high-impact ventures committed to generating both profit and positive change. What’s distinctive about CE is its core principle: portfolio companies pledge 50% of...
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is under fire in Memphis, Tennessee, after an environmental advocacy group accused the company of running dozens of unpermitted gas turbines at its massive data center — raising serious air quality concerns for local residents.
According to a letter sent this week by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) to the Shelby County Health Department...
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis revealed plans to eventually fuse the company’s Gemini AI with its Veo video generator, aiming to teach the AI more about the physical world, during a recent appearance on the Possible podcast.
Hassabis explained the strategy aligns with their vision for a “universal digital assistant” capable of aiding users in real-world scenarios. “We’ve always built Gemini,...
Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, is reportedly aiming to raise a staggering $2 billion in its seed funding round — doubling its initial target from just weeks ago.
According to Business Insider, this latest fundraising push would value the company at a minimum of $10 billion, marking one of the largest seed rounds in tech history. The report comes...
Who said indie games can’t have blockbuster energy? The second-ever Triple-i Initiative showcase just wrapped, and once again it proved that creativity isn’t limited by budget. Between surprise reveals, long-awaited updates, and a generous helping of weird (in the best way), the event overflowed with stuff worth keeping an eye on.
Best games from Triple-i Initiative showcase
From sci-fi...
OpenAI has unveiled a significantly upgraded memory feature for ChatGPT, allowing the system to automatically recall past conversations. Rolled out beginning April 10, 2025, this enhancement marks a pivotal step toward AI that genuinely “knows” its users—making each interaction feel more human, more relevant, and infinitely more useful.
Unlike the previous iteration of ChatGPT’s memory—where...