Machine Learning Research
Better Multimodal Performance With Open Weights: Qwen2.5-Omni 7B raises the bar for small multimodal models
Alibaba’s latest open-weights system raises the bar for multimodal tasks in a relatively small model.
Machine Learning Research
Machine Learning Research
Llama’s Mixture of Vision-Language Experts: Meta releases Llama 4 models, claims edge over AI competitors
Meta updated its popular open-weights models, claiming performance superior to closed competitors in three size classes.
Machine Learning Research
Ordinary LLMs Implicitly Take Reasoning Steps: Anthropic experiment finds Claude shows signs of unprompted reasoning
Even without explicit training in reasoning, large language models “think” in ways that may be more deliberate than previously understood.
Machine Learning Research
Human Action in 3D: Stanford researchers use generated video to animate 3D interactions without motion capture
AI systems designed to generate animated 3D scenes that include active human characters have been limited by a shortage of training data, such as matched 3D scenes and human motion-capture examples. Generated video clips can get the job done without motion capture.
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Interactive Voice-to-Voice With Vision: MoshiVis adds image understanding to voice-first conversations
Researchers updated the highly responsive Moshi voice-to-voice model to discuss visual input.
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Faster Learning for Diffusion Models: Pretrained embeddings accelerate diffusion transformers’ learning
Diffusion transformers learn faster when they can look at embeddings generated by a pretrained model like DINOv2.
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Better Images in Fewer Steps: Researchers introduce shortcut models to speed up diffusion
Diffusion models usually take many noise-removal steps to produce an image, which takes time at inference. There are ways to reduce the number of steps, but the resulting systems are less effective. Researchers devised a streamlined approach that doesn’t sacrifice output quality.
Machine Learning Research
Vision-Language, Compact and Open: Google releases Gemma 3 vision-language models with open weights
Google updated its open-weights family of large language models to include versions that handle image and video inputs.
Science
Designer Materials: MatterGen, a diffusion model that designs new materials with specified properties
Materials that have specific properties are essential to progress in critical technologies like solar cells and batteries. A machine learning model designs new materials to order.
Machine Learning Research
Science Research Proposals Made to Order: AI Co-Scientist, an agent that generates research hypotheses, aiding drug discovery
An AI agent synthesizes novel scientific research hypotheses. It's already making an impact in biomedicine.
Machine Learning Research
Equally Fluent in Many Languages: Cohere’s Aya Vision beats multilingual rivals in text & image understanding
Multilingual AI models often suffer uneven performance across languages, especially in multimodal tasks. A pair of lean models counters this trend with consistent understanding of text and images across major languages.
Tech & Society
DeepSeek-R1 Uncensored: Perplexity launches uncensored version of DeepSeek-R1
Large language models built by developers in China may, in some applications, be less useful outside that country because they avoid topics its government deems politically sensitive. A developer fine-tuned DeepSeek-R1 to widen its scope without degrading its overall performance.