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Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now A new evolutionary technique from Japan-based AI lab Sakana AI enables developers to augment the capabilities of AI models without costly training and fine-tuning processes. The technique, called Model Merging of Natural Niches (M2N2), …

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now “With volatility now the norm, security and risk leaders need practical guidance on managing existing spending and new budgetary necessities,” states Forrester’s 2026 Budget Planning Guide, revealing a fundamental shift in how organizations allocate …

TechCrunch Disrupt isn’t just about showcasing the startups of tomorrow — it’s also about surfacing the boldest ideas shaping technology today. Thanks to the support of our partners JetBrains and Greenfield, the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 program, happening October 27–29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, brings two must-see sessions that put AI front and center. Monday, October 27 — Builders Stage …

arXiv:2508.20983v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The SAFE Challenge evaluates synthetic speech detection across three tasks: unmodified audio, processed audio with compression artifacts, and laundered audio designed to evade detection. We systematically explore self-supervised learning (SSL) front-ends, training data compositions, and audio length configurations for robust deepfake detection. Our AASIST-based approach incorporates WavLM large frontend with RawBoost augmentation, trained on a …

The Trump administration seems intent on controlling Intel’s ability to make key business decisions around its floundering foundry business unit. According to reporting from the Financial Times, at a Deutsche Bank conference on Thursday, Intel’s CFO David Zinsner shared new details about the company’s recent deal with the Trump administration, which gave the U.S. government a 10% equity stake. The …

[Submitted on 17 Dec 2024 (v1), last revised 26 Aug 2025 (this version, v2)] View a PDF of the paper titled Statistical learning does not always entail knowledge, by Daniel Andr\’es D\’iaz-Pach\’on and H. Renata Gallegos and Ola H\”ossjer and J. Sunil Rao View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:In this paper, we study learning and knowledge acquisition (LKA) of an agent …

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now A new technique from Zhejiang University and Alibaba Group gives large language model (LLM) agents a dynamic memory, making them more efficient and effective at complex tasks. The technique, called Memp, provides agents with …

[Submitted on 2 Jun 2025 (v1), last revised 27 Aug 2025 (this version, v3)] View a PDF of the paper titled General agents contain world models, by Jonathan Richens and 3 other authors View PDF Abstract:Are world models a necessary ingredient for flexible, goal-directed behaviour, or is model-free learning sufficient? We provide a formal answer to this question, showing that …

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Salesforce is betting that rigorous testing in simulated business environments will solve one of enterprise artificial intelligence’s biggest problems: agents that work in demonstrations but fail in the messy reality of corporate operations. The …

[Submitted on 12 Jul 2025 (v1), last revised 26 Aug 2025 (this version, v2)] View a PDF of the paper titled Investigating the Robustness of Extreme Precipitation Super-Resolution Across Climates, by Louise Largeau and 5 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:The coarse spatial resolution of gridded climate models, such as general circulation models, limits their direct use in projecting …