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Aug 23, 2024

The author of a retracted paper learns to be careful what he wishes for

Posted by in categories: computing, physics, policy

Sometimes leaving well-enough alone is the best policy. Ask Teja Santosh Dandibhotla.

Upset that a paper of his had been retracted from the Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Santosh, a computer scientist at the CVR College of Engineering in Hyderabad, India, contacted us to plead his case. (We of course do not make decisions about retractions, we reminded him.)

Santosh’s article, “Intelligent defaulter Prediction using Data Science Process,” had been pulled along with some 350 other papers in two conference proceedings because IOP Publishing had “uncovered evidence of systematic manipulation of the publication process and considerable citation manipulation.”

Aug 23, 2024

The circle of life, publish or perish edition: Two journals retract more than 40 papers

Posted by in categories: information science, robotics/AI

The team has released the width-pruned version of the model on Hugging Face under the Nvidia Open Model License, which allows for commercial use. This makes it accessible to a wider range of users and developers who can benefit from its efficiency and performance.

“Pruning and classical knowledge distillation is a highly cost-effective method to progressively obtain LLMs [large language models] of smaller size, achieving superior accuracy compared to training from scratch across all domains,” the researchers wrote. “It serves as a more effective and data-efficient approach compared to either synthetic-data-style fine-tuning or pretraining from scratch.”

This work is a reminder of the value and importance of the open-source community to the progress of AI. Pruning and distillation are part of a wider body of research that is enabling companies to optimize and customize LLMs at a fraction of the normal cost. Other notable works in the field include Sakana AI’s evolutionary model-merging algorithm, which makes it possible to assemble parts of different models to combine their strengths without the need for expensive training resources.

Aug 23, 2024

Deep Dive into LlaMA 3 by Hand ✍️

Posted by in category: futurism

Explore the nuances of the transformer architecture behind Llama 3 and its prospects for the GenAI ecosystem.

Aug 23, 2024

What the Llama Model Means for AI

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

What does the new Llama model mean for everything AI?!

Aug 23, 2024

Printable, stretchable metal-vapor-desorption layers for high-fidelity patterning in soft, freeform electronics

Posted by in category: electronics

Existing patterning methods for thin metal films rely on prefabricated rigid masks incompatible with soft substrates. Here, the authors report printable and stretchable metal-vapor-desorption layers that facilitate high-fidelity patterning, enabling circuits and devices on 3D curvilinear and stretchable substrates.

Aug 23, 2024

A new ‘AI scientist’ can write science papers without any human input. Here’s why that’s a problem

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, science

AI systems mass-producing cheap research would be bad news for an already struggling scientific ecosystem.

Aug 23, 2024

No, new measurements can’t relax the Hubble tension

Posted by in category: space

There are two different ways to measure the expansion rate of the Universe, and they don’t agree. And no, new measurements don’t help.

Aug 23, 2024

Legal challenges in human brain organoid research and its applications

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, law, neuroscience

A study appearing in Journal of Bioethical Inquiry explored the legal and ethical challenges expected to arise in human brain organoid research.

Human brain organoids are three-dimensional neural tissues derived from that can mimic some aspects of the human brain. Their use holds incredible promise for medical advancements, but this also raises complex ethical and legal questions that need careful consideration.

Seeking to examine the various legal challenges that might arise in the context of human brain research and its applications, the team of researchers, which included a legal scholar, identified and outlined potential legal issues.

Aug 23, 2024

Ultrathin sapphire synthesized for advanced 2D electronics

Posted by in categories: computing, electronics

Single crystals of atomically thin sapphire have been prepared at room temperature, opening the way to miniaturized chips.

Aug 23, 2024

Synthetic Biology Matures, Promising Affordable And Personalized Treatments

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biological

Advances in synthetic biology are moving biopharma closer to a world where treatments can be tailored while remaining cost-effective.

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