AI Therapy: Helpful Stopgap, Or Dangerous Substitution?

Research shows more people are turning to AI to process grief, manage anxiety and find meaning in their lives. Are we ...

Researchers propose a self-distillation fix for ‘catastrophic forgetting’ in LLMs

LLMs tend to lose prior skills when fine-tuned for new tasks. A new self-distillation approach aims to reduce regression and ...

A Simple Chemical Tweak Unlocks One of Quantum Computing’s Holy Grails

By adjusting a simple chemical ratio, scientists discovered a new way to control exotic quantum states that could underpin the next generation of quantum computers.
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Cider, under the microscope of the European Commission

The European Commission wants to regulate a product whose production has been operating for decades without a unified legal ...
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Defining the scientific method

As schoolchildren we are taught that the scientific method involves a question and suggested explanation (hypothesis) based on observation, followed by the careful design and execution of controlled ...