Bigger has defined AI from day one. New data says task-specific small models beat frontier LLMs on accuracy, cost and speed — and save money.

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Matthew Guay After a new round of testing, Sunsama is still our favorite ...

On Tuesday, Nature released two papers describing AI systems intended to help scientists develop and test hypotheses. One, Google’s Co-Scientist, is designed as what they term “scientist in the loop,” ...

From live speech translation in video calls to auto-dubbing on TikTok, the technology to dissolve language barriers has arrived. Real-time translation powered by artificial intelligence (AI) is now ...

AI automation typically requires task-level fixed costs, such as model training or fine-tuning. We develop a quantitative task-based framework in which automation depends jointly on relative marginal ...

Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning (TBLT) is a communicative approach that positions authentic language tasks as the central unit of instruction. Originating from the communicative language ...

The flash from my iPhone camera illuminates my dirty socks and underwear as I hold each item up for the video recording to capture clearly. As I load my smelly clothes into the washer, I tremble a bit ...

Last September roboticist Benjie Holson of Robust AI posted on Substack the “Humanoid Olympic Games”: a set of increasingly difficult tests for humanoid robots he demonstrated himself while dressed in ...

There’s a common assumption that if someone starts learning a language when they are very young, they will quickly become fluent. Many people also assume that it will become much harder to learn a ...

Abstract: In this paper, we propose a general digital twin edge computing network comprising multiple vehicles and a server. Each vehicle generates multiple computing tasks within a time slot, leading ...

As part of my Simply Explained series, I’ve been covering a range of student-centered instructional approaches, from project-based learning to experiential and inquiry-based learning. Today, I cover ...