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On October 11, the Perseverance rover completed a drive that brought its total distance traveled on Mars to 28.10 miles (45.22 kilometers). This is a new record for Mars rovers, enabled in large part by Perseverance’s ability to drive with much more autonomy than its predecessors

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On 12 October Applied Materials unveiled a multi-billion dollar research facility in Sunnyvale, California, at the heart of Silicon Valley. The company first announced in 2023 plans to invest US $4 billion in its Equipment and Process Innovation and Commercialization (EPIC) Cente

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If the agent isn't using my diagnostics library, I could introspect and update AGENTS.md, but there's still a delta, and it'll drift. Instead, I write a pre-commit hook that checks the git diff for direct calls to observability modules that bypass my diagnostics module. Boom: fai

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Nature Machine Intelligence, Published online: 13 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s42256-026-01310-zCao et al. present AMIFound, a foundation model that unifies medical image restoration across seven imaging modalities, delivering robust enhancement across diverse degradations and pres

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For most languages of the world, language model pre-training operates in a data-constrained regime where models must repeat their training data many times, degrading generalization. Two remedies exist: aggressive hyperparameter tuning such as high weight decay, and mixing in data

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If you’ve ever wondered how Claude and similar AI agents can answer complex questions in seconds and where they get the information, you’re not alone.Gurmeet Saran works to find that answer every day as an engineer at Anthropic in San Francisco, the AI research company behind Cla

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This article was originally published by Canary Media.The geothermal startup Fervo Energy is now selling power to the grid from its Cape Station project in Utah — marking the first time a utility-scale, next-generation geothermal facility has achieved such a feat worldwide. The H

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Curriculum learning typically organizes training samples from easy to hard. In GRPO, medium-difficulty samples are attractive for online selection because they are more likely to yield informative group-relative learning signals, and prioritizing them can improve training efficie

In this work, we present the \texttt{LLM ORDER BY} semantic operator as a logical abstraction and conduct a systematic study of its physical implementations. First, we propose several improvements to existing semantic sorting algorithms and introduce a semantic-aware external mer

While reinforcement learning with verifiable reward (RLVR) enhances reasoning in large language models, its efficacy in long-horizon multimodal tasks remains underexplored. Visual Sudoku puzzles pose a representative challenge, requiring multi-step deductive reasoning over both l

Reusing evaluator-derived step rewards across evaluation channels raises a measurement question: does the assigned direction remain stable? We define Agent Step Value (ASV) as a channel-indexed before/after target-margin gain and identify the state-by-channel interaction from a m

API specifications serve as critical documentation for modern software development, directly impacting integration efficiency and client code generation. While recent advancements have leveraged Large Language Models (LLMs) to generate initial specifications from source code, exi

Perspectivist NLP has established that annotator positionality shapes labels for subjective tasks, but the field still lacks methods for operationalising it. Positionality is typically operationalised as a demographic form completed at recruitment: a static attribute recorded onc

LLM judges are increasingly deployed as panels, and disagreement among panel members is often read as a symptom of an unclear rubric. We test a label-free procedure that turns this disagreement into rubric repairs. The procedure decomposes each rubric into sub-criteria, ranks the

Evaluating large language models (LLMs) on AMLworld's smallest test splits is costly because each of over a million targets requires a separate graph prompt. Sampling reduces this cost, but small balanced subsets change unweighted precision and F1. We introduce AMLworld-Compact,

Current test-time scaling (TTS) techniques enhance large language model (LLM) performance by allocating additional computation at inference time, yet they remain insufficient for agentic settings, where actions directly interact with external environments and their effects can be

Named entity recognition (NER) is evolving from a sequence labeling task into a generative paradigm with the rise of large language models (LLMs). We conduct a systematic evaluation of open-source LLMs on both flat and nested NER tasks. We investigate several research questions i

This White Paper provides roboticists and control engineers with a comprehensive overview of how motion planning and motion tracking can be decoupled to preserve professional athletic style in humanoid robots, and why adaptive, speed-aware control is essential for closing the gap

It’s 6 a.m. on a cold January morning in 2002 in New Delhi. It’s still dark outside, and I’m in the kitchen preparing breakfast, packing lunches, and getting my two children ready to catch the school bus when, for the third time in a week, the power goes out. No lights, no mixer

By the middle of the 20th century, it had begun to seem that biology was almost solved. Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection explained how organisms change and adapt. The modern science of genetics showed how it works at the molecular scale. Genes governing t

Nature Machine Intelligence, Published online: 28 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s42256-026-01308-7A generative AI framework called GenFocal is introduced for climate downscaling, producing realistic fine-scale weather from coarse projections and improving regional risk estimates of

Nature Machine Intelligence, Published online: 28 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s42256-026-01306-9Wu et al. show that neural networks learning multiple tasks organize into specialized modules, particularly under capacity constraints. Incremental multitask learning strengthens this

Congratulations to the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab class of 2026! This year, BAIR celebrates another remarkable group of Ph.D. graduates whose curiosity, creativity, and perseverance have pushed the frontiers of artificial intelligence and machine learnin

