“We reward them on the basis of what looks good to us, and that means that we inadvertently incentivize the models lying to us [and] cheating,” says Jeffrey Ladish, director of the... Read more »

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Ceres could also apply to Montana’s ETRB to sell its experimental treatment to Brody’s parents via a clinic in the state. But Joudinaud is reluctant, at least for the time being. While... Read more »

Even if the FDA were to provide some kind of assurance, it wouldn’t necessarily protect biotech companies in the long term, cautions Chris Robertson, a specialist in health law at Boston University.... Read more »

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“When you and I are talking, I can tell which words are coming out of my mouth because I can feel my mouth moving,” says Cui. But an LLM just sees a... Read more »

What the team found, however, was that the flow actually increased in the area where they drilled the new well. “That fundamentally changes how you think about not just Lightning Dock but... Read more »

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