Artificial Intelligence #251

Hey, in this issue: what if AI doesn’t just keep getting better forever?; when machine learning tells the wrong story; AlphaFold3 is now open source; recruiters urge candidates to use AI to apply for jobs; generative AI doesn’t have a coherent understanding of the world; and more.

The sponsors of this issue are Fiddler and AtScale.

• [Ars] What if AI doesn’t just keep getting better forever?
• When machine learning tells the wrong story
• [Nature] AI protein-prediction tool AlphaFold3 is now open source
• [Sponsored] Watch Now: NVIDIA and Fiddler AI on inference, guardrails and LLM observability

NVIDIA VP of Applied Research and Fiddler CEO share key strategies to:?a) deploy scalable LLM applications using robust inference pipelines,?b) build guardrails to keep LLMs safe and compliant, and?c) use AI observability to ensure LLM accuracy and reduce risks from unintended model responses.

• [Ars] New secret math benchmark stumps AI models and PhDs alike
• [FT] Recruiters urge candidates to use AI to apply for jobs
• Despite its impressive output, generative AI doesn’t have a coherent understanding of the world
• [Sponsored] Unlock Faster Insights: How AtScale’s Semantic Layer and Generative AI Are Revolutionizing Natural Language Queries
• Why AI could eat quantum computing’s lunch
• [Model] Qwen2.5-Coder model series: the strongest coding models

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