XAI-DROP: Enhancing Graph Neural Networks GNNs Training with Explainability-Driven Dropping Strategies
Graph Neural Networks GNNs have become a powerful tool for analyzing graph-structured data, with applications ranging from social networks and…
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Australia stocks open higher as several Asian markets resume trading after New Year’s Day holiday
Economists anticipate the China’s manufacturing activity to come in at 51.7, modestly higher compared with 51.5 in November, according to…
Meta AI Proposes LIGER: A Novel AI Method that Synergistically Combines the Strengths of Dense and Generative Retrieval to Significantly Enhance the Performance of Generative Retrieval
Recommendation systems are essential for connecting users with relevant content, products, or services. Dense retrieval methods have been a mainstay…
13 Free AI Courses on AI Agents in 2025
In the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, the year 2025 has brought forth a treasure trove of educational resources for…
Graph Structure Learning Framework (GSLI): Advancing Spatial-Temporal Data Imputation through Multi-Scale Graph Learning
Spatial-temporal data handling involves the analysis of information gathered over time and space, often through sensors. Such data is crucial…
Casualties feared after vehicle hits crowd in New Orleans – report
A police spokesman says car may have ploughed into a group of people on popular Bourbon Street
This AI Paper from NVIDIA and SUTD Singapore Introduces TANGOFLUX and CRPO: Efficient and High-Quality Text-to-Audio Generation with Flow Matching
Text-to-audio generation has transformed how audio content is created, automating processes that traditionally required significant expertise and time. This technology…
DiTCtrl: A Training-Free Multi-Prompt Video Generation Method Under MM-DiT Architectures
Generative AI has revolutionized video synthesis, producing high-quality content with minimal human intervention. Multimodal frameworks combine the strengths of generative…
This AI Paper from Tencent AI Lab and Shanghai Jiao Tong University Explores Overthinking in o1-Like Models for Smarter Computation
Large language models (LLMs) have become pivotal tools in tackling complex reasoning and problem-solving tasks. Among them, o1-like models, inspired…
This AI Paper Propose SHARQ: An Efficient AI Framework for Quantifying Element Contributions in Association Rule Mining
Data mining is vital for uncovering meaningful patterns and relationships within large datasets. These insights enable informed decision-making across diverse…
Watch: How the world is celebrating the arrival of 2025
The UK followed other European countries with spectacular firework displays, after New Zealand and Australia were the first to celebrate.
Ukraine to end transit of Russian gas into Europe
President Zelensky said his country would not allow Russia to “earn additional billions on our blood”.
FedVCK: A Data-Centric Approach to Address Non-IID Challenges in Federated Medical Image Analysis
Federated learning has emerged as an approach for collaborative training among medical institutions while preserving data privacy. However, the non-IID…
Pre-flight checks found ‘no issues’ before S Korea air crash
Jeju Air says the plane that crashed in South Korea killing 179 people had passed a pre-flight inspection.
Alibaba slashes prices on large language models by up to 85% as China AI rivalry heats up
Alibaba is offering the price cuts on its visual language model, Qwen-VL, which is designed to perceive and understand both…
The boldest bitcoin predictions for 2025 are in — and most see prices doubling to $200,000
Several industry watchers who spoke to CNBC forecast bitcoin will hit $200,000 in 2025.
ByteDance Research Introduces 1.58-bit FLUX: A New AI Approach that Gets 99.5% of the Transformer Parameters Quantized to 1.58 bits
Vision Transformers (ViTs) have become a cornerstone in computer vision, offering strong performance and adaptability. However, their large size and…
Revolutionizing LLM Alignment: A Deep Dive into Direct Q-Function Optimization
Aligning large language models (LLMs) with human preferences is an essential task in artificial intelligence research. However, current reinforcement learning…
Hugging Face Just Released SmolAgents: A Smol Library that Enables to Run Powerful AI Agents in a Few Lines of Code
Creating intelligent agents has traditionally been a complex task, often requiring significant technical expertise and time. Developers encounter challenges like…
China’s December factory activity growth misses expectations as experts decry insufficient stimulus
China’s factory activity expanded for a third straight month in December, but missing Reuters’ expectations.
Australia market opens lower as investors in Asia await China manufacturing data
Asia-Pacific markets are set to open lower on the last day of the year, tracking a day of losses in…
US Treasury says it was hacked by China in ‘major incident’
A Chinese state-sponsored hacker broke into the US Treasury Department’s systems in what is being called a “major incident”.
Meet the Pirates of the RAG: Adaptively Attacking LLMs to Leak Knowledge Bases
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) enhances the output of Large Language Models (LLMs) using external knowledge bases. These systems work by retrieving…
Meet HuatuoGPT-o1: A Medical LLM Designed for Advanced Medical Reasoning
Medical artificial intelligence (AI) is full of promise but comes with its own set of challenges. Unlike straightforward mathematical problems,…
Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war
Moscow said 150 Russians were released while Zelensky said 189 Ukrainians had returned home.
