Modern GPS datasets are notoriously noisy: satellites drift, buildings scatter signals, and consumer devices introduce frequent errors. When working with millions of position samples from vehicles, smartphones, or IoT devices, this noise makes analysis unreliable. Routes jump, tr...
Richard Sutton is the father of reinforcement learning, winner of the 2024 Turing Award, and author of The Bitter Lesson. And he thinks LLMs are a dead end. After interviewing him, my steel man of Richard’s position is this: LLMs aren’t capable of learning on-the-job, so no matter how much we…
Vercel Functions using Node.js can now detect when a request is cancelled and stop execution before completion. This is configurable on a per-path basis, and includes actions like navigating away, closing a tab, or hitting stop on an AI chat to terminate compute processing early. This reduces…
OpenAI and AARP are partnering to help older adults stay safe online with new AI training, scam-spotting tools, and nationwide programs through OpenAI Academy and OATS’s Senior Planet initiative.
Credit Scoring noyb has scored a win in its complaint proceedings against the Austrian credit information agency KSV1870 and the energy provider Unsere Wasserkraft. The Austrian Data Protection Authority has found KSV1870's fully automated credit rating – which prevented the complainant from…
Fusaka follows this year's Pectra upgrade, representing a major step forward in Ethereum's scaling roadmap by introducing PeerDAS and key improvements that enhance blob throughput, L1 performance, and user experience. This post announces the testnet activation schedule for the first three testnets…