Developer Simon Willison has noticed that Microsoft's Phi 4 reasoning model thinks for 56 sentences before responding to "Hi".<br /> The article Microsoft's Phi 4 responds to a simple "Hi" with 56 thoughts appeared first on THE DECODER. [...]
The Danish Armed Forces are set to trial four autonomous sea drones that will patrol Northern Europe waters, looking for signs of criminal activity. Powered by wind and solar, the uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) will gather real-time data using sensors and cameras positioned both above and beneath the water. An onboard computer will stream this data to a machine learning algorithm that is train [...]
The quantum arms race is no longer just a battle over technology, it’s a battle over perception. For years, the narrative around quantum computing has been clouded by skepticism, fueled by early hype that outpaced delivery. Industry leaders like Jensen Huang have reinforced the idea that practical quantum computing is decades away. While you can’t […]<br /> The post The Quantum Arms Ra [...]
This week we're fielding your burning tech questions, as well as diving into a bunch of AI web browser news. Opera has started testing its fully agentic AI browser, the Browser Company is dumping the Arc browser in favor of something AI related and Mozilla is getting in a bit of hot water with experimental AI preview summaries. Try as we might, we just can't escape AI.<br /> <br [...]