Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. Good morning, AI enthusiasts! This week, I’m heading to San Jose, CA, for Nvidia GTC, happening from March 17 to 21. I’ll attend many discussions and am excited to meet some of you there. If you’re around, feel free to stop by and say hi! Now, for this week’s issue, we have a very interesting article on information theory, exploring self-information, entropy, cross-entropy, and KL divergence — these concepts bridge probability theory with real-world applications. We also dive into the challenge of imbalanced data in anoma ..read more

Author(s): Ecem Karaman Originally published on Towards AI. ? Decoding LLM Pipeline — Step 1: Input Processing & Tokenization ? From Raw Text to Model-Ready Input In my previous post, I laid out the 8-step LLM pipeline, decoding how large language models (LLMs) process language behind the scenes. Now, let’s zoom in — starting with Step 1: Input Processing. In this post, I’ll explore exactly how raw text transforms into structured numeric inputs that LLMs can understand, diving into text cleaning, tokenization methods, numeric encoding, and chat structuring. This step is often overlooked, b ..read more

Author(s): Get The Gist Originally published on Towards AI. Plus: Microsoft Introduces Interactive Ads for Copilot Users This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Welcome to Get The Gist, where every weekday we share an easy-to-read summary of the latest and greatest developments in AI — news, innovations, and trends — all delivered in under 5 minutes! ⏱ In today’s edition: Microsoft Introduces Interactive Ads for Copilot UsersGoogle Adds More Gemini AI Features to Meet and ChatMicrosoft Testing a New “Press to Talk” Feature for CopilotAnd more AI news….Image by: Meta T ..read more

Author(s): Mukundan Sankar Originally published on Towards AI. Want to manage your money better? Learn how to build an AI-powered financial coach in just a few steps. This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Image generated using ChatGPT by the Author Managing personal finances can be overwhelming — tracking expenses, budgeting, saving, and investing all require effort. Many people struggle with understanding where their money goes and how to optimize their spending to achieve their financial goals. I decided to build an AI-powered financial assistant to help me make s ..read more

Author(s): Get The Gist Originally published on Towards AI. Plus: Apple Delays Advanced Siri Features Until 2026 This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Welcome to Get The Gist, where every weekday we share an easy-to-read summary of the latest and greatest developments in AI — news, innovations, and trends — all delivered in under 5 minutes! ⏱ In today’s edition: on MacApple Delays Advanced Siri Features Until 2026Foxconn Introduces FoxBrain, Its First Large Language ModelMicrosoft is Developing its Own AI Models, Codenamed ‘MAI’And more AI news….Image by: MacRumors ..read more

Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. What happened this week in AI by Louie As Ilya Sutskever’s Safe SuperIntelligence (SSI) secures another $2bn round at a hefty $30bn valuation, speculation has grown around what he is working on and whether he will discover yet more groundbreaking scaling laws for AI. While another scaling breakthrough would be exciting, an alternative, pragmatic pathway to progress AI capabilities continues to emerge — building advanced agents on top of existing foundation models. China-based startup Monica is proving precisely this point ..read more

Author(s): RSD Studio.ai Originally published on Towards AI. Visualizing and Understanding CNNs: The Hidden Machinery of Computer VisionCredits: PrettyStock This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. We have seen in previous article, how limitations of ANN in dealing with spatial data i.e images led to conception of CNNs, inspired by visual cortex of human eye. Now, there is a need to visualize how CNNs work in reality. The true fascination lies in understanding how these systems actually work, how they learn, and what they “see.” This article interprets inner workings o ..read more

Author(s): Jason Dobbs Originally published on Towards AI. Image by Jason Dobbs This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Despite constant reassurances that AI is here to empower us rather than replace us, the reality is that technology has always been a double-edged sword. We can now achieve more with fewer people, and it’s clear that teams are shrinking. Mass layoffs of high performers in tech — you have either felt it personally or know someone who has — have been a recurring theme for the past several years, and the old ways aren’t coming back. Thanks to the smart u ..read more

Author(s): MD Rafsun Sheikh Originally published on Towards AI. This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Photo by Samule Sun on Unsplash Have you ever wished you could fit a big-brain AI model into a more compact setup — something that doesn’t require a colossal server farm or a bottomless wallet? That’s precisely where QWQ-32B enters the stage. It’s a lean, mean, problem-solving machine that competes surprisingly well against heavyweight contenders like DeepSeek-R1. This conversation about “Performance analysis between QWQ-32B and DeepSeek-R1 and how to run QWQ-32B lo ..read more

Author(s): Get The Gist Originally published on Towards AI. Plus: Anthropic Launches New AI Collaboration Platform This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Welcome to Get The Gist, where every weekday we share an easy-to-read summary of the latest and greatest developments in AI — news, innovations, and trends — all delivered in under 5 minutes! ⏱ In today’s edition: Anthropic Launches New AI Collaboration PlatformManus AI Launches ‘Fully Autonomous’ AI AgentMicrosoft is Developing its Own AI Reasoning ModelsAnd more AI news….Image by: Mistral The Gist: Mistral AI has ..read more