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Developers caught DeepSeek R1 having an ‘aha moment’ on its own during training

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Chinese startup DeepSeek took the world by storm this month, and especially in the past few days, with its ChatGPT rivals. The latest is called DeepSeek R1, with DeepSeek published research showing the reasoning model can match ChatGPT o1, OpenAI’s only public reasoning AI model.There’s a big difference between the two. The Chinese developer created…

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Nvidia says RTX 5090 isn’t expected to suffer from power cable melting issues that blighted the RTX 4090, despite the GPU’s 575W power usage

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Nvidia has said it isn’t ‘expected’ that cable melting issues will happen with the RTX 5090The company reminded us about the changes made to the 16-pin power connector after the RTX 4090 ran into issuesHowever, a California-based repair shop has flagged up separately that it still fixes melted RTX 4090s on a ‘daily’ basisNvidia has…

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AMD explains why RX 9070 GPUs won’t arrive until March – and this has got me more excited for RDNA 4, I’ve got to admit

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An AMD exec has explained why RDNA 4 GPUs won’t launch until MarchThe reason is to ensure the drivers are fully honed and FSR 4 is more widely supportedOn top of that, there’s a mention of making sure plenty of RX 9070 stock is on handAMD has provided a reason why the launch of its…

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It sure sounds like Oakley and Meta are making the best smart glasses ever

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I’m a long-distance runner, always training for the next half-marathon or marathon race. That involves running dozens of miles every week to build up endurance and ensure I have a fighting chance on race day to cross the finish line. I also happen to wear sunglasses at all times, the photochromatic type that darkens progressively…

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New Nvidia RTX 5080 benchmark rumor has got me worried that the GPU won’t be a major upgrade to the RTX 4080

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Purported Nvidia RTX 5080 Geekbench results have been sharedThey suggest roughly a 20% gen-on-gen uplift compared to the RTX 4080However, the RTX 5080 appears to come up short compared to the older RTX 4090With the RTX 5090 now reviewed and fully evaluated – as an undoubtedly powerful GPU, albeit to the point of overkill in…

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Lords debate government approach to automated decision-making

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The UK government has expressed “reservations” about legislative proposals from Lord Tim Clement-Jones to improve the scrutiny of algorithmic decision-making tools in the public sector, arguing the concerns raised by his bill are already covered by its own proposed data reforms and the existing Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS). Introduced as a private members’ bill…

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AMD RX 9070 gets a rumored March 23 release date, but I’m not buying it (the date, that is, not the graphics card)

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Pre-orders should go live for AMD’s RX 9070 GPUs on March 23, according to one US retailerThere are a couple of reasons why this is likely wrong, thoughWe’ve also seen more strangeness around the previously rumored January 23 launch for RDNA 4, as an ad campaign appears to have misfiredAs if enough weirdness hasn’t already…

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Turning off these two iPhone 16 Pro Max settings instantly improved my battery life

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As iPhone users, we’re always looking for ways to optimize battery life. The promise of all-day battery life isn’t necessarily realized with every release, and sometimes, we need to take advantage of some tweaks to take our iPhones on an entire journey.After terrible experiences with the iPhone 14 Pro Max and the iPhone 15 Pro,…

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Researchers say AI fails to describe complexities of Holocaust

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Existing artificial intelligence (AI) models available in the public domain fail to provide “complexities and nuances of the past”, and merely offer oversimplified stories about the Holocaust, according to an international Holocaust research lab.In November 2024, the University of Sussex launched the Landecker Digital Memory Lab, an initiative to “ensure a sustainable future for Holocaust…

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£150m AI framework agreement set to drive NHS forward

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NHS Shared Business Services has issued a tender worth £150m, split into six lots, covering the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging and analysis to speed up diagnosis. AI systems can be deployed to analyse medical images in seconds, and help detect conditions such as strokes, asymptomatic conditions, future diseases, suspicious areas, small…

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