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Research
Sep 03, 2026 32

Fine-tuning a 350M Model for Better Structured Outputs in 100 GRPO Steps

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Research
Sep 03, 2026 32

Training a coding model to paint watercolours with TRL and OpenEnv

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AI News
Sep 02, 2026 19

The Builders Stage brings practical strategies for scaling startups to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt, bringing together founders, startup operators, and investors for practical convers...

AI News
Sep 02, 2026 18

Palo Alto Networks paid $500M for Thrive-backed Console, sources say

The acquisition also leaves Sequoia-backed Serval as the de-facto startup leader in AI IT service automation, industry watchers believe.

AI News
Sep 02, 2026 26

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s new Real World AI Stage features Nvidia, robots, and extinct animals 

On our new Real World AI stage, we’ll be focusing on the intersection between the digital and physical, and all the ways we’ll continue t...

AI News
Sep 02, 2026 33

I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale

The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time.

AI News
Sep 02, 2026 25

OpenAI’s new reasoning technique alarms AI safety experts

OpenAI’s new Astra model will use “recurrent depth,” a technique that allows the model to operate outside of the sequential thinking that...

AI News
Sep 02, 2026 20

Google says its new Gemini 3.8 Flash model ‘works harder’ but might cost more

Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash, arriving just a few weeks after its predecessor. The company claims the new model "works harder" than G...

AI News
Sep 02, 2026 21

Amazon’s AI assistant can now spot fake emails from the company

Amazon is trying to combat impersonation scams with a new feature that allows you to use its AI assistant to determine whether an email, ...

AI News
Sep 02, 2026 24

Pangram’s Max Spero on why AI detection is harder than ‘Real or Fake’

The internet has a trust problem, and it’s not just because social media feeds are filling up with AI slop. AI-generated t...

AI News
Sep 02, 2026 21

We’re ‘dangerously close’ to dead internet theory, says Pangram’s CEO

The internet has a trust problem, and it’s not just because social media feeds are filling up with AI slop. AI-generated t...

AI News
Sep 02, 2026 25

US government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material

"The United States has a strong interest in continuing to develop a robust and competitive artificial intelligence industry that sets the...