Hosted by Eleanor Drage and Kerry McInerney, The Good Robot is a podcast which explores the many complex intersections between gender, feminism and technology. Using feminist chatbots to fight trolls with Sarah Ciston In this episode, we talk to Sarah Ciston, an artist, coder, writer, and critical AI scholar. We asked Sarah to talk about this badass chatbot they created … Read More
An open-source training framework to advance multimodal AI
Trying to model the physical reality by assembling various modalities: the image shows a couple of oranges seen through the lens of multiple modalities, with each slice showing a different way one might perceive and understand this scene. The modalities from left to right represent surface normals (the color represents surface orientation), depth (distance to the camera, red=near, blue=far), RGB … Read More
Optimizing LLM test-time compute involves solving a meta-RL problem
Figure 1: Training models to optimize test-time compute and learn “how to discover” correct responses, as opposed to the traditional learning paradigm of learning “what answer” to output. By Amrith Setlur, Yuxiao Qu, Matthew Yang, Lunjun Zhang, Virginia Smith, Aviral Kumar The major strategy to improve large language models (LLMs) thus far has been to use more and more high-quality … Read More
Generating a biomedical knowledge graph question answering dataset
By Xi Yan The biomedical domain is a complex network of interconnected knowledge, encompassing genetics, diseases, drugs, and biological processes. While knowledge graphs (KGs) excel at organizing and linking this information, their complexity often makes them difficult for users to query. Ideally, users should be able to ask questions in natural language and receive precise answers directly from the KG, … Read More
Parcl (PRCL) token dips as traders take profits
Parcl (PRCL), the native token of Solana-based real estate DEX project Parcl, has dipped 20% in the past 24 hours. The declines come as traders likely take profits following the notable spike on Dec. 17. At the time of writing, PRCL traded around $0.46, down 20% from its 24-hour peak of $0.58 and off the weekly high of $0.61. PRCL … Read More
PNUT meme coin soars amid Coinbase listing news
Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT) has jumped more than 30% in the past 24 hours, bouncing from under $1 amid positive news. The PNUT meme coin price hovered near $1.29 on Wednesday afternoon, up from lows of $0.98. Bulls saw its value rise to intraday highs of $1.38. Coinbase adds PNUT to roadmap PNUT price spiked more than 30% on Dec. … Read More
US judges demand explanation from the SEC for its refusal to set clear crypto rules
A three-judge panel from the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has demanded the SEC explain why it didn’t respond to Coinbase’s requests for clear regulations A recent ruling by the panel has called the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) actions “arbitrary and capricious” The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ordered that the … Read More
US court grants Coinbase interlocutory appeal in case against the SEC
Coinbase can now seek guidance from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to determine if the SEC’s complaints against it are valid The SEC first filed a complaint against Coinbase in 2023, arguing that it operated as an unregistered brokerage in violation of federal securities laws Coinbase has been granted an interlocutory appeal, temporarily pausing its ongoing court case against … Read More
Court gives Coinbase the green light to delist Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC)
A US federal judge has allowed Coinbase to delist WBTC despite BiT Global’s objections. Judge Martínez-Olguín denied BiT Global’s TRO, citing lack of evidence of harm. Despite the delisting and Coinbase launching cbBTC, WBTC dominates the wrapped digital assets market with an 85% share. In a pivotal legal decision, a California federal judge has ruled in favour of cryptocurrency exchange … Read More