Boeing 737-800, the model that crashed in South Korea, is one of the world’s most popular aircraft
Accident investigators are trying to find the cause of a Jeju Air fatal crash landing that killed 179 of the…
Sepsis ImmunoScore: The First FDA-Authorized AI Tool for Early Sepsis Detection and Risk Assessment
Sepsis is a critical medical condition resulting from an abnormal immune response to infection, often causing organ dysfunction and high…
WHO appeals for end to attacks on Gaza’s hospitals
It comes after two were attacked and another raided by Israeli forces in the past few days.
Jimmy Carter’s challenges mirror those faced by Biden
From Afghanistan to climate change, Carter’s presidency charted the course for future US presidents.
Jeju Air crash: Boeing falls 4% in premarket as South Korea orders B737-800 inspection
“We will examine compliance with various regulations, including operational records, inspections, and maintenance conducted before and after flights.”
European markets open lower in last full trading day of 2024
European markets opened in negative territory on Monday, in what will be the region’s final full trading session of the…
Ransomware is 35 years old and now a billion-dollar problem. Here’s how it could evolve
Ransomware officially turned 35 in December. The technology has come a long way in that time.
CMU Researchers Introduce TNNGen: An AI Framework that Automates Design of Temporal Neural Networks (TNNs) from PyTorch Software Models to Post-Layout Netlists
Designing neuromorphic sensory processing units (NSPUs) based on Temporal Neural Networks (TNNs) is a highly challenging task due to the…
Researchers from MIT, Sakana AI, OpenAI and Swiss AI Lab IDSIA Propose a New Algorithm Called Automated Search for Artificial Life (ASAL) to Automate the Discovery of Artificial Life Using Vision-Language Foundation Models
Artificial Life (ALife) research explores the emergence of lifelike behaviors through computational simulations, providing a unique framework to study “life…
Biden and Trump lead tributes to ‘extraordinary’ Jimmy Carter after death
Former US President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100 at his home in…
AutoSculpt: A Pattern-based Automated Pruning Framework Designed to Enhance Efficiency and Accuracy by Leveraging Graph Learning and Deep Reinforcement Learning
Deploying Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) on edge devices, such as smartphones and autonomous vehicles, remains a significant challenge due to…
B-STAR: A Self-Taught AI Reasoning Framework for LLMs
A direct correlation exists between an LLM’s training corpus quality and its capabilities. Consequently, researchers have invested a great deal…
South Korea’s Jeju Air shares drop 13% after airline disaster; Kospi slides on downbeat industrial data
Asia-Pacific markets opened lower on the penultimate trading day of this year, after Wall Street declined on Friday.
Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies aged 100
The Democrat served a single term as president, a late 1970s period of economic and diplomatic crises.
Jimmy Carter: From peanut farmer to US president and Nobel peace prize winner
The US president struggled in the White House and served just one term, but later won a Nobel Peace prize.
Jimmy Carter, the farmer, president and Nobel peace crusader, dies at age 100
Jimmy Carter, the nation’s 39th president, lived longer than any other occupant of the Oval Office.
This AI Paper Introduces XMODE: An Explainable Multi-Modal Data Exploration System Powered by LLMs for Enhanced Accuracy and Efficiency
Researchers are focusing increasingly on creating systems that can handle multi-modal data exploration, which combines structured and unstructured data. This…
This AI Paper Proposes TALE: An AI Framework that Reduces Token Redundancy in Chain-of-Thought (CoT) Reasoning by Incorporating Token Budget Awareness
Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown significant potential in reasoning tasks, using methods like Chain-of-Thought (CoT) to break down complex…
Thousands protest in Georgia ahead of political showdown
The new president is set to be inaugurated on Sunday, but the current president is refusing to step down.
At least 28 dead in South Korea plane crash – reports
The aircraft reportedly crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in the country’s southwest.
aiXplain Introduces a Multi-AI Agent Autonomous Framework for Optimizing Agentic AI Systems Across Diverse Industries and Applications
Agentic AI systems have revolutionized industries by enabling complex workflows through specialized agents working in collaboration. These systems streamline operations,…
Hypernetwork Fields: Efficient Gradient-Driven Training for Scalable Neural Network Optimization
Hypernetworks have gained attention for their ability to efficiently adapt large models or train generative models of neural representations. Despite…
Why tech giants such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Meta are betting big on nuclear power
Tech’s biggest companies are turning to nuclear power for their efficiency and sustainability goals and to meet massive energy demands.
Putin apologises for plane crash, without saying Russia at fault
Russia’s leader apologises for the downing of an Azerbaijani plane in Russian airspace – without directly taking blame.
Camel-AI Open Sourced OASIS: A Next Generation Simulator for Realistic Social Media Dynamics with One Million Agents
Social media platforms have revolutionized human interaction, creating dynamic environments where millions of users exchange information, form communities, and influence…