Biden blocks Japan’s Nippon Steel from buying US Steel
Biden decided to scrap the deal despite concerns that it could damage Washington’s relations with Tokyo.
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ProTrek: A Tri-Modal Protein Language Model for Advancing Sequence-Structure-Function Analysis
Proteins, the essential molecular machinery of life, play a central role in numerous biological processes. Decoding their intricate sequence, structure,…
Ukraine’s halt of Russian gas to Europe throws breakaway Moldovan region into crisis mode
Moldova’s Transnistria region has been thrust into an energy crisis following the termination of a gas transit agreement between Russia…
A dawn stand-off, a human wall and a failed arrest: South Korea enters uncharted territory
Yoon Suk Yeol is being investigated for inciting an insurrection, yet police are unable to arrest him.
Trump says Britain is ‘making a very big mistake’ with windfall tax on North Sea oil producers
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday called on Britain to “open up” the North Sea and get rid of “windmills.”
Europe’s real estate recovery looks set to pick up steam in 2025
Europe’s real estate sector looks poised for further recovery in 2025, as investment activity picks up and growth returns across…
‘No-one deserves this’: Victims’ families seek answers in New Orleans attack
The family of one 25-year-old victim says they have had “zero information” about how he was killed.
Biden decides to block Nippon Steel’s $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel: Report
The White House is expected to announce U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to block Nippon Steel’s $15 billion takeover bid…
University of South Florida Researchers Propose TeLU Activation Function for Fast and Stable Deep Learning
Inspired by the brain, neural networks are essential for recognizing images and processing language. These networks rely on activation functions,…
Attempt to arrest S Korea president Yoon suspended
Investigators say they will decide on next steps after a review. The arrest warrant will expire on Monday.
Top 25 AI Tools for Organizing Notes in 2025
In today’s fast-paced world, staying organized is crucial for productivity, especially for professionals handling complex tasks like financial management. AI-powered…
Mixture-of-Denoising Experts (MoDE): A Novel Generalist MoE-based Diffusion Policy
Diffusion Policies in Imitation Learning (IL) can generate diverse agent behaviors, but as models grow in size and capability, their…
Slovakia threatens to cut benefit for Ukrainians
A dispute between Slovakia and Ukraine over Russian natural gas transit has been escalating.
Asia-Pacific markets open higher as Wall Street extends declines to 2025
Economic data on tap appeared thin on Friday, while investors in Asia will continue to assess the political uncertainty in…
NVIDIA Research Introduces ChipAlign: A Novel AI Approach that Utilizes a Training-Free Model Merging Strategy, Combining the Strengths of a General Instruction-Aligned LLM with a Chip-Specific LLM
Large language models (LLMs) have found applications in diverse industries, automating tasks and enhancing decision-making. However, when applied to specialized…
MEDEC: A Benchmark for Detecting and Correcting Medical Errors in Clinical Notes Using LLMs
LLMs have demonstrated impressive capabilities in answering medical questions accurately, even outperforming average human scores in some medical examinations. However,…
Security barriers removed for repairs before New Orleans attack
City officials say security bollards to protect pedestrians in the French Quarter were being replaced for the Super Bowl.
Ukraine just stopped Russian gas flows to Europe. Here’s who’s most at risk
Austria has insisted it is well prepared for the stoppage, but Slovakia has threatened to cut electricity supplies to neighboring…
Euro and British pound tumble against U.S. dollar as markets brace for Trump return
Optimism around the U.S. economy and equities was in focus as markets reopened following disrupted trade over Christmas and the…
European markets slip as banking stocks shed over 2%; Sterling, euro slip on strong dollar
Shares of Spain’s BBVA and Banco Santander were among the biggest losers in the banking stocks sell-off, falling more than…
China’s electric car boom is increasingly more about hybrids
Hybrid-powered vehicles are proving more popular than battery-only ones in China, even as consumers shift away from gas-only cars, full-year…
A former American football player and an aspiring nurse among those killed
The identities of those killed in New Orleans are starting to emerge as families pay tribute.
Get your house in order, Europe — or face ‘ongoing decline,’ economists warn
Economists say the absence of growth, fiscal imbalances and political intransigence could lead to decline and a loss of standing…
Google DeepMind Researchers Introduce InfAlign: A Machine Learning Framework for Inference-Aware Language Model Alignment
Generative language models face persistent challenges when transitioning from training to practical application. One significant difficulty lies in aligning these…
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…
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.