Microsoft builds its own AI stack to help wean it from its reliance on OpenAI

New proprietary models reduce Microsoft's dependence on its biggest AI partner, even as the two maintain a fragile alliance.
University News & Events

Engineering student wins NVIDIA Agents for Impact Hackathon

Preet Karia, a second-year robotics and computer science engineering student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, ...
BBC

Nvidia faces gamer backlash over 'breakthrough' AI graphics feature

A new feature from chip-maker Nvidia that promises cinematic-quality graphics using AI has prompted a backlash online, despite the company claiming it would "reinvent" what is possible in video games.
The Financial Express

Perplexity’s new ‘Personal Computer’ works for you 24/7 using AI, even while you sleep

Perplexity’s Personal Computer acts as a "persistent digital proxy," allowing users to delegate tasks like monitoring emails, automating workflows, or conducting research 24/7. While OpenAI is busy ...
IEEE

Setting the Stage: Using Virtual Reality to Assess the Effects of Music Performance Anxiety in Pianists

Abstract: Music Performance Anxiety (MPA) is highly prevalent among musicians and often debilitating, associated with changes in cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and physiological responses to ...
IEEE

Automated Generation of Multiple-Choice Questions for Computer Science Education Using Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks

Abstract: This work presents a novel perspective towards generating automated multiple-choice questions (MCQs)-a task fundamentally different due to the highly dynamic nature of computer science ...