Gemini 3.8 Flash

Model Cards are intended to provide essential information on Gemini models, including known limitations, mitigation approaches, and safety performance. Model cards may be updated from time to time; for example, to include updated evaluations as the model is improved or revised. See theGoogle DeepMind sitefor a comprehensive list of model cards. Gemini 3.8 Flash is … Devamını oku

Mistral now trains on user input by default, except on enterprise tier

In certain cases, your input and output data (such as conversations, documents, and other user-provided content)may be included in Mistral’s model training programs. 🔑 You retain full control over this processing and have the right toopt out of these programs at any time. The opt-out processdepends on the service or platform used, as described below. … Devamını oku

A Small Telescope That Surprised Me

I was skeptical about smart telescopes for years. Then I bought a used Seestar S50 and found a surprisingly capable little imaging system: easy to use, remarkably stable, beginner-friendly, and open enough to work with the raw data in PixInsight and Photoshop. This is what changed my mind. The first generation of devices I really … Devamını oku

A Note from LWN

We adopted the subscription model in late 2002; it was one of the best decisions we have ever made. This model makes us independent of the volatile (and surveillance-driven) advertising market and aligns our interests with those of our readers. But it does depend on support from those readers; if you have not yet subscribed … Devamını oku

Commodore 64 released September 1, 1982

Home»Retro Computing»Commodore 64 released September 1, 1982 On September 1, 1982, the Commodore 64 launched. Its name referred to the amount of memory it had on board: 64 kilobytes. And it was the first computer with 64K of memory to sell for under $600. When the C-64 first shipped is a bit of a mystery. … Devamını oku

The Emergent Symbolic Structure of Artificial Neural Networks

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The efficient frontier of LLM inference

Inference techniques either move a deployment along the latency–throughput frontier or push the entire frontier out, creating more efficiency to allocate. In the AI industry, we borrowed the term “efficient frontier” from economists. We use it to talk about managing tradeoffs, most often the tradeoff between cost and capabilities for models. A model is a … Devamını oku

Hang on to Your Firefox

“Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.” According toWikipedia, it’s an adage that goes back to 1512 in Germany. People have known for hundreds of years that you should be careful not to throw out a good and vital thing in your zeal to get rid of a minor annoyance. I think about this … Devamını oku

Refurbishing a Tektronix TDS7104 Oscilloscope

A little over a month ago, I ran into a Tektronix TDS7104 at theSilicon Valley Flea Market, where else? Other than some dirty buttons, a few smudges here and there, and the usual assortment of calibration and asset tracking tags, the unit was in excellent cosmetic shape, but the price tag of $700 was way … Devamını oku