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[Submitted on 3 Apr 2025 (v1), last revised 10 Apr 2025 (this version, v2)] View a PDF of the paper titled FAST: Federated Active Learning with Foundation Models for Communication-efficient Sampling and Training, by Haoyuan Li and 3 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Federated Active Learning (FAL) has emerged as a promising framework to leverage large quantities of unlabeled data across distributed clients while preserving data privacy. However, real-world deployments remain limited by high annotation costs and communication-intensive sampling processes, particularly in a cross-silo setting, when clients possess substantial local datasets. This paper addresses the crucial question: What is…

Anthropic on Wednesday introduced Claude’s Max plan, a new subscription tier for its viral chatbot and ChatGPT competitor. The plan has two price points — $100 per month or $200 per month — offering different amounts of usage. Subscribers will get “priority access to new models and capabilities,” including Claude’s voice mode when it launches. Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup backed by Amazon, on Wednesday introduced Claude’s Max plan, a new subscription tier for its chatbot that competes with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Customers can pay $100 per month for five times the amount of usage as the company’s Pro plan, or $200…

Researchers from Stanford University early today published the latest edition of their annual AI Index Report, detailing the growing influence of artificial intelligence technologies on our society and the global economy. The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, known as Stanford HAI, has been publishing its annual reports on the state of the AI industry since 2017. This year’s edition, the eighth, is the “most comprehensive” report to date, spanning more than 430 pages. The authors say it’s arriving at a critical juncture as the influence of AI across society rapidly accelerates with the emergence of increasingly capable and sophisticated…

Topline Tech company IBM and beer brewer Constellation Brands are reportedly among the latest in a wave of corporations retreating from diversity, equity and inclusion policies amid pressure to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders gutting DEI and online attacks from conservative influencers. IBM is the latest in a list of companies to walk back DEI policies. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto … More via Getty Images)NurPhoto via Getty Images Timeline April 10IBM shifted its supplier diversity goals away from race and gender to focus on all small businesses and veteran-led companies and stopped linking executive compensation to diversity hiring…

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have identified the hopping locomotion of robots as optimal for disaster search missions because the robots need to expend the least amount of energy to move. The MIT robot hops on just one leg in the laboratory and is only 5 cm tall. The hopping locomotion of a robot with only one leg has many advantages: it does not require much energy, thus extending the useful life of the robot, and large obstacles and slopes can be easily jumped over. The alternative flying locomotion, on the other hand, is more energy-intensive. Robots…

The Apple news has been gloomy lately, mostly because of all the tariff turmoil, but before that, there was all the drama about Siri and the company’s inability to deliver on promised Apple Intelligence features. Well, in case you forgot, the New York Times is here to remind you that the Siri drama hasn’t gone away. Tripp Mickle reports on Apple’s “inability to make good on new ideas,” providing insight from unnamed sources about the company’s mishandling of AI development. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman previously reported that Apple will delay the new AI-based Siri features until 2026, but near the end…

AsianFin — The global venture capital (VC) transaction volumes plunged in the first quarter of 2025, according to global research institutions Crunchbase and PitchBook-NVCA.Despite a decline in overall deal volume, artificial intelligence (AI) investments have experienced the most robust quarter in the first quarter of 2025 since mid-2022.Global VC transactions in Q1 2025 reached 7,551 deals, a 32% year-over-year decline, as per PitchBook. However, the total transaction value surged to $126.3 billion, representing a 53.46% increase compared to the same period in 2024.AI and machine learning led the charge, with 2,101 transactions worth $73.1 billion, making up 57.87% of the…

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Google Cloud unveiled its seventh-generation Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), Ironwood, on Wednesday. This custom AI accelerator, the company claims, delivers more than 24 times the computing power of the world’s fastest supercomputer when deployed at scale. The new chip, announced at Google Cloud Next ’25, represents a significant pivot in Google’s decade-long AI chip development strategy. While previous generations of TPUs were designed primarily for both training and inference workloads, Ironwood is the first purpose-built specifically for inference — the process of deploying…

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