On Thursday, the Laude Institute announced its first batch of Slingshots grants, aimed at “advancing the science and practice of artificial intelligence.” Designed as an accelerator for researchers, the Slingshots program is meant to provide resources that would be unavailable in most academic settings, whether it’s funding, compute power, or product and engineering support. In exchange, the recipients pledge to …

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🔥 Trending now in : US Democrats still face big questions, despite election wins Courtney Subramanianin Washington Watch: US election night’s big winners… in 90 seconds A year after the Democrats found themselves out of power and without a leader, the party is standing at a crossroads. After months of downbeat introspection, three election races this week gave them a …

[Submitted on 30 Oct 2025 (v1), last revised 5 Nov 2025 (this version, v2)] View a PDF of the paper titled Bridging the Gap between Empirical Welfare Maximization and Conditional Average Treatment Effect Estimation in Policy Learning, by Masahiro Kato View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:The goal of policy learning is to train a policy function that recommends a treatment given …

Refresh 2025-11-06T14:48:57.530Z Double, Double, AI bubble? The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (Image credit: Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images) Is the artificial intelligence boom about to bust? We’ve watched dissent surrounding the technology’s dubious profitability percolate from tech bloggers through social media all the way up to big news organizations over the past few months, with …

🔥 Trending now in : Mohamed Jbara célèbre la Marche verte avec «Hdyat Moulana», un hymne à l’unité africaine Fidèle à sa tradition, Mohamed Jbara célèbre chaque année la Marche Verte en musique. En 2025, l’artiste signe un retour particulièrement symbolique avec son nouveau single «Hdyat Moulana», dont la sortie a eu lieu ce jeudi 6 novembre, à l’occasion du …

[Submitted on 28 Sep 2025 (v1), last revised 4 Nov 2025 (this version, v3)] View a PDF of the paper titled How Effective Are Time-Series Models for Precipitation Nowcasting? A Comprehensive Benchmark for GNSS-based Precipitation Nowcasting, by Yifang Zhang and 9 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Precipitation Nowcasting, which aims to predict precipitation within the next 0 to 6 …

Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 66 people dead with 26 others missing in the central Philippines, many in widespread flooding that trapped people on their roofs and swept away scores of cars in a hard-hit province still recovering from a deadly earthquake, officials said. Among the dead were six people who were killed in a separate incident when a …

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usually starts the same way. In a leadership meeting, someone says: “Let’s use AI!” Heads nod, enthusiasm builds, and before you know it, the room lands on the default conclusion: “Sure — we’ll build a chatbot.” That instinct is understandable. Large language models are powerful, ubiquitous, and fascinating. They promise intuitive access to universal knowledge and functionality. The team walks away and starts building. …

This study examined the implementation of a RAG-based AI teaching assistant in medical education across two consecutive academic cohorts and demonstrates a scalable, always-available AI support tailored to curricular contexts and students needs. The results identified both opportunities and challenges in deploying RAG-based AI teaching assistants in medical education programs. The data from participating students demonstrate how some medical students …

🔥 Trending now in : خالد مرتجي وسيد عبد الحفيظ يلحقان ببعثة الأهلي فى الإمارات اليوم يتوجه المهندس خالد مرتجي أمين صندوق الأهلي برفقة سيد عبد الحفيظ عضو مجلس إدارة النادي إلى الإمارات اليوم، الثلاثاء؛ للالتحاق ببعثة الفريق للمشاركة في بطولة السوبر المصري. خالد مرتجي رئيساً لبعثة الأهلي في الامارات ويتراس مرتجي البعثة، وفقاً لقرار مجلس الإدارة، …

[Submitted on 21 Oct 2025 (v1), last revised 30 Oct 2025 (this version, v2)] View a PDF of the paper titled {\epsilon}-Seg: Sparsely Supervised Semantic Segmentation of Microscopy Data, by Sheida Rahnamai Kordasiabi and 2 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Semantic segmentation of electron microscopy (EM) images of biological samples remains a challenge in the life sciences. EM data …

كشفت شركة OpenAI، المطوّرة لنماذج ChatGPT، عن وكيل ذكاء اصطناعي جديد يحمل اسم “Aardvark”، يهدف إلى تعزيز أمان البرمجيات من خلال اكتشاف الثغرات وإصلاحها بشكل تلقائى،  يأتي هذا الإعلان بعد أسابيع قليلة من إطلاق الشركة متصفحها الذكى الجديد، ما يعكس تسارع توسّعها فى أدوات الذكاء الاصطناعى العملية.   ذكاء يفهم ويُصلح الشيفرات يعمل “Aardvark” بطريقة مبتكرة …

🔥 Trending now in : Miami Dolphins FAQ: Why Mike McDaniel is staying and more Oct 31, 2025, 01:55 PM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — For the first time in a quarter century, Chris Grier is no longer a member of the Miami Dolphins. Team owner Stephen Ross announced the decision Friday to mutually part ways with the longtime general …