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Can AI really code? Study maps the roadblocks to autonomous software engineering
Imagine a future where artificial intelligence quietly shoulders the drudgery of software development: refactoring tangled code, migrating legacy systems, and hunting down race conditions, so that human engineers can devote themselves to architecture, design, and the genuinely novel problems still beyond a machine’s reach. Recent advances appear to have nudged that future tantalizingly close, but…
This “smart coach” helps LLMs switch between text and code
Large language models (LLMs) excel at using textual reasoning to understand the context of a document and provide a logical answer about its contents. But these same LLMs often struggle to correctly answer even the simplest math problems. Textual reasoning is usually a less-than-ideal way to deliberate over computational or algorithmic tasks. While some LLMs…
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership…
LLMs factor in unrelated information when recommending medical treatments
A large language model (LLM) deployed to make treatment recommendations can be tripped up by nonclinical information in patient messages, like typos, extra white space, missing gender markers, or the use of uncertain, dramatic, and informal language, according to a study by MIT researchers. They found that making stylistic or grammatical changes to messages increases…
Unpacking the bias of large language models
Research has shown that large language models (LLMs) tend to overemphasize information at the beginning and end of a document or conversation, while neglecting the middle. This “position bias” means that, if a lawyer is using an LLM-powered virtual assistant to retrieve a certain phrase in a 30-page affidavit, the LLM is more likely to…
Making AI-generated code more accurate in any language
Programmers can now use large language models (LLMs) to generate computer code more quickly. However, this only makes programmers’ lives easier if that code follows the rules of the programming language and doesn’t cause a computer to crash. Some methods exist for ensuring LLMs conform to the rules of whatever language they are generating text…
Could LLMs help design our next medicines and materials?
The process of discovering molecules that have the properties needed to create new medicines and materials is cumbersome and expensive, consuming vast computational resources and months of human labor to narrow down the enormous space of potential candidates. Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT could streamline this process, but enabling an LLM to understand and…
AI tool generates high-quality images faster than state-of-the-art approaches
The ability to generate high-quality images quickly is crucial for producing realistic simulated environments that can be used to train self-driving cars to avoid unpredictable hazards, making them safer on real streets. But the generative artificial intelligence techniques increasingly being used to produce such images have drawbacks. One popular type of model, called a diffusion…
DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app | TechCrunch
DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose to the top of the Apple App Store charts (and Google Play, as well). DeepSeek’s AI models, which were trained using compute-efficient techniques, have led Wall Street analysts — and technologists — to question whether the U.S. can maintain its…
How much does ChatGPT cost? Everything you need to know about OpenAI’s pricing plans | TechCrunch
OpenAI’s AI-powered chatbot platform ChatGPT keeps expanding with new features. The chatbot’s memory feature lets you save preferences so that chats are more tailored to you. ChatGPT also has an upgraded voice mode, letting you interact with the platform more or less in real time. It even offers a store — the GPT Store —…
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