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OpenAI's o3-mini: Faster, Cheaper AI That Fact-Checks Itself(2025-01-31 15:00:03)

OpenAI today launched o3-mini, a specialized AI reasoning model designed for STEM tasks that offers faster processing at lower costs compared to its predecessor o1-mini. The model, priced at $1.10 per million cached input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens, performs fact-checking before deli...
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Microplastics in Placentas Linked To Premature Births, Study Suggests(2025-01-31 12:00:07)

A study has found microplastic and nanoplastic pollution to be significantly higher in placentas from premature births than in those from full-term births. From a report: The levels were much higher than previously detected in blood, suggesting the tiny plastic particles were accumulating in the pla...
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Quantum Computer Built On Server Racks Paves the Way To Bigger Machines(2025-01-31 09:00:03)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: A Canadian startup called Xanadu has built a new quantum computer it says can be easily scaled up to achieve the computational power needed to tackle scientific challenges ranging from drug discovery to more energy-efficient machine lea...
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Intel Won't Bring Its Falcon Shores AI Chip To Market(2025-01-31 06:00:07)

During the company's fourth-quarter earnings call Thursday, Intel co-CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus announced that Intel has decided to cancel its Falcon Shores AI chip. Instead, it'll opt to use it as an internal test chip while shifting focus to Jaguar Shores for AI data center solutions. TechCrun...
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AM Radio For All Vehicles Legislation Reintroduced(2025-01-31 03:00:02)

A bipartisan group of legislators has reintroduced the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025, aiming to mandate AM radio in all new vehicles at no additional cost. Adweek reports: The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act was first introduced in May 2023. It continued to take on new co-sponsors through th...
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