Researchers show that training on “junk data” can lead to LLM “brain rot”
On the surface, it seems obvious that training an LLM with “high quality” data will...
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An NIH director joins MAHA, gets replaced by JD Vance’s close friend
The director of a federal health institute that has arguably produced two of the most...
Microsoft makes Copilot “human-centered” with a ‘90s-style animated assistant
Microsoft said earlier this month that it wanted to add better voice controls to Copilot,...
The first people to set foot in Australia were fossil hunters
Australia’s First Peoples may or may not have hunted the continent’s megafauna to extinction, but...
Great hybrid V6, lousy HMI: Three days with a Ferrari 296 GTB
Ferrari provided flights from Washington, DC, to Austin, Texas, and accommodation so Ars could attend...
Trump’s industry meddling may give US a stake in quantum computing firms
Donald Trump is eyeing taking equity stakes in quantum computing firms in exchange for federal...
An outcast faces a deadly alien world in Predator: Badlands trailer
We’ve got a new international trailer for Predator: Badlands, the latest installment in a popular...
Texas lawmakers double down on Discovery, call for DOJ investigation into Smithsonian
Have you heard the news that Texas’ senators want to chop up NASA’s retired space...
BIND warns of bugs that could bring DNS cache attack back from the dead
The makers of BIND, the Internet’s most widely used software for resolving domain names, are...
This may be the most bonkers tech job listing I’ve ever seen
Here’s a job pitch you don’t see often. What if, instead of “work-life balance,” you...
AI and hands-free driving are coming to GM’s vehicles
GM provided flights from Detroit to New York City and accommodation so Ars could attend...
Starlink blocks 2,500 dishes allegedly used by Myanmar’s notorious scam centers
SpaceX said it disabled over 2,500 Starlink terminals suspected of being used by scammers in...
Google has a useful quantum algorithm that outperforms a supercomputer
A few years back, Google made waves when it claimed that some of its hardware...
Jaguar Land Rover looking at $2.5 billion price tag from crippling cyberattack
The cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover is estimated to have cost the UK at...
FDA slows down on drug reviews, approvals amid Trump admin chaos
Amid the chaos of the Trump administration’s haphazard job cuts and a mass exodus of...