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Allen Institute for AI Blog 2026-04-29 08:00 UTC Score 38.0 USR-0021-20260429-research-aca-d2c9c32c Full article

Molmo learns to point and act

MolmoPoint and MolmoWeb extend the Molmo family from visual understanding to visual action, giving researchers open tools for models that can point, navigate, and interact with the world they see.

Qdrant Blog 2026-04-29 00:00 UTC Score 27.0 USR-0074-20260429-ai-specialis-e38814f0 Full article

Presenting Sentinel - Gen AI Zürich Hackathon Winner

When Ali Aoun Mehdi watched two major global news outlets report opposite facts during the Iran-US conflict, he saw a critical problem: misinformation spreading in real-time. From Islamabad, participating virtually in the Gen AI Zürich Hackathon, he built Sentinel to close this “fact-gap” by detecting contradictions across news sources instantly. Sentinel is an AI-powered early warning system that monitors 20 global news sources every 30 minutes. It identifies factual contradictions in under 30 seconds, providing users with a misinformation risk score and narrative traction assessment.

Access Now AI 2026-04-28 18:31 UTC Score 22.0 USR-0142-20260428-ai-specialis-e835612b Full article

Tell governments: #NoExamShutdown

Each year sees an increase in the number of governments imposing internet shutdowns during national school exams. It's time to take action and demand change! #NoExamShutdown The post Tell governments: #NoExamShutdown appeared first on Access Now .

cross validation with classical forward selection
Cross Validated 2026-04-28 15:14 UTC Score 18.0 AI-113-20260428-social-media-ef6a04c8 Full article

cross validation with classical forward selection

I have been reading about feature selection for ML models and I saw an explanation why this model presents some issues. For what I know in forward selection you start with a set of features and then, one by one, we check their statistical significance calculating their p-values. If one feature is more significant the others (regarding their p-value) then I add this feature to a list and I remove it from the list of features to be tested. This process continues until there are no more features to test. So if I have a significance level of 0.05, then I could say that the probability of having a false positive is: $$p(false\ positive)=0.05$$ and the probability of no false positive would be: $$p(no\ false\ positive)=1-0.05=0.95$$ If I assume that these events are independent and if I have ten features I will end up with: $$p(\sim false\ positive)=0.95^{10}$$ so the $$p(at\ least\ one\ false\ positive)=1-0.95^{10}=0.402$$ therefore this result that I will have a 40% chance that one feature would be deemed like relevant, but in reality it is not. The question that I have is how the use of cross validation would help to avoid this issue?

Access Now AI 2026-04-28 14:13 UTC Score 24.0 USR-0142-20260428-ai-specialis-0eef9cc8 Full article

Mi Privacidad es mi Voto: Fortaleciendo la integridad informativa en América Latina

El vínculo entre la desinformación y la privacidad La desinformación impulsada por internet y el uso de las redes sociales supone un desafío que muchos hacedores de políticas están abordando The post Mi Privacidad es mi Voto: Fortaleciendo la integridad informativa en América Latina appeared first on Access Now .

Ben’s Bites 2026-04-28 13:54 UTC Score 3.0 AI-128-20260428-newsletters-4d208c3c Full article

Builders

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Vector Institute News 2026-04-28 13:05 UTC Score 35.0 USR-0017-20260428-research-aca-c50ad335 Full article

Hassan Ashtiani: Building trustworthy AI through mathematical foundations

Hassan Ashtiani, Professor, McMaster University | Vector Institute Faculty Member You want to share your medical data to help advance research, but you don’t want others to access your private […] The post Hassan Ashtiani: Building trustworthy AI through mathematical foundations appeared first on Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence .

CSET AI 2026-04-24 21:30 UTC Score 32.0 USR-0136-20260424-research-aca-9980428b Full article

Expand Financing Support to Science and Technology Enterprises

Read our translation of a May 2025 press conference featuring several Chinese government finance officials, who discussed a recently issued policy encouraging greater capital market funding for tech companies. The post Expand Financing Support to Science and Technology Enterprises appeared first on Center for Security and Emerging Technology .

CSET AI 2026-04-24 20:07 UTC Score 32.0 USR-0136-20260424-research-aca-b6feb9e2 Full article

Certain Policy Measures to Accelerate the Construction of the Science and Technology Finance System and Strongly Support a High Level of Self-Reliance in Science and Technology

Read our translation of a series of Chinese policy measures designed to provide greater financing to tech startups. The post Certain Policy Measures to Accelerate the Construction of the Science and Technology Finance System and Strongly Support a High Level of Self-Reliance in Science and Technology appeared first on Center for Security and Emerging Technology .

