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New AI text diffusion models break speed barriers by pulling words from noise

Ars Technica

On Thursday, Inception Labs released Mercury Coder , a new AI language model that uses diffusion techniques to generate text faster than conventional models. Traditional large language models build text from left to right, one token at a time. They use a technique called " autoregression."

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AI firms follow DeepSeek’s lead, create cheaper models with “distillation”

Ars Technica

Leading artificial intelligence firms including OpenAI, Microsoft, and Meta are turning to a process called distillation in the global race to create AI models that are cheaper for consumers and businesses to adopt. Read full article Comments

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Why are AI companies so bad at naming their models?

Fast Company Tech

No, it was about the model name. seemed nonsensical to many, difficult to parse from their already launched models like GPT-4o and GPT-4.5. How about we fix our model naming by this summer and everyone gets a few more months to make fun of us (which we very much deserve) until then? A model name should have some basic tenets.

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Meta will start using data from EU users to train its AI models

Engadget

Starting this week, the tech giant will begin notifying Europeans through email and its family of apps of the fact, with the message set to include an explanation of the kind of data it plans to use as part of the training. Today's announcement follows the initial release of Meta's new Llama 4 models.

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Google releases Gemini 2.5 AI model for complex thinking

Engadget

Just a few months after the debut of Gemini 2.0 , the tech giant has unveiled another upgrade in Gemini 2.5. The first model in this series is Gemini 2.5 As with any new AI launch, Google is touting a strong performance on LMArena for Gemini 2.5, particularly its capabilities in coding, mathematics and science. Pro Experimental.

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NPOs Keeping Human Touch Amid Tech And AI

The NonProfit Times

The panelists spoke of how technology is not just changing treatment but how large language models (LLMs) are helping to find genetic patterns that will help researchers get down to the biology of why a disease will form and then progresses. The organizations founder, Charles Wang, was also founder of tech firm Computer Associates.

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The best Amazon Spring Sale deals on kitchen tech including discounts on gear from Breville, KitchenAid, Ninja and more

Engadget

Having more than a few cuisine-obsessed folk on staff means when theres an opportunity to review a new bit of cooking tech, we jump at the chance. Right now, thanks to Amazons Big Spring Sale , a long list of the kitchen tech weve covered is on sale. This is the pro model of the version we recommend in our tea guide.

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