Two independent teams used GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra on the same quantum cryptography problem, filing papers three hours apart, raising questions over scientific credit
An M.I.T. Ph.D. student and two University of California system cryptographers used GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra in different ways …
A profile of Sarah Polcz, the UC Davis law professor that Bernie Sanders' team consulted weekly while developing his AI company sovereign wealth fund proposal
A couple of weekends ago, Sarah Polcz, a University of California, Davis, law professor, and her husband, Adam Brown, a top scientist at Google's DeepMind …
A look at Chatbot Arena, which now ranks over 170 AI models and was launched in 2023 by two UCB researchers who hope to grow the project into a Wikipedia of AI
Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal : LinkedIn: Laura Hassner . Forums: Hacker News LinkedIn: Laura Hassner : The Wall Street Journal's Miles Kruppa wrote an excellent article (linked below) about Uni...
How University of California doctors used brain implants and AI to help an ALS patient speak again; the implants recognize words, and AI replicates his voice
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Apple partners with University of California researchers to release open-source AI model MGIE, which can edit images based on natural language instructions
Apple has released a new open-source AI model, called “MGIE,” that can edit images based on natural language instructions.
University of California launches $250M venture fund to invest in startups from the UC system
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University of California considers barring employees from using Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, cites concerns over liability, regulation
UC may bar traveling workers from using Uber, Lyft, Airbnb — The University of California is considering barring employees on business trips from staying in Airbnb rentals …
Apple Co-Founder Backs Internet Video Venture
NEW YORK (Reuters)—An Internet video brainchild of three twentysomething former University of California grad students has won big backers, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Red McCombs, co...
Three Technology Companies Join to Finance Research
BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 12 - With federal funds for basic computer science research at universities in decline, three of the industry's leading companies are joining to help fill the void. — Universi...