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In 2022, a small team of researchers ran an experiment that should have been unremarkable. They trained a tiny neural network, far smaller than anything that gets called “AI” today, on one of the simplest tasks imaginable: modular addition, basically clock math. What is 8 plus 7 if the clock only goes up to 12?…

Imagine you are building a robot to sort mail. You give it a set of simple rules: if the envelope is small, put it in the “letters” bin; if the envelope is large, put it in the “packages” bin. This is how traditional computer programming works. It relies on exact, rigid rules that humans write,…

Last Wednesday, Anthropic announced that earlier this year it had launched a molecular biology lab, where Claude agents read and conjecture about hard biology problems and human scientists run experiments on what they report. And this AI-powered lab, the company said, had made its first discovery. 

In a widely expected move, Volkswagen announced Monday that it will replace the recently retired ID.4 crossover with the upcoming ID.Tiguan. The decision is an acknowledgment by the German automaker that its more recognizable nameplates like Tiguan are likely an easier sell with consumers, especially when it comes to EVs. When it lands in Europe…

Molly Liu and Aman Puri are tackling the U.S. accounting shortage from another angle — a global one, that is. On Monday, they announced that their AI-powered talent marketplace Mavi, founded in 2023, has officially emerged from stealth. The service helps connect and onboard U.S. companies with top AI-proficient global financial and accounting talent within…