Testing autonomous agents (Or: how I learned to stop worrying and embrace chaos)

We've moved past the era of "ChatGPT wrappers" (thank God), but the industry still treats autonomous agents like they're just chatbots with API access. They're not. When you give an AI system the ...

OpenAI’s new frontier models mark a huge change in how AI will be built

I test-drove both. Here’s what I learned. In early March, OpenAI unleashed a one-two punch, dropping two major frontier models just days apart.
The Lancet

A predictive atlas of disease onset from retinal fundus photographs: a modelling study using data from population-based cohorts

We present one of the first comprehensive evaluations of predictive information derived from retinal fundus photographs, illustrating the potential and limitations of readily accessible and low-cost ...
Devdiscourse

Stacked AI model improves credit default forecasting

A new study suggests that lenders may get their strongest overall read on credit default risk by combining several machine learning models rather than relying on a single algorithm. The researchers ...
XDA Developers on MSN

This open-source Python library from Google is perfect for extracting text from anything

Smarter document extraction starts here.
FinanceFeeds

TakeProfit Launches Browser-Based Strategy Backtesting Tool for Retail Quant Traders

TakeProfit has introduced a browser-based strategy backtesting module within its cloud trading platform, adding new infrastructure aimed at traders developing ...
eLife

Neural signatures of model-based and model-free reinforcement learning across prefrontal cortex and striatum

This important study presents single-unit activity collected during model-based (MB) and model-free (MF) reinforcement learning in non-human primates. The dataset was carefully collected, and the ...
News Medical

Blood test models predict when Alzheimer’s symptoms may start years in advance

A new plasma biomarker clock offers an early glimpse into Alzheimer’s timing, potentially reshaping prevention research and therapeutic trials. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurocognitive ...
CNBC

Florida law models what genetic disease testing could be

Florida state Rep. Adam Anderson championed the Sunshine Genetics Act, the first state-backed genetic disease screening program in the nation. Anderson's son, Drew, died in 2019 from Tay-Sachs disease ...
Ars Technica

Waymo leverages Genie 3 to create a world model for self-driving cars

Google-spinoff Waymo is in the midst of expanding its self-driving car fleet into new regions. Waymo touts more than 200 million miles of driving that informs how the vehicles navigate roads, but the ...
9to5Mac

WhatsApp testing emoji-based sticker suggestions on iOS

The latest WhatsApp TestFlight build introduces sticker suggestions, eliminating the extra steps of having to open and sift through the sticker panel. Here’s how it works. As spotted by WABetaInfo, ...
Business Wire

U.S. Army Selects Striveworks for AI Test and Evaluation

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Striveworks, a leading developer of cutting-edge artificial intelligence solutions, has been selected to provide AI test and evaluation services for the U.S. Army under ...