Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early on Tuesday morning. BI viewed a livestream that appeared to show a massive ship striking a support beam. Vessel tracking maps as of 2:50 a.m. showed Coast Guard vessels moving toward the Dali, a Singapore-flagged cargo ship. Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed on Tuesday morning after it … Read more
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Two years ago, in a project called the Beyond the Imitation Game benchmark, or BIG-bench, 450 researchers compiled a list of 204 tasks designed to test the capabilities of large language models, which power chatbots like ChatGPT. On most tasks, performance improved predictably and smoothly … Read more
EDUARD MUZHEVSKYI / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images Google is joining collaborative efforts to build large language models (LLMs) that better cater to Southeast Asia’s population and cultural mix. Its research arm will work with AI Singapore to enhance datasets used to train, finetune, and assess AI models in languages specific to the region. Called Project … Read more
Two men have been indicted on federal charges for blowing up a woman’s home in Richmond Hill, Georgia, and allegedly hatching a strange plot to unleash a python on the home to eat the woman’s daughter. Stephen Glosser and Caleb Kinsey are charged with creating “a plan to kill, intimidate, harass, or injure” their victim, … Read more
A large number of around 830,000 salmon fry released into Northern California’s Klamath River are believed to have died after they suffered gas bubble disease, state wildlife officials said Monday. The condition is caused by a severe change in pressure. It happened as the fish went through the Iron Gate Dam tunnel, the California Fish … Read more
Legos know no bounds when it comes to creativity, imagination, or age. The price of a Lego set, however, can feel restrictive. But thanks to these great deals at Amazon, you could be the latest owner of some of the top-selling sets without paying full price. Here are some of our favorite deals on Lego … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea and the United States began large annual military exercises Monday to bolster their readiness against North Korean nuclear threats after the North raised animosities with an extension of missile tests and belligerent rhetoric earlier this year. The South Korean and U.S. forces began a computer-simulated command post training called … Read more
Tom Terzin has been fascinated by beetles since he was a child. “They behave like tiny natural robots,” Terzin said in a Jan. 30 University of Alberta news release. “They crawl around obeying simple rules. If there’s an obstacle in their way they usually go around it, which is generally how a robot would behave.” … Read more
An Australian schoolgirl has found fame after CCTV footage in her Queensland home recorded her heroic efforts to save her pet guinea pig, MaxiBon, from the jaws of a wild snake — by grabbing the snake by its tail and swinging it around. Rosie Wightman, 12, is seen in the silent video footage cleaning out … Read more
A slogan related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) is displayed on a screen in Intel pavilion, during the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 16, 2024. Denis Balibouse | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed … Read more