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OpenAI Unveils Benchmarking Tool to Measure Machine Learning Engineering Performance of AI Agents
MLE-bench is an offline Kaggle competition environment for AI agents. Each contest has a description, data set, and scoring code...
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Bacteria discovered in healthy vertebrate brains suggest potential role in brain function
Credit: Thalia Stallings/University of New Mexico Researchers at the University of New Mexico have identified the presence of bacteria in...
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AI bots easily bypass some social media protections, study finds
Potential risks from unregulated MFM-powered chatBots on digital platforms. Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2409.18931 Although artificial intelligence (AI) bots can...
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In-depth analysis explains why preschoolers are less likely to develop severe COVID-19
Overview of the study for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 reactive CD4+ T cells in different patient groups. Credit: Scientific translational...
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Low-cost tactile sensor shows promise for large-scale robotic applications
Credit: Bhirangi et al. The development of affordable, high-performance sensors may have crucial implications for robotics research, as they could...
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Rangers lead efforts to monitor Uganda’s lion population in critical stronghold
Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers monitor lion populations in Uganda's Nile Delta. Credit: Alexandre Braczkowski In a new study, Uganda Wildlife...
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Seven new species of frogs discovered in Madagascar
The Boophis genus of tree frog, found in the rainforests of Madagascar, makes special bird-like whistles when communicating with other...
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New temperature conditions discovered in two-thirds of major tropical forests
The threatened Kilimanjaro colobus (Colobus caudatus) is found only in highland forests on the Tanzania-Kenya border, straddling two key biodiversity...
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Modern mass extinction in Ecuadorian cloud forest turns out to be a mirage
Aerial image of agricultural land for dairy cattle next to a surviving forest patch. Credit: Dawson White One of the...
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Scary memories of others observed in mouse brain: Study identifies where different types of memories begin
The memory center of a mouse brain. Credit: P. Kassraian et al., Zuckerman Institute at Columbia How to distinguish threat...
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