The Download: sycophantic LLMs, and the AI Hype Index
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world ...
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Hands-On Attention Mechanism for Time Series Classification, with Python
is a game changer in Machine Learning. In fact, in the recent history of Deep Learning, the idea of allowing ...
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CDC updates COVID vaccine recommendations, but not how RFK Jr. wanted
In practice, it is unclear how this change will affect access to the vaccines. Health insurers are required to cover ...
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Best iPad Accessories (2025), Tested and Reviewed
More Great Hubs Twelve South StayGo Mini Photograph: Twelve South Ports are a problem on the iPad. With just one ...
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Fueling seamless AI at scale
Silicon’s mid-life crisis AI has evolved from classical ML to deep learning to generative AI. The most recent chapter, which ...
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Elon Musk departs DC with a black eye and a tattered reputation
Elon Musk appeared alongside President Trump for a press conference in the Oval Office Friday, perhaps for the last time, ...
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A Hacker May Have Deepfaked Trump’s Chief of Staff in a Phishing Campaign
For years, a mysterious figure who goes by the handle Stern led the Trickbot ransomware gang and evaded identification—even as ...
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SpaceX Is Reportedly Giving Elon Musk Advance Warning of Drug Tests
Image by Jim Watson / AFP via Getty / Futurism Generally speaking, drug testing in the workplace is supposed to ...
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DOGE Is Busier Than Ever—and Trump Says Elon Musk Is ‘Really Not Leaving’
Elon Musk will not be fully exiting the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—and its activities are only intensifying. On ...
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Best robot mowers of 2025: I tested the best models on the market, and these are my favorites
Robot mowers function much like robot vacuums. They have sensors to navigate obstacles and stay within boundaries while cutting grass ...
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