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Mar 28, 2024

Large language models use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge

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Researchers find large language models use a simple mechanism to retrieve stored knowledge when they respond to a user prompt. These mechanisms can be leveraged to see what the model knows about different subjects and possibly to correct false information it has stored.

Mar 28, 2024

Chandelier Cities

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While we sometimes imagine vast structures rising above the sky, it is possible to have equally vast structures hang down from the sky, and on world’s whose atmospheres are far larger than earth’s, this may be where people choose to live.

Graphics: Jeremy Jozwik, Katie Byrne

Mar 28, 2024

Experimental wireless EV charger is just as fast as a superfast wired plug, scientists say

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This 14-inch wireless charging device works at a rate of 100 kW, scientists claim, meaning it’s up to 10 times as fast as some of the best commercially available alternatives.

Mar 28, 2024

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman defends his $193 million compensation following backlash from unpaid moderators

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Now, Huffman has defended his pay packet in a Q&A video on the platform.

“Look, I’m glad this question was asked because there’s been a lot of commentary on this topic,” he began, adding that his compensation—which is made up of salary and stock—is set by Reddit’s board depending on his performance.

“If the company does well, I will do well,” the CEO added. “If the company does not do well, I don’t either.”

Mar 27, 2024

Canva acquires Affinity to fill the Adobe-sized holes in its design suite

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Affinity integrations with Canva are expected “over time”

Mar 27, 2024

The tech industry can’t agree on what open-source AI means. That’s a problem

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The answer could determine who gets to shape the future of the technology.

Suddenly, “open source” is the latest buzzword in AI circles.

Mar 27, 2024

Chinese researchers engineer implantable oxygen-run battery

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Two weeks after implantation of the oxygen-run battery in rats, the researchers observed stable voltage output between 1.3−1.4 V.

Mar 27, 2024

Earth and sun rotation

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Mar 27, 2024

A Psychologist Explains The Phenomenon Of ‘Reality Shifting’

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Is reality shifting real? Research reveals the psychology behind it. It is a subjective and personal experience of imaginative play, not a literal alteration of reality.

Mar 27, 2024

Fast and flexible profiling of chromatin accessibility and total RNA expression in single nuclei using Microwell-seq3

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Ye, F., Zhang, S., Fu, Y. et al. Cell Discov 10, 33 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41421-023-00642-z.

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