Microsoft’s Fara-7B is a computer-use AI agent that rivals GPT-4o and works directly on your PC

C3.ai has announced an expansion of its partnership with Microsoft, enhancing their collaboration through upgraded integrations across Copilot, Fabric, and Azure AI Foundry, aimed at achieving unified operations. This development signifies a deeper commitment between the two companies to leverage AI technologies effectively.

Microsoft has acknowledged significant performance issues with File Explorer in Windows 11, which has been criticized for its slow operation, frequent bugs, and inconsistent user interface changes. The company is currently testing a preload fix to address these concerns.

Pornhub has reached out to tech giants Apple, Google, and Microsoft, urging them to implement device-level age verification systems. This call comes as the United States and the United Kingdom are tightening regulations on adult content, aiming to prevent minors from accessing pornography through site-specific identification checks.

The Web Install API has been announced as ready for testing on Microsoft Edge, allowing developers to experiment with its integration on their own sites through an origin trial. This development marks a significant step in enhancing web application capabilities and user experience.

A recent study evaluated the performance of various large language models (LLMs) in restoring diacritics in Romanian texts, highlighting the importance of automatic diacritic restoration for effective text processing in languages rich in diacritical marks. Models tested included OpenAI's GPT-3.5, GPT-4, and Google's Gemini 1.0 Pro, among others, with GPT-4o achieving notable accuracy in diacritic restoration.

A new approach to Knowledge Distillation (KD) has been proposed, focusing on effectively transferring knowledge from large language models (LLMs) to smaller models. This method replaces the traditional Kullback-Leibler divergence objective with a reverse KLD, which is better suited for generative models, thereby addressing the computational challenges associated with LLMs.

A recent study has introduced a Multi-Layered Auditing Platform for Responsible AI, aimed at evaluating cross-cultural value alignment in Large Language Models (LLMs) from China and the West. This research highlights the governance challenges posed by LLMs in high-stakes decision-making, revealing fundamental instabilities in value systems and demographic under-representation among leading models like Qwen and GPT-4o.

Windows users are expressing their frustration over Microsoft's announcement to transform the Windows operating system into what it calls an 'agentic OS,' designed to integrate autonomous AI agents. Many users are questioning how to disable these features, indicating a strong resistance to this shift in functionality.