Testing autonomous agents (Or: how I learned to stop worrying and embrace chaos)

We've moved past the era of "ChatGPT wrappers" (thank God), but the industry still treats autonomous agents like they're just ...

OpenAI’s new frontier models mark a huge change in how AI will be built

I test-drove both. Here’s what I learned. In early March, OpenAI unleashed a one-two punch, dropping two major frontier ...
The Lancet

A predictive atlas of disease onset from retinal fundus photographs: a modelling study using data from population-based cohorts

We present one of the first comprehensive evaluations of predictive information derived from retinal fundus photographs, ...
Devdiscourse

Stacked AI model improves credit default forecasting

A new study suggests that lenders may get their strongest overall read on credit default risk by combining several machine ...
FinanceFeeds

TakeProfit Launches Browser-Based Strategy Backtesting Tool for Retail Quant Traders

TakeProfit has introduced a browser-based strategy backtesting module within its cloud trading platform, adding new infrastructure aimed at traders developing ...
eLife

Neural signatures of model-based and model-free reinforcement learning across prefrontal cortex and striatum

This important study presents single-unit activity collected during model-based (MB) and model-free (MF) reinforcement learning in non-human primates. The dataset was carefully collected, and the ...
News Medical

Blood test models predict when Alzheimer’s symptoms may start years in advance

A new plasma biomarker clock offers an early glimpse into Alzheimer’s timing, potentially reshaping prevention research and therapeutic trials. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurocognitive ...
Ars Technica

Waymo leverages Genie 3 to create a world model for self-driving cars

Google-spinoff Waymo is in the midst of expanding its self-driving car fleet into new regions. Waymo touts more than 200 million miles of driving that informs how the vehicles navigate roads, but the ...
Business Wire

U.S. Army Selects Striveworks for AI Test and Evaluation

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Striveworks, a leading developer of cutting-edge artificial intelligence solutions, has been selected to provide AI test and evaluation services for the U.S. Army under ...
Wired

AI Models Are Starting to Learn by Asking Themselves Questions

An AI model that learns without human input—by posing interesting queries for itself—might point the way to superintelligence. Save this story Save this story Even the smartest artificial intelligence ...
Recycling Today

Heil introduces a Common Body platform for its DuraPack Python and Half/Pack models

Heil, with corporate headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and a manufacturing facility in Payne, Alabama, has introduced its Common Body platform, an engineering advancement that brings together ...
Fast Company

Yann LeCun: Meta ‘fudged a little bit’ when benchmark-testing Llama 4 model

Yann LeCun, Meta’s outgoing chief AI scientist, says his employer tested its latest Llama model in a way that may have made the model look better than it really was. In a recent Financial Times ...