Daily AI Recap: Jan 05, 2026

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Microsoft’s Nadella wants us to stop thinking of AI as ‘slop’: Nadella wants us to think of AI as a human helper instead of a slop-generating job killer. New data for 2026 indicates he could be right....
Nvidia launches powerful new Rubin chip architecture: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang officially launched the company’s new Rubin computing architecture, which he described as the state of the art in AI computing....
Using design to interpret the past and envision the future: MIT graduate student C Jacob Payne reimagines historic architecture and invents new possibilities at the intersection of AI and design....
30 Best Data Science Books to Read in 2026: Data science powers decision-making across modern businesses, from data preparation and automation to advanced analytics and machine learning. Learning it requires a strong foundation in mathematics, ...
How to Use Gemini 3 Pro in CLI?: AI-based coding agents are changing developer workflows. Proof – the arrival of Gemini 3 Pro in the Gemini CLI. It shows a significant advancement. For instance, it provides advanced reasoning, enhanc...
Feature Detection, Part 3: Harris Corner Detection: Finding the most informative points in images The post Feature Detection, Part 3: Harris Corner Detection appeared first on Towards Data Science....
CES 2026: Follow live as NVIDIA, Lego, AMD, Amazon, and more make their big reveals: CES 2026, the annual consumer tech conference held in Las Vegas is here. And lucky for you, we have TechCrunch editors and reporters on the ground to cover the news, scout out the interesting, weird, ...
Ray: Distributed Computing for All, Part 1: From single to multi-core on your local PC and beyond The post Ray: Distributed Computing for All, Part 1 appeared first on Towards Data Science....
Google previews new Gemini features for TV at CES 2026: Google TV will let you ask Gemini to find and edit your photos, adjust your TV settings and more....
AITech Interview with Alberto Pan, Chief Technology Officer, Denodo: How governed, real-time enterprise data enables AI to reason, justify outcomes, and operate with trust at scale. Alberto, before we get into the specifics of DeepQuery, let’s start with your perspecti...
LangChain vs LangGraph vs LangSmith vs LangFlow: Choosing the Right LLM Toolkit: The LangChain ecosystem provides an important set of tools with which to construct an application using Large Language Models (LLMs). However, when the names of the companies such as LangChain, LangGr...
YOLOv1 Loss Function Walkthrough: Regression for All: An explanation of how YOLOv1 measures the correctness of its object detection and classification predictions The post YOLOv1 Loss Function Walkthrough: Regression for All appeared first on Towards Dat...
Neonode Appoints Marec Gasiun as EVP of Sales & Marketing: Appointment of Marec Gasiun as Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Neonode Neonode Inc. (NASDAQ: NEON) today announced the appointment of Marec Gasiun as Executive Vice President of Sales...
What’s next for AI in 2026: MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future. You can read the rest of them here. In an industry in constant flux...
7 Agentic AI Trends to Watch in 2026: The agentic AI field is moving from experimental prototypes to production-ready autonomous systems....
Introducing Falcon H1R 7B: ...
Introducing Falcon-H1-Arabic: Pushing the Boundaries of Arabic Language AI with Hybrid Architecture: ...
Acronis Drives Cybersecurity Growth Through TRU Intelligence and Awards: Analyst accolades, TRU research, and new product enhancements reinforce Acronis’ security leadership while accelerating MSP-first innovation at scale Acronis, a global leader in cybersecurity and data...
Resecurity, D4DS Partner to Boost Cybersecurity in Saudi Arabia: Resecurity (USA) has announced a strategic partnership with D4DS(Data & Decision Support Consulting in the Field of Telecommunications and Information Technology), the leading management consulting co...
A Coding Guide to Design and Orchestrate Advanced ReAct-Based Multi-Agent Workflows with AgentScope and OpenAI: In this tutorial, we build an advanced multi-agent incident response system using AgentScope. We orchestrate multiple ReAct agents, each with a clearly defined role such as routing, triage, analysis, ...
AI Interview Series #5: Prompt Caching: Question: Imagine your company’s LLM API costs suddenly doubled last month. A deeper analysis shows that while user inputs look different at a text level, many of them are semantically similar. As an ...
Evaluating Anomaly Detectors for Simulated Highly Imbalanced Industrial Classification Problems: arXiv:2601.00005v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Machine learning offers potential solutions to current issues in industrial systems in areas such as quality control and predictive maintenance, but al...
Finetuning Large Language Models for Automated Depression Screening in Nigerian Pidgin English: GENSCORE Pilot Study: arXiv:2601.00004v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Depression is a major contributor to the mental-health burden in Nigeria, yet screening coverage remains limited due to low access to clinicians, stigm...
IMBWatch -- a Spatio-Temporal Graph Neural Network approach to detect Illicit Massage Business: arXiv:2601.00075v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Illicit Massage Businesses (IMBs) are a covert and persistent form of organized exploitation that operate under the facade of legitimate wellness servi...
Yahtzee: Reinforcement Learning Techniques for Stochastic Combinatorial Games: arXiv:2601.00007v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Yahtzee is a classic dice game with a stochastic, combinatorial structure and delayed rewards, making it an interesting mid-scale RL benchmark. While a...

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The Trojan in the Vocabulary: Stealthy Sabotage of LLM Composition: arXiv:2601.00065v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The open-weight LLM ecosystem is increasingly defined by model composition techniques (such as weight...
Exploration in the Limit: arXiv:2601.00084v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In fixed-confidence best arm identification (BAI), the objective is to quickly identify the optimal o...
Reasoning in Action: MCTS-Driven Knowledge Retrieval for Large Language Models: arXiv:2601.00003v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) typically enhance their performance through either the retrieval of sema...
Toward a Physical Theory of Intelligence: arXiv:2601.00021v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present a physical theory of intelligence grounded in irreversible information processing in syste...
A multi-algorithm approach for operational human resources workload balancing in a last mile urban delivery system: arXiv:2601.00023v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Efficient workload assignment to the workforce is critical in last-mile package delivery systems. In ...
Quantitative Rule-Based Strategy modeling in Classic Indian Rummy: A Metric Optimization Approach: arXiv:2601.00024v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The 13-card variant of Classic Indian Rummy is a sequential game of incomplete information that requi...
AI may not need massive training data after all: New research shows that AI doesn’t need endless training data to start acting more like a human brain. When researchers redesigned AI systems to bette...

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