Alibaba researchers unveil Marco-o1, an LLM with advanced reasoning capabilities

Alibaba releases Qwen with Questions, an open reasoning model that beats o1-preview

QwQ uses inference-time scaling to solve complex reasoning and planning questions, besting OpenAI's o1 in several benchmarks.

Tech - VentureBeat - Yesterday

Chinese researchers unveil LLaVA-o1 to challenge OpenAI’s o1 model

LLaVA-o1 breaks down the answer into multiple reasoning components and uses inference-time scaling to optimize each stage.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 22

Why multi-agent AI tackles complexities LLMs can’t

While AGI and fully autonomous systems are still on the horizon, multi-agents will bridge the current gap between LLMs and AGI.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 2

Puppygraph speeds up LLMs’ access to graph data insights

While PuppyGraph is less than a year old, it is already witnessing success with several enterprises, including Coinbase, Clarivate, Dawn Capital and Prevelant AI.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 7

Here are 3 critical LLM compression strategies to supercharge AI performance

How techniques like model pruning, quantization and knowledge distillation can optimize LLMs for faster, cheaper predictions.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 9

How Microsoft’s next-gen BitNet architecture is turbocharging LLM efficiency

A smart combination of quantization and sparsity allows BitNet LLMs to become even faster and more compute/memory efficient

Tech - VentureBeat - November 14

How custom evals get consistent results from LLM applications

Public benchmarks are designed to evaluate general LLM capabilities. Custom evals measure LLM performance on specific tasks.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 14

US Space Force warns of ‘mind-boggling’ build-up of Chinese capabilities

Agency chief Chance Saltzman says Washington must co-operate with allies to counter threats from China and Russia

World - Financial Times - November 1

Alibaba cuts 'dozens of employees' at metaverse unit as hype in sector cools down

World - Yahoo News - November 3

German printing industry has 'enormous capabilities' to print ballots

World - Yahoo News - November 11

China's Alibaba releases AI search tool for small businesses in Europe and the Americas

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba unveiled an artificial intelligence-powered search engine for small businesses in Europe and the Americas to source supplies.

Business - CNBC - November 12

ServiceNow rolls out enterprise AI governance capabilities to accelerate production deployment

ServiceNow is looking to solve a key enterprise AI adoption challenge, with the debut of new governance capabilities to give organizations more confidence in AI outcomes.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 13

How do recess appointments, the capability Trump is seeking, work?

President-elect Donald Trump said he wants to fill his Cabinet by using recess appointments. CBS News political reporter Hunter Woodall discusses what the power is and how it works.

North Korea Shows Its Drone Capabilities With Explosive Exhibition

Improving the regime’s limited drone capabilities has been high on Kim Jong Un’s weapons wishlist.

World - The Wall Street Journal - November 15

Alibaba’s stock turns lower as investments to meet AI demand hurt profitability

Alibaba’s stock knee-jerked up after earnings then reversed lower, as revenue missed expectations and ’aggressive’ investments on AI capabilities weighed on profitability.

Business - MarketWatch - November 15

Alibaba posts profit beat as China looks to prop up tepid consumer spend

The results come at a tricky time for Chinese commerce businesses, given the broad sluggishness in the world's second-largest economy.

Business - CNBC - November 15

Alibaba Revenue Misses Views Amid Weaker Chinese Economy, Competition

Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization declined about 4% to 47.33 billion yuan in its fiscal second quarter.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 15

North Korea's Kim Jong Un urges improved military capabilities for war

North Korea's Kim Jong Un urged the country’s military to improve capabilities for fighting a war, state media KCNA said after Pyongyang sent troops to Russia.

OpenText expands AI capabilities to improve enterprise productivity and ROI

OpenText expands its enterprise AI portfolio while demonstrating ROI through real-world implementations and a 30-day proof-of-concept program.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 19

Putin Says Russia Fired a New Missile at Ukraine

The missile appeared to have greater range and speed than previous weapons Russia has used in the war, weapons experts said.

World - The Wall Street Journal - November 21

Top 5 Reasons Entrepreneurs Fail

If you’re serious about long-term success, it’s time to face some tough truths.

Business - Inc. - 5 days ago

5 reasons Trump is riding high

President-elect Trump is enjoying a honeymoon period in the wake of his election victory, largely staying out of the spotlight as positive developments have piled up. Trump has quickly put together ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

Iran's supreme leader threatens U.S. and Israel after official says it can make nuclear weapons

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vowed “a tooth-breaking response” against Israel and the United States on Saturday “for what they are doing against Iran” and its proxies.

Student who wowed China in Alibaba math contest got help from teacher, organizers say

Organizers of a Chinese math competition say a vocational school student who finished near the top in the first round was helped by her teacher in violation of the rules

World - ABC News - November 5

Huawei launches first phones capable of running its new self-developed operating system

Huawei launched the Mate 70, Mate 70 Pro and Mate 70 Pro+ and foldable Mate X6 on Tuesday that can run HarmonyOS NEXT, its self-developed operating system.

Business - CNBC - 4 days ago

IRS unveils IRA contribution limits for 2025

The IRS has announced IRA contribution limits for 2025. Here’s what investors need to know.

Business - CNBC - November 1

IRS unveils Roth IRA income limits for 2025

The IRS unveiled the Roth individual retirement account income limits for 2025.

Business - CNBC - November 1

UConn unveils title banner then opens with rout

After unveiling the 2023-24 national championship banner, No. 3 UConn began its title defense with an impressive 92-56 victory over Sacred Heart.

Sports - ESPN - November 7

PWHL Unveils Jerseys Ahead Of Season Two

The PWHL has officially unveiled jerseys for each of their six franchises, completing the release of their branding ahead of the league's second season.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 7

China approves $840B plan to refinance local government debt, boost slowing economy

China has announced a 6 trillion yuan ($839 billion) plan to help local governments refinance their mountains of debt in the latest push to rev up growth in the world's second largest economy

World - ABC News - November 8

China unveils $1.4tn package to shore up economy

Beijing is bracing for increased trade tensions with US under Donald Trump

World - Financial Times - November 8

Exclusive: Displate Unveils Collection Of Arcane Metal Posters

Season 2 of Arcane continues to raise the bar for what animated TV series are capable of, and if you can't get enough of the show's expressive art direction, you can celebrate that visual splendor ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 12

Abortion opponents unveil strategy to undermine state protections

Anti-abortion groups are plotting an aggressive postelection strategy to undo federal and state protections for abortion, including ballot measures passed in the past two years after the end of Roe ...

Politics - The Hill - November 12

Alibaba researchers unveil Marco-o1, an LLM with advanced reasoning capabilities

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