These diffusion models maintain performance faster than or comparable to similarly sized conventional models. LLaDA’s researchers report their 8 billion parameter model performs similarly to LLaMA3 8B across various benchmarks, with competitive results on tasks like MMLU, ARC, and GSM8K. However, Mercury claims dramatic speed improvements. Their Mercury Coder... Read more

The next version of ChatGPT is here, with the promise to be more humanistic in tone, interactions and general knowledge. OpenAI announced on Thursday a preview of GPT-4.5, what OpenAI is calling its largest and best model for chat yet. The company said to expect more warm, naturally flowing... Read more

Honorable Mentions During the winter, a whole WIRED crew tests ski clothes almost constantly. Here are a few other items that we like. Hestra Fall Line 3-Finger Gloves for $165: I’ve long admired Hestra gloves from across the lift line, impressed by the Swedish company’s elegant stitchwork and thoughtful... Read more

Forte, the compliance company for blockchain projects, has acquired Sealance Corp., the creators of technology for Web3 identity and privacy. Sealance created the first zero-knowledge (ZK) policy engine to facilitate regulatory compliance on decentralized blockchains. Through this integration, Web3 developers can now leverage the ZK policy engine with Forte’s Rules... Read more

Under-desk sensors, in particular, have received high-profile backlash, perhaps because they are such an obvious piece of surveillance hardware rather than simply software designed to record work done on company machines. In the fall of 2022, students at Northeastern University hacked and removed under-desk sensors produced by EnOcean, offering... Read more

Verizon has been slowly growing its 5G Home wireless internet userbase alongside its LTE and FIOS wired fiber internet, and it offered a discount when signing up for both internet and select mobile plans. Now it’s expanding that discount to anyone signed up for a monthly subscription mobile plan:... Read more

The original Framework Laptop’s sales pitch was that it wanted to bring some of the modularity and repairability of the desktop PC ecosystem to a functional, thin, and light laptop. For nearly half a decade, the company has made good on that promise with multiple motherboard upgrades and other... Read more

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A mysterious disease with Ebola-like symptoms has emerged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to the World Health Organization, the disease was first detected on January 21, and over the past five weeks hundreds have been infected and more than 50 people have died in the northwest... Read more