Latest News

LLMs Can Now Reason in Parallel: UC Berkeley and UCSF Researchers Introduce Adaptive Parallel Reasoning to Scale Inference Efficiently Without Exceeding Context Windows

Large language models (LLMs) have made significant strides in reasoning capabilities, exemplified by breakthrough systems like OpenAI o1 and DeepSeekR1, which utilize test-time compute for search and reinforcement learning to optimize performance. Despite this progress, current methodologies face critical challenges…

Read MoreLLMs Can Now Reason in Parallel: UC Berkeley and UCSF Researchers Introduce Adaptive Parallel Reasoning to Scale Inference Efficiently Without Exceeding Context Windows

Subject-Driven Image Evaluation Gets Simpler: Google Researchers Introduce REFVNLI to Jointly Score Textual Alignment and Subject Consistency Without Costly APIs

Text-to-image (T2I) generation has evolved to include subject-driven approaches, which enhance standard T2I models by incorporating reference images alongside text prompts. This advancement allows for more precise subject representation in generated images. Despite the promising applications, subject-driven T2I generation faces…

Read MoreSubject-Driven Image Evaluation Gets Simpler: Google Researchers Introduce REFVNLI to Jointly Score Textual Alignment and Subject Consistency Without Costly APIs

AI Agents Are Here—So Are the Threats: Unit 42 Unveils the Top 10 AI Agent Security Risks

As AI agents transition from experimental systems to production-scale applications, their growing autonomy introduces novel security challenges. In a comprehensive new report, “AI Agents Are Here. So Are the Threats,” Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 reveals how today’s agentic architectures—despite…

Read MoreAI Agents Are Here—So Are the Threats: Unit 42 Unveils the Top 10 AI Agent Security Risks

Building a Zapier AI-Powered Cursor Agent to Read, Search, and Send Gmail Messages using Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server

In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to harness the power of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) alongside Zapier AI to build a responsive email agent directly on Cursor, no complex coding required. We’ll walk through configuring MCP connectors to bridge…

Read MoreBuilding a Zapier AI-Powered Cursor Agent to Read, Search, and Send Gmail Messages using Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server

From ELIZA to Conversation Modeling: Evolution of Conversational AI Systems and Paradigms

TL;DR: Conversational AI has transformed from ELIZA’s simple rule-based systems in the 1960s to today’s sophisticated platforms. The journey progressed through scripted bots in the 80s-90s, hybrid ML-rule frameworks like Rasa in the 2010s, and the revolutionary large language models…

Read MoreFrom ELIZA to Conversation Modeling: Evolution of Conversational AI Systems and Paradigms

Training LLM Agents Just Got More Stable: Researchers Introduce StarPO-S and RAGEN to Tackle Multi-Turn Reasoning and Collapse in Reinforcement Learning

Large language models (LLMs) face significant challenges when trained as autonomous agents in interactive environments. Unlike static tasks, agent settings require sequential decision-making, cross-turn memory maintenance, and adaptation to stochastic environmental feedback. These capabilities are essential for developing effective planning…

Read MoreTraining LLM Agents Just Got More Stable: Researchers Introduce StarPO-S and RAGEN to Tackle Multi-Turn Reasoning and Collapse in Reinforcement Learning

JetBrains Open Sources Mellum: A Developer-Centric Language Model for Code-Related Tasks

JetBrains has officially open-sourced Mellum, a purpose-built 4-billion-parameter language model tailored for software development tasks. Developed from the ground up, Mellum reflects JetBrains’ engineering-first approach, offering a domain-specialized model trained for practical usage across codebases and programming environments. With its…

Read MoreJetBrains Open Sources Mellum: A Developer-Centric Language Model for Code-Related Tasks

Meta and Booz Allen Deploy Space Llama: Open-Source AI Heads to the ISS for Onboard Decision-Making

In a significant step toward enabling autonomous AI systems in space, Meta and Booz Allen Hamilton have announced the deployment of Space Llama, a customized instance of Meta’s open-source large language model, Llama 3.2, aboard the International Space Station (ISS)…

Read MoreMeta and Booz Allen Deploy Space Llama: Open-Source AI Heads to the ISS for Onboard Decision-Making