Machine-learning method maps the uncertainty of biodiversity scenarios: The Bigfoot connection

To effectively protect biodiversity in an era of climate change, ecologists first have to know where animal and plant species ...

Birchtech Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results

First Quarter 2026 Revenues of $4.2 Million; SEA-IX™ Nuclear-Grade Ion Exchange Resin Line Launched with Approximately $1 Million in Initial ...

AI doesn’t create bias, it inherits it – how do we ensure fairness when it comes to automated decisions?

Biases contained within historical datasets makes addressing what underpins automated decisions difficult – defining what is ...

Ishikawa Diagram Explained: Function, Types, and Applications

Discover how an Ishikawa diagram identifies cause and effect in processes, aiding quality control in manufacturing and ...

AI Hiring Compliance Is a Patchwork and Leaves Big Employer Gaps

Opinion: Employers using artificial intelligence to screen, rank, or evaluate candidates are facing a regulatory mismatch: ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Did Neanderthals Use Birch Bark Tar as an Antibiotic to Treat Wounds and Infections?

Researchers gathered bark from two species of trees—downy birch and silver birch—on public land in Germany. Then, they used it to produce birch tar via three extraction techniques. Tjaark Siemssen ...
Android

This Google AI Breakthrough Could End the Global RAM Crisis Sooner Than Expected

Google has unveiled TurboQuant, a new AI compression algorithm that can reduce the RAM requirements for large language models by 6x. By optimizing how AI stores data through a method called ...
The Verge

Google’s TurboQuant algorithm aims to slash AI memory usage.

The compression algorithm works by shrinking the data stored by large language models, with Google’s research finding that it can reduce memory usage by at least six times “with zero accuracy loss.” ...
VentureBeat

Google's new TurboQuant algorithm speeds up AI memory 8x, cutting costs by 50% or more

As Large Language Models (LLMs) expand their context windows to process massive documents and intricate conversations, they encounter a brutal hardware reality known as the "Key-Value (KV) cache ...