TII’s Falcon H1R 7B can out-reason models up to 7x its size — and it’s (mostly) open

For the last two years, the prevailing logic in generative AI has been one of brute force: if you want better reasoning, you need a bigger model. While "small" models (under 10 billion param [...]

Why Nicholas Thompson Made a Custom GPT to Run Faster

The Atlantic CEO’s new book, The Running Ground, examines his complicated relationship with the sport. On this week’s episode of The Big Interview, he talks about the ways tech is helping him beco [...]

How President Jimmy Carter Slayed a Dragon and Is Helping to Eradicate an Ancient Disease

President Jimmy Carter, the Carter Center and LifeStraw have waged a war against Guinea Worm disease since 1986. We're now closer than ever to completely eradicating an ancient disease from the p [...]

The ‘Group 7’ Creator Still Doesn’t Know How She Hacked TikTok’s Algorithm

Singer Sophia James went viral for creating exclusive groups on TikTok as a “science experiment” to promote her music. She can’t believe it worked. [...]

Hurricane Melissa Has Meteorologists Terrified

The storm, which is set to make landfall in Jamaica Tuesday, has stunned meteorologists with its intensity and the speed at which it built. [...]

Trump’s energy secretary orders a Washington state coal plant to remain open

Chris Wright declared an energy “emergency” in the Pacific Northwest. [...]

Zoom says it aced AI’s hardest exam. Critics say it copied off its neighbors.

Zoom Video Communications, the company best known for keeping remote workers connected during the pandemic, announced last week that it had achieved the highest score ever recorded on one of artificia [...]

Westinghouse is claiming a nuclear deal would see $80B of new reactors

Details are remarkably sparse on what has been agreed to. [...]

Rainfall Buries a Mega-Airport in Mexico

New Mexico City International Airport was canceled when only half built, and has since been flooded and restored into wetlands. [...]