Author: Advanced AI Editor

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Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) has achieved remarkable success in enhancing the reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs). However, existing RLVR methods often suffer from exploration inefficiency due to mismatches between the training data’s difficulty and the model’s capability. LLMs fail to discover viable reasoning paths when problems are overly difficult, while learning little new capability when problems are too simple. In this work, we formalize the impact of problem difficulty by quantifying the relationship between loss descent speed and rollout accuracy. Building on this analysis, we propose SEELE, a novel supervision-aided RLVR framework that dynamically adjusts problem…

K2 Think has 32B parameters What’s the story The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in the United Arab Emirates has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) model called K2 Think. The low-cost reasoning model is aimed at taking on industry giants such as OpenAI and DeepSeek. Unlike DeepSeek’s R1 model with a whopping 671 billion parameters, K2 Think is much smaller at just 32 billion parameters. K2 Think developed using Alibaba’s Qwen 2.5 model Despite its smaller size, MBZUAI claims that K2 Think matches the performance of flagship models from US and Chinese companies. The model was…

Alibaba Group Holding captured more than a third of China’s artificial intelligence cloud services market in the first half of this year, surpassing the combined share of its three closest rivals and solidifying its lead over competitors, according to a report from research firm Omdia.With a 35.8 per cent market share, Alibaba Cloud significantly outperformed ByteDance’s Volcano Engine, which ranked second at 14.8 per cent. Huawei Cloud followed with 13.1 per cent, while Tencent Cloud held 7 per cent. Baidu Cloud placed fourth, with a 6.1 per cent share, according to the report published on Monday.Omdia forecast that the Chinese…

TikTok-owner ByteDance has launched its latest image generation artificial intelligence tool Seedream 4.0, which it said surpasses Google DeepMind’s viral “Nano Banana” AI image editor across several key indicators.ByteDance’s Seed department, which oversees the tech unicorn’s AI development efforts, said on Tuesday that Seedream 4.0 had strong image editing capabilities, putting it in direct competition with Nano Banana, officially known as Gemini 2.5 Flash Image.The US model has received wide acclaim since its release in late August for the consistency and accuracy of its image editing abilities, which have been a challenge for AI image generators until now.ByteDance claims that…

Sam Altman is one of the people responsible for the currently inflated AI bubble, because OpenAI and his ChatGPT have achieved such great success. However, Altman draws attention to the problems generated by artificial intelligence. In the past, he has spoken about too much trust in content created by AI, and now he has spoken out about the growing number of bots on social media.The developer of OpenAI draws attention to commenting botsWhen we visit various social media platforms, we encounter more and more bots commenting on everything. Sometimes they create artificial traffic, other times they promote various kinds of…

Some Republicans are still angry over the deplatforming of Trump by tech executives once known for their progressive politics. They had been joined by a “vocal and growing group of conservatives who are fundamentally suspicious of the benefits of technological innovation,” Thierer said. With MAGA skeptics on one side and Big Tech allies of the president on the other, a “battle for the soul of the conservative movement” is under way. Popular resentment is now a threat to Trump’s Republican Party, warn some of its biggest supporters—especially if AI begins displacing jobs as many of its exponents suggest. “You can…

Tesla is bailing out Canadian automakers once again, as some companies in the country are consistently failing to reach mandated minimum sales targets for emission-free vehicles. Many countries and regions across the world have enacted mandates that require car companies to sell a certain percentage of electric powertrains each year in an effort to make sustainable transportation more popular. These mandates are specifically to help reduce the environmental impacts of gas-powered cars. In Canada, 20 percent of new car sales in the 2026 model year must be of an emissions-free powertrain. This number will eventually increase to 100 percent of…

CHINA – 2025/09/04: In this photo illustration, an IBM logo is seen displayed on the screen of a tablet. (Photo Illustration by Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images IBM shares notched a fifth straight session of gains, rising 7.3% over the past five days. The rally added roughly $18 billion in market value, bringing IBM’s market capitalization to about $241 billion. The stock now stands 20.3% above its level at the end of 2024, compared with a 10.7% year-to-date gain for the S&P 500. IBM’s recent rise can be attributed to CEO Arvind Krishna’s on-air discussion…

Cyber criminals increasingly see email as a weak link they can exploit; AI could be the answergetty Cybersecurity attacks perpetrated through emails are costing organisations all around the world a fortune. IT giant IBM says phishing emails are now the world’s most common attack vector for data breaches – and that the average breach costs $4.45 million to resolve – but the threat posed by email is much broader. Attackers also use email to launch ransomware attacks, deliver malware and pursue frauds such as spoof executive requests. Enter Cy Khormaee and Ryan Luo, two former Google executives best known for…