Why Europe Needs Two Kinds of Digital Sovereignty
Oxford Internet Institute AI 2026-04-24 13:04 UTC Score 24.0 USR-0028-20260424-research-aca-98b31f2b Full article

Why Europe Needs Two Kinds of Digital Sovereignty

Whether Europe shapes the next technological paradigm or simply inherits it depends on one overlooked distinction.

Lyft Engineering 2026-04-23 19:16 UTC Score 27.0 USR-0059-20260423-ai-specialis-3cf7745d Full article

How We Built a Smarter Pickup Experience for Gated Communities

If you live in a gated community, you’ve been there: You request a ride from your apartment complex, expect your driver to come to you as usual, and then — your driver’s car icon just stops right at the front gate. You watch helplessly as the ETA ticks up. A chat message comes in: “Hey, how do I get in?” You scramble to remember the gate code. They try it. It doesn’t work. You end up meeting them awkwardly on the sidewalk outside while your coffee gets cold — a pickup journey frustrating for both you and your driver. An example gated community in real life, Photo by Bingqian Li on Pexels It turns out you’re not alone: Gated community pickups can make up 25–30% of Lyft rides in selected markets. For a long time, our app offered no special guidance in these situations. Riders would drop their pin inside the gates (fair enough — that’s where they are ), while drivers would pull up to a locked entrance with no way in, leaving both parties to sort things out over chat. The result was predictable: more cancellations, longer waits, and a lot of unnecessary stress for our customers . The Lyft Mapping team decided it was time to fix this properly — not with a band-aid, but a new end-to-end experience. Here’s how we did it. What Was Actually Going Wrong? We looked through gated ride examples, zoomed into our metrics data, and found two root causes behind most of the friction. The first was an inflexible selection of pickup spots . Our app would suggest pickup spots near a rider’s loca…

AI Now Institute 2026-04-23 14:09 UTC Score 32.0 USR-0135-20260423-ai-specialis-57cda8af Full article

Nurses Sound Alarm as ‘Uber for Nursing’ Apps Push to Deregulate Healthcare

A new AI Now Institute report published April 21, 2026, warns that gig-work platforms marketed as "Uber for nursing" are aggressively lobbying states to rewrite healthcare staffing rules, a push that could leave nurses with less pay, fewer protections, and less control over their shifts, according to The Guardian. The post Nurses Sound Alarm as ‘Uber for Nursing’ Apps Push to Deregulate Healthcare appeared first on AI Now Institute .

Vector Institute News 2026-04-23 13:48 UTC Score 35.0 USR-0017-20260423-research-aca-3943557c Full article

Vector researchers advance representation learning and deep learning research at ICLR 2026

Vector researchers made significant contributions to this year’s International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), the world’s premier venue for representation learning and deep learning research, taking place April 23-27, 2026 […] The post Vector researchers advance representation learning and deep learning research at ICLR 2026 appeared first on Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence .

Comet ML Blog 2026-04-23 13:43 UTC Score 37.0 USR-0082-20260423-ai-specialis-892daa06 Full article

Introducing the Opik Agent Playground

In the early stages of agent development, you make big changes to your agent’s code: designing the architecture, integrating tools, and getting the core logic working. The next phase looks different. It starts once your agent is built and mostly working, and it’s where a lot of the real improvement happens. You run the agent […] The post Introducing the Opik Agent Playground appeared first on Comet .

Practical AI Podcast 2026-04-23 09:00 UTC Score 31.0 AI-143-20260423-podcasts-and-c3fcf7f0 Full article

The mythos of Mythos and Allbirds takes flight to the neocloud

In this Fully-Connected episode, Dan and Chris start with Anthropic's Mythos frontier model, parsing what is publicly known about its cybersecurity capabilities and projecting its possible implications from " We've been here before. 🙄 " to "See ya, cybersecurity! 😱 " It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine. 🙃 Then they have fun with the craziest AI announcement of the year (except for the Mythos one of course). Allbirds pivots from shoe manufacturing 👟 to neocloud provider ☁️. No, we didn't see that one coming either! 🙈 They finish with rise of “tokenmaxxing” - the gamification 🎮 of writing code with maximum LLM usage. Incredibly profitable 💰 for commercial frontier model providers and insanely expensive 🤑 for the gamers. Better have 10X productivity just to avoid bankruptcy! Featuring: Chris Benson – Website , LinkedIn , Bluesky , GitHub , X Daniel Whitenack – Website , GitHub , X Links: Shares in Allbirds surge after maker of wool sneakers announces pivot to AI AI-boosted hacks with Anthropic’s Mythos could have dire consequences for banks Upcoming Events: Register for upcoming webinars here !

