Microsoft has announced a new small language model called Fara-7B, which can be used to perform agentic tasks directly on the user’s device. Termed as a Computer Use Agent (CUA) model, Fara-7B uses ...

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Tesla's former Autopilot head thinks self-driving cars will "terraform" urban spaces. Andrej Karpathy said robotaxis won't happen "overnight," but they'll transform the way we live. Karpathy also ...

Dr. Shaw and Dr. Hilton teach software engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. For decades, computer science students have been taught a central skill: using computers to solve problems. In ...

“Vibe coding,” a form of software development that involves turning natural language into computer code by using artificial intelligence (AI), has been named Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year for ...

Quantinuum, the $10 billion firm that’s become one of the biggest players in quantum computing, unveiled its latest computer Wednesday. The Helios machine represents an important leap in terms of ...

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Some of Julie York’s high school computer science students are worried about what generative artificial intelligence will mean for future careers in the tech industry. If generative AI can code, then ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...

Anton Osika is the CEO of Lovable AI, a vibe coding platform that enables users to build apps from text prompts. Osika said in a new interview that traits like curiosity and adaptability are more ...

Every so often, a song breaks through and shatters norms of what can be a “hit” all around the world. It’s happened in the past with different genres and languages, and the internet and streaming ...