Myssouri

New Model Army

Radiohead

Climate scientists trying to predict how much hotter the planet will get have long grappled with a surprisingly stubborn problem -- clouds, which both reflect sunlight and trap heat, account for more than half the variation between climate predictions and are the main reason warming projections for the next 50 years range from 2 to 6 degrees Celsius.

Two research groups are now racing to close that gap using AI, though they disagree sharply on method. Tapio Schneider at Caltech built CLIMA, a model that uses machine learning to optimize cloud parameters within traditional physics equations; it will be unveiled at a conference in Japan in March. Chris Bretherton at the Allen Institute for AI took a different path -- his ACE2 neural network, released in 2024, learns from 50 years of atmospheric data and largely bypasses physics equations altogether.

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Mona Keijzer, Tweede Kamerlid en tot maandag vicepremier namens haar partij, stapt uit de BBB. In een interview met De Telegraaf zegt zij verder te gaan als zelfstandig Kamerlid. Keijzer zegt dat zij partijleider en -oprichter Caroline van der Plas zou opvolgen, maar dat in plaats daarvan Henk Vermeer het partijleiderschap kreeg. Zij noemt dat in De Telegraaf "een grote vertrouwensbreuk".

Project ditches Swift and translates C++ with LLM assistance

The independent Ladybird web browser project is changing course on its choice of programming languages, with LLM-based coding assistants helping to evaluate the shift.…

Jan Huzen moet voor twee weken de cel in wegens opruiing. De rechts-radicale activist riep vorig jaar op tot burgergrenscontroles op asielzoekers. Tegenover de rechter betwistte Huzen zijn oproep tot inspecties.