Alibaba unveils new Qwen3.5 model for 'agentic AI era'

Alibaba on Monday unveiled a new artificial intelligence model Qwen 3.5 designed to execute complex tasks independently, with ...

China’s ByteDance releases Doubao 2.0 AI model for 'agent era'

China's ByteDance has rolled out its Doubao 2.0 model, an upgrade of the country's most widely used artificial-intelligence app, the company said on Saturday.
Network World

Nvidia claims 10x cost savings with open-source inference models

Nvidia noted that cost per token went from 20 cents on the older Hopper platform to 10 cents on Blackwell. Moving to Blackwell’s native low-precision NVFP4 format further reduced the cost to just 5 ...
PharmExec

The Next Generation of Trial Designs: Supplementing Trials with Real-World Data

Real-world data (RWD) is transforming clinical research, augmenting existing randomized controlled trial (RCT) data to de-risk studies and improve generalizability. With regulators setting clearer ...
PsyPost on MSN

Evolutionary psychology’s “macho” face ratio theory has a major flaw

For years, evolutionary psychologists and biologists have investigated the idea that the shape of a man’s face can predict his behavior. A specific measurement known as the facial width-to-height ...

Grey Owl Capital Management Q4 2025 Client Letter

Grey Owl's All-Season Strategy returned 11.4% in 2025, outperforming during risk-on rallies. Read the full report to explore ...
Opinion
The BMJOpinion

FDA is now “open to bayesian statistics”: transformational change or new Pandora’s box?

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now “open to bayesian statistics,” contrasting this with the frequentist approach that the agency and the drug industry have historically relied on for ...
IEEE

Bayesian Inference-Aided Large Language Model Agents in Infinitely Repeated Games: A Dynamic Network View

Abstract: The rapid expansion of large language models (LLMs) has led to increasingly frequent interactions between LLM agents and human users, motivating new questions about their capacity to form ...
Frontiers

Modeling frameworks in nutritional epidemiology matter: comparing isotemporal and time-lagged Bayesian and frequentist approaches of carbohydrate intake and adiposity

Background: Understanding how different modeling strategies affect associations in nutritional epidemiology is critical, especially given the temporal complexity of dietary and health data. Objective: ...
Deep

From Core to Edge: Why Inference AI Is Reshaping Digital Infrastructure

Every day, new AI applications are popping up—from tools that draft your emails to copilots that revolutionize entire business strategies and processes. But behind the magic, there’s a practical ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Fithian, W., Sun, D. and Taylor, J. (2014) Optimal Inference after Model Selection. arXiv:1410.2597.

ABSTRACT: Determining the causal effect of special education is a critical topic when making educational policy that focuses on student achievement. However, current special education research is ...
eLife

Correlation detection as a stimulus computable account for audiovisual perception, causal inference, and saliency maps in mammals

Animals excel at seamlessly integrating information from different senses, a capability critical for navigating complex environments. Despite recent progress in multisensory research, the absence of ...