Weaviate Blog 2026-04-23 00:00 UTC Score 30.0 USR-0073-20260423-ai-specialis-ff8f396f Full article

Weaviate 1.37 Release

This release introduces the built-in MCP Server, Extensible Tokenizers, Diversity Search (MMR), and Query Profiling as previews, along with Incremental Backups, Gemini audio support for multi2vec-google, and the new BlobHash property type.

MLPerf / MLCommons Benchmarks 2026-04-22 16:09 UTC Score 35.0 AI-102-20260422-model-datase-088f0298 Full article

AI Reliability Map: Rules and Circumstances

A framework for understanding what AI reliability actually requires: consistently following the right behavioral rules - whether facing normal everyday use or an active adversarial attack. The post AI Reliability Map: Rules and Circumstances appeared first on MLCommons .

Pinecone Blog 2026-04-22 15:23 UTC Score 31.0 USR-0072-20260422-ai-specialis-e3d46d27

Skills and MCP and CLI, oh my!

An article about all the different ways to customize coding agents.

Comet ML Blog 2026-04-22 15:12 UTC Score 37.0 USR-0082-20260422-ai-specialis-4b8dd99d Full article

Introducing Ollie: Auto-Fix Your Agent’s Codebase

In standard software engineering, developers use proven, repeatable workflows to develop, test, debug, and update software products. They use intelligent debugging tools to quickly resolve problems, run tests to make sure fixes are effective, and automate the whole process so a fix can be implemented, tested, and integrated into the product in minutes. The same […] The post Introducing Ollie: Auto-Fix Your Agent’s Codebase appeared first on Comet .

CSET AI 2026-04-22 13:00 UTC Score 32.0 USR-0136-20260422-research-aca-5c37eccb Full article

Full-Spectrum Propaganda in the Social Media Era

In a new Security Studies article, Renee DiResta and Josh A. Goldstein lay out how state-backed propagandists run “full-spectrum” propaganda campaigns, relying on overt and covert tools across broadcast and social media. The post Full-Spectrum Propaganda in the Social Media Era appeared first on Center for Security and Emerging Technology .

Research ICT Africa AI 2026-04-22 11:41 UTC Score 32.0 USR-0187-20260422-regional-new-db8d2909 Full article

RightsCon 2026: Data for Development (D4D) Dissemination Workshop

Join us at RightsCon for a dissemination workshop where we’ll share insights and research findings from our Data for Development project, Advancing the Governance of Data for Development in Africa. […] The post RightsCon 2026: Data for Development (D4D) Dissemination Workshop appeared first on Research ICT Africa .

Allen Institute for AI Blog 2026-04-22 08:00 UTC Score 32.0 USR-0021-20260422-research-aca-282a0a0a Full article

A decade of real-time intelligence for the planet

For the past 10 years, Ai2 has built open, real-time tools that help people protect wildlife, oceans, and ecosystems around the world.

Sourcegraph Blog 2026-04-22 00:00 UTC Score 27.0 USR-0064-20260422-ai-specialis-a479b678 Full article

Code Search, Deep Search, or MCP: When to Use Each

AI added new ways to search code, but not all of them apply to every problem. Here’s how to choose between Code Search, Deep Search, and MCP.

Sourcegraph Blog 2026-04-22 00:00 UTC Score 27.0 USR-0064-20260422-ai-specialis-0230aebc

Code Search, Deep Search, or MCP: When to Use Each

AI added new ways to search code, but not all of them apply to every problem. Here’s how to choose between Code Search, Deep Search, and MCP.

Toyota Research Institute Blog 2026-04-21 18:24 UTC Score 46.0 USR-0022-20260421-research-aca-2dbf6295

Leveraging commuting patterns and workplace charging to advance equitable EV charger access

Leveraging commuting patterns and workplace charging to advance equitable EV charger access robyn.cherinka… Tue, 04/21/2026 - 13:24 This study introduces a framework for improving accessibility to and quantifying social equity priorities in electric vehicle charging infrastructure through strategic workplace charger placement. We develop a customizable equity evaluation model that quantifies access disparities across demographic groups. This model is used to construct an optimization framework that informs charging infrastructure deployment decisions. Leveraging commuting patterns, we demonstrate in the case study of Oakland, California that strategically placing workplace charging can achieve, on average, a 1.8-fold reduction in accessible charging resource disparities compared to benchmark scenarios. Our analysis reveals that targeted workplace charger deployment in high-commuter zones can disproportionately improve citywide equity. The framework provides policymakers with quantifiable metrics to evaluate trade-offs between sometimes divergent equity considerations (e.g., income, housing type) and offers practical insights for achieving more equitable charging infrastructure distribution. Image Nov 15, 2025 Human-Centered AI Read More 1 Minute Read

