Reasoning in Vectors, Not Text: Meta introduces Chain of Continuous Thought (Coconut) to improve next-token prediction
Machine Learning Research

Reasoning in Vectors, Not Text: Meta introduces Chain of Continuous Thought (Coconut) to improve next-token prediction

Although large language models can improve their performance by generating a chain of thought (CoT) — intermediate text tokens that break down the process of responding to a prompt into a series of steps.

February 26, 20253 min read
Reasoning in Vectors, Not Text: Meta introduces Chain of Continuous Thought (Coconut) to improve next-token prediction
Machine Learning Research

Reasoning in Vectors, Not Text: Meta introduces Chain of Continuous Thought (Coconut) to improve next-token prediction

Although large language models can improve their performance by generating a chain of thought (CoT) — intermediate text tokens that break down the process of responding to a prompt into a series of steps.

February 26, 20253 min read
Mobile Apps to Order: Replit’s agent-powered mobile app expands to full app development
Machine Learning Research

Mobile Apps to Order: Replit’s agent-powered mobile app expands to full app development

Replit, an AI-driven integrated development environment, updated its mobile app to generate further mobile apps to order.

February 19, 20252 min read
Mobile Apps to Order: Replit’s agent-powered mobile app expands to full app development
Machine Learning Research

Mobile Apps to Order: Replit’s agent-powered mobile app expands to full app development

Replit, an AI-driven integrated development environment, updated its mobile app to generate further mobile apps to order.

February 19, 20252 min read
Grok 3 Scales Up: Grok 3, xAI’s new model family, improves on its predecessors, adds reasoning
Machine Learning Research

Grok 3 Scales Up: Grok 3, xAI’s new model family, improves on its predecessors, adds reasoning

xAI’s new model family suggests that devoting more computation to training remains a viable path to building more capable AI.

February 19, 20253 min read
Grok 3 Scales Up: Grok 3, xAI’s new model family, improves on its predecessors, adds reasoning
Machine Learning Research

Grok 3 Scales Up: Grok 3, xAI’s new model family, improves on its predecessors, adds reasoning

xAI’s new model family suggests that devoting more computation to training remains a viable path to building more capable AI.

February 19, 20253 min read
Tree Search for Web Agents: How tree search improves AI agents’ ability to browse the web and complete tasks
Machine Learning Research

Tree Search for Web Agents: How tree search improves AI agents’ ability to browse the web and complete tasks

Browsing the web to achieve a specific goal can be challenging for agents based on large language models and even for vision-language models that can process onscreen images of a browser.

February 12, 20253 min read
Tree Search for Web Agents: How tree search improves AI agents’ ability to browse the web and complete tasks
Machine Learning Research

Tree Search for Web Agents: How tree search improves AI agents’ ability to browse the web and complete tasks

Browsing the web to achieve a specific goal can be challenging for agents based on large language models and even for vision-language models that can process onscreen images of a browser.

February 12, 20253 min read
Alibaba’s Answer to DeepSeek: Alibaba debuts Qwen2.5-VL, a powerful family of open vision-language models
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Alibaba’s Answer to DeepSeek: Alibaba debuts Qwen2.5-VL, a powerful family of open vision-language models

While Hangzhou’s DeepSeek flexed its muscles, Chinese tech giant Alibaba vied for the spotlight with new open vision-language models.

February 12, 20253 min read
Alibaba’s Answer to DeepSeek: Alibaba debuts Qwen2.5-VL, a powerful family of open vision-language models
Machine Learning Research

Alibaba’s Answer to DeepSeek: Alibaba debuts Qwen2.5-VL, a powerful family of open vision-language models

While Hangzhou’s DeepSeek flexed its muscles, Chinese tech giant Alibaba vied for the spotlight with new open vision-language models.

February 12, 20253 min read
Agents Go Deep: OpenAI’s Deep Research agent generates detailed reports by analyzing web sources
Machine Learning Research

Agents Go Deep: OpenAI’s Deep Research agent generates detailed reports by analyzing web sources

OpenAI introduced a state-of-the-art agent that produces research reports by scouring the web and reasoning over what it finds.

February 12, 20252 min read
Agents Go Deep: OpenAI’s Deep Research agent generates detailed reports by analyzing web sources
Machine Learning Research

Agents Go Deep: OpenAI’s Deep Research agent generates detailed reports by analyzing web sources

OpenAI introduced a state-of-the-art agent that produces research reports by scouring the web and reasoning over what it finds.

February 12, 20252 min read
Okay, But Please Don’t Stop Talking: Moshi, an open alternative to OpenAI’s Realtime models for speech
Machine Learning Research

Okay, But Please Don’t Stop Talking: Moshi, an open alternative to OpenAI’s Realtime models for speech

Even cutting-edge, end-to-end, speech-to-speech systems like ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode tend to get interrupted by interjections like “I see” and “uh-huh” that keep human conversations going. Researchers built an open alternative that’s designed to go with the flow of overlapping speech.

February 5, 20253 min read
Okay, But Please Don’t Stop Talking: Moshi, an open alternative to OpenAI’s Realtime API for Speech
Machine Learning Research

Okay, But Please Don’t Stop Talking: Moshi, an open alternative to OpenAI’s Realtime API for Speech

Even cutting-edge, end-to-end, speech-to-speech systems like ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode tend to get interrupted by interjections like “I see” and “uh-huh” that keep human conversations going. Researchers built an open alternative that’s designed to go with the flow of overlapping speech.

February 5, 20253 min read
Gemini Thinks Faster: Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking advances in reasoning, outperforms DeepSeek-R1
Machine Learning Research

Gemini Thinks Faster: Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking advances in reasoning, outperforms DeepSeek-R1

Google updated the December-vintage reasoning model Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking and other Flash models, gaining ground on OpenAI o1 and DeepSeek-R1.

February 5, 20252 min read

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