Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’

Google’s TurboQuant has the internet joking about Pied Piper from HBO's "Silicon Valley." The compression algorithm promises ...
Total Retail

How I Combined GPT With Classical Optimization to Make Retail AI 85% Faster

In large retail operations, category management teams spend significant time deciding which product goes onto which shelf and ...
Computer Weekly

How AI code generation is pushing DevSecOps to machine speed

The growing use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools for coding is transforming software engineering practices, with developers now building continuous integration and continuous ...
Scientific American

Algorithms really do create political polarization—and this AI tool let users avoid it

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...
TechCrunch

Spotify says its best developers haven’t written a line of code since December, thanks to AI

Has AI coding reached a tipping point? That seems to be the case for Spotify at least, which shared this week during its fourth-quarter earnings call that the best developers at the company “have not ...
InfoWorld

AI use may speed code generation, but developers’ skills suffer

As companies move to more AI code writing, humans may not have the necessary skills to validate and debug the AI-written code if their skill formation was inhibited by using AI in the first place, ...
GeekWire

Code.org lays off 18 employees ‘to ensure long-term sustainability’ at education nonprofit

Seattle-based Code.org laid off 18 employees, or about 14% of its staff, the nonprofit confirmed to GeekWire on Wednesday. Following the cuts, Code.org’s staff now numbers 107. “Code.org has made the ...
IEEE

FPGA-Based High-Speed Gray-Code Phase-Shift Profilometry System

Abstract: Phase-Shifting Profilometry (PSP) traditionally relies on multi-frequency phase unwrapping, which requires a large number of projection patterns and limits its applicability in high-speed ...
Hypebeast

Elon Musk Says X Algorithm Will Go Open Source

Elon Musk says social platform X will open-source a new recommendation algorithm within seven days, exposing all code behind organic and ad post suggestions and updating it every four weeks with ...
Reuters

Musk's X to open source new algorithm in seven days

Jan 10 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Saturday that social media platform X will open to the public its new algorithm, including all code for organic and advertising post recommendations, in seven days ...
The Verge

Musk says he’s going to open-source the new X algorithm next week

He open-sourced Twitter’s algorithm back in 2023, but then never updated the GitHub. He open-sourced Twitter’s algorithm back in 2023, but then never updated the GitHub. is the Verge’s weekend editor.