Hugging Face claims its new AI models are the smallest of their kind
A team at AI dev platform Hugging Face has released what they’re claiming are the smallest AI models that can analyze images, short videos, and text. The models, SmolVLM-256M and SmolVLM-500M, are ...
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Suni Williams, astronaut stuck in space, performs spacewalk for ISS repair work
One of NASA's two stuck astronauts is getting a change of scenery. Suni Williams stepped out on a spacewalk Thursday, her ...
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Fans slam Nithya Menen for snubbing assistant, hugging co-stars
What followed added fuel to the fire. Moments later, actor Vinay Rai joined her on stage, and Nithya greeted him with a warm hug. This apparent contrast in behaviour sparked backlash online, with a ...
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I was paralyzed from the waist down for over a decade... but a robot helped me stand to hug my husband
A robotic exoskeleton has allowed a paralyzed woman to walk, dance and stand up to give her husband a hug for the first time in over a decade. Chloe Angus, 49, lost her ability to walk after a ...
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Nvidia releases its own brand of world models
Nvidia is getting into world models — AI models that take inspiration from the mental models of the world that humans develop naturally. At CES 2025 in Las Vegas, the company announced that it ...
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In Damascus, Syrians Reclaim Freedoms Off Limits Under al-Assad
Residents of Syria’s capital are picnicking on a once-forbidden mountaintop and trading openly in dollars and imported Nescafe. They say the city seems theirs again. Mount Qasioun, which ...
gadgets36023d
Hugging Face Introduces Smolagents Library to Build AI Agents With Open-Source LLMs
Smolagents can be used to make simple agents These simple agents write actions in code instead of writing code Developers can share tools built for these AI agents on ...
The Denver Post24d
Does the Cold War bunker inside Colorado’s Cheyenne Mountain have a modern-day military use?
While the costs versus benefits of modernizing the Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station haven’t been fully determined, resilience in the face of new threats will be crucial, said Bruce ...
MarketWatch24d
These are the space stocks to watch in 2025
Last year was a big one for the space sector, marked by SpaceX’s building momentum, Boeing Co.’s Starliner struggles, and a slew of activity from a host of names. So what can we expect in 2025?
CFJC Today Kamloops24d
More Mounties on the way for Kamloops as Battle Street Detachment faces space crunch
The city of Kamloops has been investigating possible solutions to the space crunch, with possible ideas set to come forward to council in 2025. “We have a lot interim measures in place with regards to ...
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City, Mankato schools face a space crunch in shared IGC
After more than 26 years as roommates, Mankato’s municipal administration and its school district will be reconsidering how — and whether — to continue sharing space in a downtown office ...