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Wednesday, 15 July 2026
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At first glance, creating a routing system for your agent might seem straightforward. You send simple requests to cheaper models, reserve more powerful ones for complex tasks, and use a classifier or heuristic to make the decision. This leads to cost savings and maintains performance. However, this is not the full story. Most routing systems assume that model selection is a simple classification problem.
Assistant Professor Pat Pataranutaporn describes a new interface that lets everyday users glimpse inside an AI's neural network before their chatbot ever says a word.
MIT researchers developed a framework that folds a printer’s real-world limits into the optimization, while revealing that better hardware could sharply reduce material use.
Concrete is the world's most widely used building material, but its production accounts for a significant portion of global carbon emissions. A promising method to reduce this environmental impact is 3D-printing concrete, which places the material only where needed and eliminates the labor-intensive formwork required for traditional pouring methods.
However, while computers can generate highly efficient designs, today's 3D-printing technology has physical limitations that prevent these ideal designs from being built. To address this gap, researchers at MIT have developed a framework that incorporates printers' real fabrication constraints directly into the optimization process.
Two brands win readers over, but for different reasons.
Southeast Asia's largest economy risks losing its emerging-market status as President Prabowo Subianto's spending plans rattle markets. Can he deliver growth?
Indonesia, the world's largest economy in Southeast Asia, is facing economic pressure due to several factors. The country, which saw steady annual growth of 5% since the pandemic, now relies heavily on imported fuel, despite having its own oil reserves, causing a significant increase in fuel subsidies. Policymakers are projected to need an additional $6 billion or more to maintain stable prices.
This financial strain has led to a sharp decline in the national currency, the rupiah, which plummeted to record lows near 18,000 to the dollar. The Jakarta stock market, once on track for a record high, fell by a third, marking the worst-performing market of the year.
IBM announced preliminary results that spooked the software market generally; this is a story, however, specifically about IBM and its mainframe franchise.
A new study adds evidence that electric fields in the brain help to organize and shape underlying neural activity via “ephaptic coupling.”
A new study reveals that electric fields significantly influence neural activity and stability, even on a moment-to-moment basis. Published in Cerebral Cortex, the findings, led by researchers at MIT, suggest that the brain's electric fields act as crucial control signals for its overall function. Lead author Earl K. Miller, Picower Professor of Neuroscience, explains that the brain is a "rollicking sea of electrical influences," traditionally studied for its spiking and synaptic connections.
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express has spotted a swathe of metallic-looking waves filling Mars’s large Kaiser Crater – an ancient and otherworldly dune field sculpted by wind.
There is no majority support for use of gene editing on non-life-threatening conditions, writes Tom Lichy of the British Deaf Association Your editorial ( The Guardian view on gene-edited humans: darker uses must be acknowledged alongside medical ones, 5 July ) offers welcome support to those expressing concern about the lack of public…
Only by understanding the complex interplay of ageing, physiology and the microbiome will we understand colorectal cancer risk says Filipe Cabreiro The post When relationships turn sour – cancer and the holobiont appeared first on Cancer Research UK - Cancer News .
Cancer Research UK suggests that understanding the complex interplay of ageing, physiology, and the microbiome is crucial to comprehending colorectal cancer risk. While cancer was once thought to be primarily a genetic disease driven by the accumulation of mutations, researchers now view it more as a systems-level breakdown. This perspective aligns with the process of ageing, which also accumulates biological noise.
MIT researchers have found that a ketogenic high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet fuels the growth of intestinal tumors.
A week after being nominated for its 18th New York Emmy, Eater has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy. The 2026 nominations, announced on Tuesday, recognize both broadcast and digital shows; Eater was nominated for Outstanding Daytime Short Form Program for its Most-Ordered, a new series that debuted this year. Most-Ordered spotlights the dishes found on […]
Eater's video team has been honored with a sixth Daytime Emmy nomination for its groundbreaking show, Most-Ordered. This follows the team's recent sixth New York Emmy nomination, solidifying their success in the competitive world of broadcast and digital programming. The 2026 Daytime Emmy nominations, revealed on Tuesday, acknowledge both traditional and modern mediums.
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