Eye-tracking reveals the brain commits to one syntax before a sentence is clear

People often seem to understand language before they have actually heard enough words to determine its structure. In everyday ...

Open source Mamba 3 arrives to surpass Transformer architecture with nearly 4% improved language modeling, reduced latency

This release is good for developers building long-context applications, real-time reasoning agents, or those seeking to reduce GPU costs in high-volume production environments.
Quanta Magazine

The Math That Explains Why Bell Curves Are Everywhere

The central limit theorem started as a bar trick for 18th-century gamblers. Now scientists rely on it every day.
IEEE

Reasoning Beyond Length Limits: Improving Accuracy in Long-Context Question Answering With Small-Scale Language Models

Abstract: Long-context question answering (QA) remains a significant challenge, particularly when using small-scale language models (SLLMs) with limited computational capacity. Despite their ...
Earth.com

How AI learned a complex coding language nobody taught it

Researchers show AI can learn a rare programming language by correcting its own errors, improving its coding success from 39% to 96%.
Opinion

Opinion: Precision Learning Has the Potential to Do What Personalized Learning Could Not

Driving past Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, I noticed a billboard that reads something like, “We treat your cancer like it’s YOUR cancer.” The message is more than a slogan. It ...
Hackaday

The Sweetest Programming Language: MNM

Admit it. If you haven’t created your own little programming language, you’ve probably at least thought about it. [Muffed] ...
Edutopia

In High-Performing Math Classrooms, Words Matter

Both explanations have their place in math instruction, but according to a large-scale 2025 study of upper elementary math instruction, the use of precise mathematical terminology may matter more than ...
Microsoft

Phi-4-reasoning-vision and the lessons of training a multimodal reasoning model

In this post, we share the motivations, design choices, experiments, and learnings that informed its development, as well as an evaluation of the model’s performance and guidance on how to use it. Our ...
Wall Street Journal

America Needs AI That Can Do Math

Unruly Republic: With artificial intelligence disaster looming, we’re told to empower experts, raise taxes! Could we be heading into another version of climate alarmism? Photo: Noah Berger/AP/Vincent ...
IEEE

Chemistry-Structure Dual-Perception Large Language Models: Advancing Molecular Property Prediction for Precise Disease Treatment

Abstract: Accurate prediction of drug molecular properties is crucial for precision drug discovery, which is closely related to precise disease diagnosis. Understanding the physicochemical properties, ...
TMCnet

LingoAce Launches ACE Academy, Expanding from Chinese to K-12 Math and English Language Arts with AI-enhanced Learning

SINGAPORE and SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- LingoAce, a leading global provider of online Mandarin Chinese education, today announced its expansion into K–12 core academics with the ...