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Microsoft Announces Phi-4 AI Model Optimized for Accuracy and Complex Reasoning

An anonymous reader shared this report from Computerworld: Microsoft has announced Phi-4 — a new AI model with 14 billion parameters — designed for complex reasoning tasks, including mathematics. Phi-4 excels in areas such as STEM question-answering and advanced problem-solving, surpassing similar models in performance. Phi-4, part of the Phi small language models (SLMs), is

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Finally… a Man Page for Life

How often have you wished to have an instruction manual — or, at least, a Unix man page — for life? Well, your wait is over. Of course, you probably were hoping for instructions on how to navigate life, but [cve’s] mott program plays life inside a man page. That might not be as useful

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Finally… a Man Page for Life

How often have you wished to have an instruction manual — or, at least, a Unix man page — for life? Well, your wait is over. Of course, you probably were hoping for instructions on how to navigate life, but [cve’s] mott program plays life inside a man page. That might not be as useful

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Does Space Need Environmentalists?

Does space need environmentalists, asks the headline from a new article in Noema magazine. “As astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson notes, the first trillionaire will be made in space. “But amid such promising developments are worries among some scientists and environmentalists who fear humans will repeat the errors that resource extraction has wrought on Earth…” If

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Hackaday Links: December 15, 2024

It looks like we won’t have Cruise to kick around in this space anymore with the news that General Motors is pulling the plug on its woe-beset robotaxi project. Cruise, which GM acquired in 2016, fielded autonomous vehicles in various test markets, but the fleet racked up enough high-profile mishaps (first item) for California regulators

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Hackaday Links: December 15, 2024

It looks like we won’t have Cruise to kick around in this space anymore with the news that General Motors is pulling the plug on its woe-beset robotaxi project. Cruise, which GM acquired in 2016, fielded autonomous vehicles in various test markets, but the fleet racked up enough high-profile mishaps (first item) for California regulators

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Two Drone Pilots Arrested Near Boston, and Drones Cause One-Hour Runway Closure at North New York Airport

Saturday night two men were arrested near Boston “following a hazardous drone operation near Logan Airport’s airspace,” according to a police statement. They credit an officer “leveraging advanced UAS monitoring technology” who “identified the drone’s location, altitude, flight history, and the operators’ position.” Recognizing the serious risks posed by the drone’s proximity to Logan’s airspace,

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