Overview of adaptive parallel reasoning. What if a reasoning model could decide for itself when to decompose and parallelize independent subtasks, how many concurrent threads to spawn, and how to coordinate them based on the problem at hand? We provide a detailed analysis of re

Understanding the behavior of complex machine learning systems, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), is a critical challenge in modern artificial intelligence. Interpretability research aims to make the decision-making process more transparent to model builders and impacted

RNA vaccines, which have been proven effective against Covid-19, are now being developed for many other diseases, including cancer. One of the drawbacks to these vaccines is that they require ultracold storage, but researchers from MIT have found a promising way to overcome that

Over the past 80 years, America’s bold, sustained investment in scientific research, and the discoveries, ideas and innovations that flowed from it made America a world leader. The nation’s scientific leadership has been essential to our shared prosperity and national security, a

In 2026, MIT granted tenure to 10 faculty members across the School of Engineering. This year’s tenured engineers hold appointments in the departments of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) — which

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Google commits $40M in AI tokens and credits for the Genesis Mission

Across recruiting, engineering, and operations, Oracle turns specialist knowledge into fast, repeatable workflows with ChatGPT Work and Codex.

With GPT-5.6, GPT-6 Astra, and GPT‑Image‑2.5, Pollo AI helps creators turn bold ideas into detailed images and cinematic video ads.

Albertsons Cos. is using ChatGPT Enterprise and the OpenAI API to help teams work faster and make grocery shopping easier for millions of customers.

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Large Language Models (LLMs) are considered to be a more efficient and cost-effective alternative to human judgment for Machine Translation (MT) evaluation. With MT evaluation spanning a large number of language pairs, domains and levels of annotation granularity, LLMs must be th

The increasing demand for GPU-accelerated machine learning inference has exposed limitations in centralized GPU infrastructures, including high cost, limited elasticity, and long wait times under resource constraints. At the same time, modern Apple Silicon–based macOS devices are

On 6 August, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the state of the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act, a bipartisan federal law passed under the Biden administration to boost U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and R&D. While manufacturing projects funded by

Discover how the ZEISS Crossbeam 750 FIBSEM sets a new benchmark for precise TEM lamella prep, tomography, and advanced nanofabrication. This delivers better resolution, better SNR, larger usable FOV, and shorter acquisition times. Learn how uninterrupted FIB milling will reduce

New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: Technical Paper Research Organizations Spatially deterministic nucleation of 2D semiconductors by etching flux KAIST, TDS Innovation, Hanyang University, UNIST Integration of high-κ oxide on 2D s

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and Monash University published a technical paper titled “Integration of high-κ oxide on 2D semiconductors with carbon-dot monolayer assembly as van der

Researchers at the University of Florida, University of Texas at Dallas, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute published a technical paper titled “BARE-AI: Bit-Flip Attack Resilience in AI Hardware through Built-in Performance Monitors.” Abstract Excerpt: “Deep Neural Networks (DN

CASPA’s annual conference celebrates its 35th anniversary with a lineup of more than 35 CEOs from Silicon Valley, including Intel’s Lip-Bu Tan and Cerebras’s Andrew Feldman. The post CASPA CEO Summit Preview with President Jimmy Cheng appeared first on EE Times.

Honya Europe's Robert Tarantowicz shares 17 years of lessons on PCB sourcing in China, quality, trust, and risk management. The post 17 Years with China: What Really Makes a Partnership Work appeared first on EE Times.

Low-volume production sits between research and mass manufacturing. Europe needs an industrial model to fill the gap. The post Europe’s Advanced Packaging Gap: Fraunhofer, Swissbit Target the Missing Middle appeared first on EE Times.

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.IROS 2026: 27 September–1 October 20

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.Humanoids Summit Seoul: 22–23 Septem

Traditional database architecture assumes you have one or two big database clusters per application, usually accompanied by a connection pooling solution. AI-assisted development and vibe coding platforms turn this model inside out and are driving applications toward many small d

More than 20% of the web sits behind Cloudflare’s network, and our team, the Data team, owns the data pipeline responsible for plumbing that data (and more) from our global network to applicable central data centers. The Cloudflare network is a globally distributed system support

Python 3.15 is here! Here's the essential What's new in Python 3.15 guide, this year curated by 3.14 and 3.15 release manager Hugo van Kemenade. As someone who builds open source software that works in every supported Python version, I get to say goodbye to Python 3.10 and start

Release: web-edit 0.1a0 I was working on a project from my phone using Codex Remote when I found myself wanting to edit a credentials file without round-tripping those credentials through the LLM itself. So... I had Codex and GPT-6 Astra Extra High build this Python web a

Prompt Engineering, also known as In-Context Prompting, refers to methods for how to communicate with LLM to steer its behavior for desired outcomes without updating the model weights. It is an empirical science and the effect of prompt engineering methods can vary a lot among mo

Neural networks are well known to be over-parameterized and can often easily fit data with near-zero training loss with decent generalization performance on test dataset. Although all these parameters are initialized at random, the optimization process can consistently lead to si

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This popped up and reminded me strangely of a story post a month ago here: https://lobste.rs/s/ygjo0g/i_think_military_commissary_freezers And, lo and behold, the very same controller supplier is mentioned in both the earlier US article and the one covering this by [french newspaper Le Monde](https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2026/10/12/plusieurs-centaines-de-supermarches-intermarche-et-cooperative-u-victimes-d-une-cyberattaque-visant-leurs-installations-frigorifiques_6792621_3234.html): the danish company Danfoss. I could not find sources mentioning the supplier in English.

