In the news | Axios
Shedding light on AI’s black box
Scientists are opening generative AI's black box and beginning to understand the models' inner workings. Why it matters: The prospect of harnessing genAI to make decisions and perform tasks is pushing researchers to better understand how AI systems work —…
In the news | Fierce Network
To overcome AI grounding challenges, we must dig deeper
Grounding AI models is like giving them a map to navigate the world, but what happens when that map isn’t up to date or misses crucial details? That's the problem hyperscalers and AI leaders are now trying to solve. As…
开启因果发现新范式！解密复杂系统的核心机制
作者：DKI组 编者按：在当今数据驱动的世界，理解复杂系统中的因果关系是科学研究和实际应用中的关键挑战。在人工智能领域，因果推理能力更是成为一个热门话题。如何揭示数据背后因果机制的关键？如何利用数据实现因果发现的突破？为回答这些问题，来自微软 DKI（Data, Knowledge and Intelligence，数据、知识与智能）领域的研究员们在进行了持续而深入的探索，其相关成果发表在 AAA...
微软亚洲研究院多项创新技术，弥合大模型低比特量化与终端部署间鸿沟
编者按：在人工智能领域，模型参数的增多往往意味着性能的提升。但随着模型规模的扩大，其对终端设备的算力与内存需求也日益增加。低比特量化技术，由于可以大幅降低存储和计算成本并提升推理效率，已成为实现大模型在资源受限设备上高效运行的关键技术之一。然而，如果硬件设备不支持低比特量化后的数据模式，那么低比特量化的优势将无法发挥。 为了解决这一问题，微软亚洲研究院推出了全新的数据编译器 Ladder 和算法...
In the news | MIT Technology Review
How to fine-tune AI for prosperity
Artificial intelligence could put us on the path to a booming economic future, but getting there will take some serious course corrections. When Chad Syverson loads the US Bureau of Labor Statistics website these days looking for the latest data…
In the news | MIT News
3 Questions: How to prove humanity online
AI agents could soon become indistinguishable from humans online. Could “personhood credentials” protect people against digital imposters? As artificial intelligence agents become more advanced, it could become increasingly difficult to distinguish between AI-powered users and real humans on the internet.…
In the news | Science
To reduce wildlife deaths caused by fences, scientists are turning to AI
As many as 1 million kilometers of fence may crisscross the western United States, enough to stretch to the Moon and back. Erected over the past century, largely to contain livestock, the barbed and woven wire fences also hinder wildlife such as…
Abstracts: August 15, 2024
| Amber Tingle, Shrey Jain, and Zoë Hitzig
Advanced AI may make it easier for bad actors to deceive others online. A multidisciplinary research team is exploring one solution: a credential that allows people to show they’re not bots without sharing identifying information. Shrey Jain and Zoë Hitzig…
In the news | Technology Review
Happy birthday, baby! What the future holds for those born today
An intelligent digital agent could be a companion for life—and other predictions for the next 125 years. Happy birthday, baby. You have been born into an era of intelligent machines. They have watched over you almost since your conception. They…