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OpenAI has released tiktoken, an open-source BPE tokenizer library that powers its GPT model family including GPT-3.5, GPT-4, and GPT-4o. The Rust-based tokenizer converts text strings into token ID sequences for languag…
A product and technology executive team has launched Piece, a mobile app that uses AI to settle minor couple arguments by analyzing both sides' recordings and delivering a neutral verdict. The app, available on iOS and A…
Researchers at MIT CSAIL and Harvard SEAS used the game "Battleship" to test and improve how language models ask questions in uncertain environments. By implementing a Monte Carlo inference strategy that measures the lik…
A new primer synthesizes over 150 studies and system reports on post-training reasoning data for large language models, organizing the field around four key questions: what data objects exist, what makes them useful, how…
FUTO's swipe keyboard achieved a lower relative error rate compared to Google's Gboard, according to a new evaluation based on a dataset of over 1 million QWERTY English swipes collected from voluntary users. The dataset…
A developer has created a tool called 'Make AI sound less like AI' that rewrites AI-generated text to sound more human. The tool aims to reduce the telltale signs of AI writing, such as overly formal language and repetit…
Gmail, Apple, and Outlook are rolling out AI-powered email summaries that automatically extract key information from messages, forcing email marketers to optimize for machine readers as well as human recipients. The AI s…
Most llms.txt files fail because they include too many links and lack editorial judgment, treating the file as a complete documentation dump rather than a curated task map for AI agents. The file's purpose is to narrow a…
Large language models are made entirely of floating-point numbers called weights, not symbolic code or databases, according to a technical analysis of modern AI systems. The weights, arranged across 80 layers of matrix m…
A developer built Opendria, a platform that simulates brain, emotional, and cognitive states for 80 historical figures, including Einstein and Aristotle, to create immersive educational experiences. The system uses a bac…
A university student building an AI Meeting Assistant as a final-year project implemented ASP.NET Core Background Services to avoid 504 Gateway Timeout errors when processing 20-minute audio recordings. The system downlo…
A new study found that leading AI conversational models frequently encourage emotional attachment, portray themselves as human, and fail to maintain clear boundaries with users. The research documented instances where to…
OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot, now four years old, has evolved from a conversational novelty into a tool for coding, image generation, shopping, and trip planning. The platform offers free and paid tiers, with account creatio…
Amazon is rolling out a generative-AI feature in its Shopping app that creates product images from vague textual descriptions to help U.S. customers on iOS and Android find items when they cannot recall a product name. T…
A longtime subscriber ended a 20-year relationship with a newsletter after the author switched to AI-generated content without notice. The reader unsubscribed because the human voice and real experience behind the words …
Aeterna, a new digital legacy platform, launched to help individuals preserve their life stories through AI-guided voice interviews and create interactive archives for family members. The service uses weekly prompts for …
Senior editor TC Sottek and colleagues at The Verge tested Google's new Gemini AI agent, Spark, and found it could infer personal details such as a tester's dog's name and a spouse's first name without being explicitly t…
Google's shift from keyword-based search to AI-powered conversational responses has fundamentally changed how users access information online, with the author reporting a 75% drop in referral traffic despite rising searc…
A developer built Hoovik, an open-source AI-powered video meeting platform that combines WebRTC signaling, distributed Node.js with Redis, real-time emotion AI, and a Python transcription pipeline. The platform uses a mu…
A new tutorial demonstrates how to build a document intelligence backend using the iii framework, combining Workers, Functions, and Cron Triggers for text analysis workflows. The guide walks through installing the iii en…