Nina Raemont/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Oura won a patent dispute with Ultrahuman and RingConn. The two competitors infringed on form factor patents, the ITC ruled on Aug. 21. Ultrahuman and RingConn smart rings can no longer be sold in the US. Oura secured a final legal victory … Read more
Play Solana will begin shipping its first handheld gaming console, the Play Solana Gen 1 (PSG1), on October 6. This marks an expansion of the Solana ecosystem into dedicated hardware for Web3 gaming. The PSG1 is equipped with specifications designed for gaming applications. These include an octa-core ARM processor and 8 gigabytes of RAM. Connectivity … Read more
Artificial intelligence may not be replacing developers yet, but it seems the fear of AI-led layoffs is already turning true. The best approach to retain the job you are in seems to be upskilling with the recommended AI tools. The tables seem to have turned now as the companies, which until a year or two … Read more
Key Points No flagship, globally competitive, locally developed LLM (such as GPT-4, Claude 3.5, LLaMA 3.1) has yet emerged from Australia. Australian research and commerce currently rely primarily on international LLMs, which are frequently used but have measurable limitations on Australian English and cultural context. Kangaroo LLM is the only major open-source, locally developed LLM … Read more
arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. … Read more
What is Agentic RAG? Agentic RAG combines the strengths of traditional RAG—where large language models (LLMs) retrieve and ground outputs in external context—with agentic decision-making and tool use. Unlike static approaches, agentic RAG features AI agents that orchestrate retrieval, generation, query planning, and iterative reasoning. These agents autonomously choose data sources, refine queries, invoke APIs/tools, … Read more
a lot of thoughts these days with the advent of AI and the conversations around AI. we move into an era where artificial intelligence is not just assisting but deciding on our behalf, one would ask: are we ready to let go of control? One question I think about a lot is: If intelligence becomes … Read more
Acknowledgements The research described here is a joint effort across Google Research, Google for Health, Google DeepMind, and partnering teams. The following researchers contributed to this work: Kevin McKee, Dan Gillick, Irina Jurenka, Markus Kunesch, Kaiz Alarakyia, Miriam Schneider, Jenn Sturgeon, Maggie Shiels, Amy Wang, Roma Ruparel, Anna Iurchenko, Mahvish Nagda, Julie Anne Séguin, Divya … Read more
The U.S. Commerce Department says it will not abide by an agreement to fund the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act’s R&D through the nonprofit set up to administer the program, called Natcast. Instead, it handed operational control to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Natcast was created in 2023 to oversee the National … Read more
Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state of the industry. Using AI to improve our health and well-being is one of the areas scientists and researchers are most excited about. The last month … Read more