[Submitted on 20 May 2025 (v1), last revised 26 Sep 2025 (this version, v2)] View a PDF of the paper titled UltraEdit: Training-, Subject-, and Memory-Free Lifelong Editing in Language Models, by Xiaojie Gu and 3 other authors View PDF Abstract:Lifelong learning enables large language models (LLMs) to adapt to evolving information by continually updating their internal knowledge. An ideal …
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Written together with Ilan Strauss, Isobel Moure, and Tim O’Reilly as part of the AI Disclosures Project. Originally published on our blog: Asimov’s Addendum. 1. of MCP Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) was released in November 2024 as a way to make tools and platforms model-agnostic. MCP works by defining servers and clients. MCP servers are local or remote end points where …
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: Why We Need Automated Fact-Checking In comparison to the traditional media, where articles are edited and verified before getting published, social media changed the approach completely. Suddenly, everyone could raise their voice. Posts are shared instantly, enabling the access to ideas and perspectives from all over the world. That was the dream, at least. What began as an idea …
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