What is inference? Explaining the massive new shift in AI computing

The focus of artificial-intelligence spending has gone from training models to using them. Here’s how to understand the ...
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Science, Evidence, and Inference in Education: Report of a Workshop

At the core of science is a commitment to rigorous reasoning, method, and the use of evidence. The final session of the workshop was designed to take a step back from the specific issues of how ...
The Economist

The next phase of artificial intelligence may require very different processors

Nvidia faces competition from startups developing specialised chips for AI inference as demand shifts from training large ...
NextBigFuture

Defeating Nondeterminism in LLM Inference by Thinking Machines

A research article by Horace He and the Thinking Machines Lab (X-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati founded) addresses a long-standing issue in large language models (LLMs). Even with greedy decoding bu setting ...
BMJ

Causal inference in physical activity epidemiology research: an opportunity for better evidence

Decades of research have established a significant link between physical activity and health, influencing agenda setting, policy making and community awareness.1–4 However, the field continues to ...