In the US, the death of expertise

The political and cultural climate that’s arisen under the Trump administration has allowed research to be cut to the bone ...
STAT

What’s the right way to define ultra-processed foods?

As the Trump administration looks to create a federal definition of ultra-processed foods, the question of the best way to ...
Mirage News

New Lens On Humanity

When the MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC) launched in fall 2024, it was designed to elevate scholars at the frontiers ...
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Venezuela Live Updates: U.S. Forces Seize Two Tankers; Rubio Lays Out Plan for American Control

The three-part plan unveiled by the secretary of state included Washington managing the interim authorities in Caracas. Earlier, the U.S. forces boarded a Russian-flagged tanker and a second ship.
MIT Technology Review

LLMs contain a LOT of parameters. But what’s a parameter?

Think back to middle school algebra, like 2 a + b. Those letters are parameters: Assign them values and you get a result. In ...