A mathematical model for dengue fever that incorporates age and vaccination serves as a tool for predicting the disease's long-term behavior.
LightOn has released EDiTh, an open-source benchmark that allows testing corporate search on realistic documents without the risk of leaking confidential data.
AI: Events
How to Train an Image Generation Model in 24 Hours: The Photoroom Team's Experience
Development
The Photoroom team shares how they managed to train their own image generation model in just 24 hours and what the results were.
Researchers from Allen AI analyzed 250,000 queries to scientific AI tools to uncover how scientists genuinely interact with them in practice.
AI: Events
How to Make Small Language Models Think Better: AMD's Experience with Synthetic Data
Development
AMD has introduced LuminaSFT, an approach that uses synthetic data to fine-tune small language models and achieve surprisingly high performance.
AI: Events
OpenHands Index: How Developers Are Improving the Evaluation of AI Coding Agents
Research
The OpenHands team explains how their benchmark for evaluating AI agents works and why conventional metrics don't always reflect the true picture.
Global population maps miss millions of people in rural areas. This isn't a conspiracy, but a problem with methods that are better at 'seeing' cities than villages.
AI: Events
SWE-fficiency: Evaluating Not Just an AI's Bug-Finding Ability, But the Efficiency of Its Fixes
Development
A new benchmark assesses how quickly and accurately AI agents fix code, not just identify problems – taking into account time, attempts, and real-world working conditions.
NeuroBlog
Why Repetition Isn't Boring – It's Skill Construction
Personal Growth & Learning • Education
We uncover when mechanical memorization is more effective than understanding, and how to harness it without stifling your critical thinking.