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Figure 1 — A custom AI processor package with exposed silicon die and circuit traces

Why ByteDance is asking MediaTek to build its AI chips

ByteDance is nearing a custom AI chip deal with MediaTek, blocked from NVIDIA's best hardware by US export rules. Inside AI's custom-silicon era.

Published 23 Oct 2026Last modified 23 Oct 20268 min read

Figure 1 — A refrigerator-sized satellite with extended solar panels above Earth

Four AI chips in orbit: the race to build AI data centers in space

Google put four AI chips in orbit on October 1 to test space-based data centers. SpaceX wants a million more. What the first flight is really proving.

Published 21 Oct 2026Last modified 21 Oct 20268 min read

Figure 1 — A laptop with a graduation cap surrounded by glowing AI assistant orbs

Free AI tools every student should actually use

ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and NotebookLM all run free for students — plus the student-only deals worth claiming and the expired promos to ignore.

Published 20 Oct 2026Last modified 20 Oct 20269 min read

Figure 1 — A frontier-scale model rendered as a glowing parameter lattice with an active core

Meta's Muse Spark Open: a frontier model you can download — and the catch

Meta's 816B-parameter Muse Spark Open is downloadable and runs on two Mac Studios. The specs are real — so are the catches. What the week's open-AI wave means.

Published 18 Oct 2026Last modified 20 Oct 20269 min read

Figure 1 — Atomic-scale simulation over a silicon wafer

NVIDIA's cuPotential and the Road to the AI-Defined Fab

NVIDIA unveiled cuPotential at SEMICON West 2026, betting on 'AI-defined fabs.' We unpack what the benchmarks really show — and what they don't.

Published 17 Oct 2026Last modified 20 Oct 202610 min read

Graphic editorial cover: 80% confident. But is it. calibrated?. Conceptual topic-specific illustration.

AI confidence: when an 80% prediction should mean something

Distinguish calibration from classification accuracy, read reliability diagrams carefully, and evaluate calibrated models without leaking training information.

Published 14 Oct 2026Last modified 30 Oct 20269 min read

Graphic editorial cover: From vibration. to a defensible. decision.. Industrial electric motor, sensor and data acquisition board on a laboratory bench

AI predictive maintenance: turn sensor data into a defensible decision

Connect vibration measurements, condition indicators and machine-learning outputs without mistaking anomaly detection for a prediction of equipment failure.

Published 11 Oct 2026Last modified 30 Oct 20268 min read

Graphic editorial cover: RAG quality. Three different. questions.. Compute appliance beside two trays of evidence cards and a magnifying glass

Evaluating RAG: retrieval, groundedness and completeness are different tests

Build a clearer evaluation plan for retrieval-augmented AI by separating search quality, supported answers and coverage instead of trusting one overall score.

Published 11 Oct 2026Last modified 30 Oct 20268 min read

Graphic editorial cover: Smaller models. Smarter checks.. Large and small memory boards arranged side by side

AI quantization: making a model smaller without skipping the checks

Explore lower-precision weights, calibration and the evaluation needed before calling a compressed model ready for real use.

Published 7 Oct 2026Last modified 30 Oct 20268 min read

Graphic editorial cover: AI answers. Grounded in. documents.. AI compute appliance beside paper records and storage cartridges

Why retrieval makes AI more useful

How semantic search connects an AI answer to relevant documents—and why finding a source is only the beginning of checking a claim.

Published 2 Oct 2026Last modified 20 Oct 20269 min read

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Artificial intelligence.

Why ByteDance is asking MediaTek to build its AI chips

Four AI chips in orbit: the race to build AI data centers in space

Free AI tools every student should actually use

Meta's Muse Spark Open: a frontier model you can download — and the catch

NVIDIA's cuPotential and the Road to the AI-Defined Fab

AI confidence: when an 80% prediction should mean something

AI predictive maintenance: turn sensor data into a defensible decision

Evaluating RAG: retrieval, groundedness and completeness are different tests

AI quantization: making a model smaller without skipping the checks

Why retrieval makes AI more useful

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