Megan Crouse

2 weeks ago | techrepublic.com | Megan Crouse

Andrew Dzurak, founder and CEO of Australian startup Diraq, holds one of the company’s projects. Image credit: DiraqDARPA has awarded two Australian startups, Diraq and Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC), contracts for quantum computing research, the U.S. agency announced on April 4.

2 weeks ago | techrepublic.com | Megan Crouse

Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet. Image: Anthropic/YouTubeAnthropic released a new study on April 3 examining how AI models process information and the limitations of tracing their decision-making from prompt to output. The researchers found Claude 3.7 Sonnet isn’t always “faithful” in disclosing how it generates responses. Anthropic probes how closely AI output reflects internal reasoningAnthropic is known for publicizing its introspective research.

2 weeks ago | techrepublic.com | Megan Crouse

Image: Envato/DC_StudioResearchers from AI company DeepSeek and Tsinghua University have introduced a new technique to enhance “reasoning” in large language models (LLMs). Reasoning capabilities have emerged as a critical benchmark in the race to build top-performing generative AI systems. China and the U.S. are actively competing to develop the most powerful and practical models.

2 weeks ago | eweek.com | Megan Crouse

AI experts are more likely to be optimistic about the technology than the general public, according to a study released April 3 by the Pew Research Center. They surveyed 5,410 U.S. adults and 1,013 AI experts throughout 2024. Despite their differences, both groups agreed on the need for more personal control over AI, expressing skepticism that regulation will adequately address it.

2 weeks ago | techrepublic.com | Megan Crouse

Image: kckate16/Envato ElementsQuestions have swirled as to whether the U.S. government relied on generative AI to establish the tariffs that are expected to take effect April 5. When asked to calculate global tariffs, AI models including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, xAI’s Grok, and Anthropic’s Claude all produced the same formula reportedly used by President Donald Trump in his newly unveiled trade reforms.