Toyota Research Institute Blog 2026-04-21 18:16 UTC Score 32.0 USR-0022-20260421-research-aca-ab745ae0

Short-Range Order and LixTM4−x Probability Maps for Disordered Rocksalt Cathodes

Short-Range Order and LixTM4−x Probability Maps for Disordered Rocksalt Cathodes robyn.cherinka… Tue, 04/21/2026 - 13:16 Short-range order (SRO) in the cation-disordered state is a controlling factor influencing the probability of finding tetrahedron clusters in disordered rocksalt (DRX) cathode materials. However, the prevalent probability below the random limit across reported DRX compositions has not been systematically investigated, active strategies to surpass the random limit of probability are lacking, and the fundamental ordering behavior on the face-centered cubic (FCC) lattice remains insufficiently explored. This research quantitatively examines pair SRO parameters and probabilities via exhaustive Monte Carlo mapping across a simplified subset of the parameter space. The results indicate that, in the disordered state, the probability is governed by the nearest neighbor (NN) pairwise SRO parameter, and that these quantities do not necessarily represent a simple attenuation of their corresponding low-temperature long-range order, particularly for the important cases of Layered and Spinel-like orderings. Strategies are proposed to mitigate or even reverse the lithium and transition metals mixing tendency of NN pair SRO to achieve probabilities that exceed the random limit. This study advances the fundamental thermodynamic understanding of ordering behaviors, which can be generalized to any FCC system. Image Mar 11, 2026 Energy & Materials Read More 1 Minute Read

AI Now Institute 2026-04-21 14:09 UTC Score 35.0 USR-0135-20260421-ai-specialis-7faf71b1 Full article

‘Uber for nurses’: gig-work apps lobby to deregulate healthcare, report finds

Billion-dollar tech platforms are aggressively pushing for deregulation of the “Uber for nursing” industry in an effort to expand gig work in the healthcare sector, according to a report published on Tuesday. The post ‘Uber for nurses’: gig-work apps lobby to deregulate healthcare, report finds appeared first on AI Now Institute .

Comet ML Blog 2026-04-21 13:43 UTC Score 46.0 USR-0082-20260421-ai-specialis-af1f3bdb Full article

Introducing Opik Test Suites: Straightforward Unit & Regression Testing for AI Agents

One of the biggest challenges when it comes to agent development is quality. It’s getting easier every day to spin up an MVP or demo of an agent that accomplishes complex tasks through an array of tool calls, context retrieval steps, and system prompts. But it’s still hard to know whether that agent will perform […] The post Introducing Opik Test Suites: Straightforward Unit & Regression Testing for AI Agents appeared first on Comet .

Carnegie Council AI 2026-04-21 13:30 UTC Score 41.0 USR-0160-20260421-ai-specialis-a5325dc8 Full article

The Ethics of AI Agents in Global Governance

Watch this "Ethics Empowered" event, in which an expert panel grapples with the challenges of AI agents in multilateral and diplomatic spaces.

Cloudflare AI Blog 2026-04-21 13:00 UTC Score 38.0 USR-0067-20260421-ai-specialis-92deefc9 Full article

Moving past bots vs. humans

As AI assistants and privacy proxies challenge the capabilities of traditional bot detection, the Web needs new models for accountability. We believe that control should remain with the client, and that an open ecosystem of anonymous credentials is key to preserving user privacy while protecting origins from abuse.

METR 2026-04-21 07:00 UTC Score 63.0 USR-0147-20260421-research-aca-7d76dcc7 Full article

Evidence on AI R&D Progress from NanoGPT

I. Introduction We want to measure and understand how much AI agents can accelerate AI R&D and how this is changing over time. There are various sources of evidence we can look to here, including anecdotes about autonomous contributions ( AlphaEvolve and TTT-Discover speeding up a GPU kernels, autoresearch yielding speedups in nanochat), progress on benchmarks, and uplift measurement (see our recent post for a longer discussion). One interesting source of evidence is cumulative progress on publicly tracked challenges like the NanoGPT speedrun, where we can compare agent contributions to human progress over time. Such challenges and leaderboards of cumulative progress on a task are especially useful when: The task maps to real AI R&D (e.g., pretraining a language model) Many contributors have built up a rich history of progress, giving a rough sense of how much human effort went into it (a cost curve) Agents can compete under comparable conditions and potentially make new contributions Let’s look at one such leaderboard: the nanogpt speedrun . The goal is to train a language model to a target validation loss on FineWeb using 8×H100 GPUs as fast as possible . It’s a small-scale version of LLM pretraining with a public history of contributions, with four recent ones credited to AI agents as of April 2026. The optimization activities map to pretraining research such as architecture changes, writing kernels, and improving optimizers. Contributions, such as the Muon optimizer , ha…