2025 March 13.
Attila Fodor
Fedora 42 Beta Available
Fedora 42 beta is now available for testing, with a stable release planned for 15 April. The new version includes several major enhancements designed to improve the user experience, simplify the installation process, and integrate modern desktop environments and technical solutions.
2025 March 06.
Attila Fodor
Video Games in Artificial Intelligence Testing
For decades, video games have served as laboratories for testing the capabilities of various AI algorithms. Whether they are classic platformers or more complex strategy games, these games provide a way for AI systems to learn how to act, adapt to changing environments, and optimize their decisions in order to earn rewards.
2025 March 05.
Attila Fodor
Nature & Technology: Google Calls for Proposals to Support Environmental Solutions
In recent decades, the dramatic loss of biodiversity has created new challenges for the global environmental balance and human well-being. In response, Google's latest announcement introduces three new initiatives aimed at protecting and restoring nature and ecosystems in critical areas.
2025 March 03.
Attila Fodor
GitHub Models, running AI models from a Linux terminal
Discover how to run AI models from your Linux terminal using GitHub Models—even on an old ThinkPad T470p.
2025 March 01.
Attila Fodor
Diffusion Technology Achieves 10x Faster Text Generation
Inception Labs has introduced the Mercury diffusion language model family, a new approach to speed up text generation. Unlike traditional sequential (autoregressive) language models, Mercury uses diffusion technology, promising significant improvements in speed and efficiency. While currently focused on code generation, this technology could transform the entire field of text generation.
2025 February 28.
Attila Fodor
Phi-4 model family expanded with two new models
Microsoft recently announced the new generation of the Phi-4 model family, which now includes two distinct yet complementary models: the Phi-4 multimodal and the Phi-4 mini. These models not only further improve computing performance but also combine different data types in innovative ways to support a wide range of AI applications—all in a compact design with optimized resource usage.
2025 February 20.
Attila Fodor
AI mainly targets women in the workplace
Deutsche Welle (DW) recently interviewed Gilbert Houngbo, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), about the impact of artificial intelligence on the labour market.
2025 February 19.
Attila Fodor
The French large language model, also fluent in Arabic
When it comes to large language models, much attention is given to the intense competition between the U.S. and China, while European models receive far less recognition.
2025 February 18.
Attila Fodor
Large language models doubled their performance last month
It's been about a month since Scale AI published the first results of its "Humanity's Final Exam," a test designed to measure artificial intelligence's expert-level knowledge and reasoning abilities across various domains. In addition to these aspects, the test also evaluates the calibration of AI models. The exam covers both the sciences and the humanities, though for understandable reasons, the sciences—particularly mathematics—dominate, as they are the most likely to provide objective truths.
2025 February 13.
Attila Fodor
Generative biology helps us understand the location of proteins in cells
A deep learning model based on artificial intelligence, ProtGPS, can predict how proteins are arranged within cells. This breakthrough not only reveals previously hidden layers of cellular organization but also offers new opportunities in drug development and biotechnology.
2025 February 12.
Attila Fodor
AI chatbots to combat impersonal customer service?
Lyft is a company similar to Uber, though not as well known in Europe, that offers a range of transport services, primarily in the US. Like Uber, it operates as a ride-sharing platform where drivers can transport passengers in their own cars. Additionally, it provides electric scooters and bike-sharing systems.
2025 February 11.
Attila Fodor
Mapping the speech centre of the brain brings us closer to AMI
Mapping the function of the brain's speech center is a crucial area of neuroscience. One key reason is that millions of people each year suffer from brain lesions that impair their ability to communicate. However, progress in mapping the speech center has been slow in recent years because recording brain waves is complicated by the fact that mouth movements distort the signals. The most effective method for filtering out this noise so far has been the surgical implantation of electrodes in the brain. However, this approach is highly invasive, making the tests extremely limited and significantly increasing costs.
2025 February 10.
Attila Fodor