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Earlier this month, a developer in Atlanta got fed up with Adobe's cancellation fees. So he used...

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Beyond chat with llamadart · Part 2 Llama Village, where five llamas share a world without sharing...

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Authentication answers who. Authorization answers what they're allowed to do. Neither one answers...

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AI is everywhere. I don't know how to start this off really haha. Though to be fair, everyone is...

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Every "7 local models that replace Claude Code" list opens the same way: a table of SWE-bench scores,...

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Six months ago I had $0 in the bank earmarked for this, no computer science degree, and a browser tab...

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The Revémont chapel has first lost its religious use and then threatened to fall into ruins. Committed to this collective heritage, the municipality that owns it has decided to transform it into an unusual accommodation.

Created by California surfers who wanted to bring the lines of surfing onto asphalt, skateboarding soon outgrew its role as a simple alternative for flat days. It established itself as a practice that reads the city through a different logic, reinterpreting steps, handrails, wall

Designed by architecture practice CHYBÍK + KRIŠTOF, the Jihlava Municipal Arena is a 5,650-seat sports and culture venue in the heart of Jihlava, Czech Republic. The project, commissioned via a competition by the City of Jihlava, demonstrates expressive yet sensitive design acros

While architecture often responds to a specific program of uses, taking into account areas, contexts, and various economic and technical conditions, buildings rarely remain the same throughout their lifespan. Programs, spatial dynamics, and users' needs change, as do environmenta

Every year on October 13, the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) draws attention to the ways communities can reduce exposure and vulnerability to hazards. Established by the United Nations in 1989, the day provides an opportunity to consider how governments, co

Over the past 30 years, since the last general refurbishment of Straden Primary School, the requirements for school construction have changed considerably.

Construction has begun on the Frank Liu Jr. Academy for Music and Arts (FLAMA) in Houston, Texas, designed by OMA, led by partner Jason Long, with RDLR Architects as architect of record and SWA Group for landscape design. The project is an adaptive reuse of Houston's historic 193

Mexico City is a sprawling metropolis of layered temporalities, where architecture operates as a continuous negotiation between deep-seated history and intense urban mutation. Built over the aquatic traces of Tenochtitlan, the city's fabric is an ongoing dialogue between eras: th

The District Six Restitution Housing Project provides 108 homes for land claimants returning to the heart of Cape Town. The project draws inspiration from the historic District Six, characterized by intimate streetscapes, vibrant public life, and close-knit community ties prior t

This house is located in an urbanization control area in Anjo City, Aichi Prefecture. The client acquired the site by developing farmland under a branch-family provision, which resulted in a plot that is unusually large for a single residence. The surrounding environment consists

Lukstudio was invited by Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare to transform a 130-square-meter standalone building in Yishan Road Business Plaza into a ground-floor café and a second-floor private VIP lounge. Inspired by the concept of a "tribe", the design softens traditional medic

Local studio Allan Joyce Architects used courtyards and covered walkways to connect this charred timber-clad home in Nottinghamshire, UK, to its countryside surroundings. Perched on a verdant plot, the five-bedroom Sable House dwelling replaces a 1950s house that had been home to

Architect Donald Insall, founder of Donald Insall Associates and known for his conservation and renovation work, including on Windsor Castle, has died at the age of 100. Insall, whose death was announced in a statement from his studio, was best known for his work in conservation,

Architecture studio Pearce+ has created a timber pavilion in Camden, London, to draw attention to the need for shade in the UK and encourage people to build their own DIY shading. Commissioned by Camden Inspire festival, the simple pavilion is currently situated at the site of th

sunken plaza likns corporate tower with São Paulo’s public realm   Jeronimo Faria Lima by Perkins&Will rethinks the corporate tower through its relationship with São Paulo’s public realm. Located at the intersection of Brigadeiro Faria Lima Avenue and Jeronimo da Veiga Street, th

before the first photograph   Sometimes I arrive at a building and don’t take a photograph for the first hour. I walk around. I look at the light, the floor, the ceiling, the way one room leads into another. I pay attention to the materials and how they change depending on where

a grid of oak trees frames porphyry-paved piazza in northern Italy   Ghisellini Architetti has redesigned Public Square Madre Francesca Cabrini as a contemporary Italian piazza framed by architecture and trees. Located in a small town in the lower Lodi area of Italy, the project

In the story of the Three Little Pigs, the choice of material determines the fate of each house. The wolf’s breath brings down the structures made of straw and wood, while the brick house remains standing. The moral is that the more solid the construction, the greater its ability

Four triangular timber volumes shape coastal ‘house of cards’   House of Cards is a coastal residence in Koksijde, Belgium, designed by Vantieghem Talebi around the structural and zoning constraints of an existing foundation. The new house follows the foundation’s asymmetrical cr