DeepSeek, a prominent Chinese artificial intelligence company, has released DeepSeek-V3.1-Base, an updated version of its large language model. The new model, now available on platforms like Hugging Face, comes with a total of 685 billion parameters and features an expanded context window of 128,000 tokens, a…
In a surprise announcement at Gamescom Opening Night Live, Game Science, the developer behind the globally acclaimed Black Myth: Wukong, officially unveiled its new project, Black Myth: Zhong Kui. The announcement was accompanied by the launch of the game’s official website, confirming that the new title…
In a new research paper, a team from NVIDIA Research and the Georgia Institute of Technology presents a compelling argument that small language models (SLMs) are the future of AI agents, challenging the industry’s focus on ever-larger models. The paper, “Small Language Models are the Future…
A diplomatic row has erupted between Australia and Israel, with Israel’s foreign ministry revoking the visas of Australian representatives to the Palestinian Authority. The move comes as a direct response to two recent actions by Australia: its decision to recognize a Palestinian state and the cancellation…
More than 12,000 South Korean citizens have filed a class-action lawsuit against former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, seeking damages for the emotional distress caused by the martial law declaration in December 2024. The lawsuit, filed on Monday at the Seoul…
Warner Bros. and developer TT Games have officially announced a new video game, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, with a planned release in 2026. The announcement was made at Gamescom and builds upon the open-world format popularized by LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.…
The Mexican music world is in mourning following reports that Ernesto Barajas, the founder and lead singer of the regional Mexican band Enigma Norteño, was fatally shot in Guadalajara, Jalisco, on Tuesday. The news, which has circulated widely on social media and been reported by several…
In her first public comments since the death of her husband, filmmaker Jeff Baena, actress Aubrey Plaza has shared her experience with grief on a podcast hosted by her former Parks and Recreation co-star, Amy Poehler. Plaza, 41, described her emotional state as a “daily struggle”…
Two American tourists died in separate drowning incidents on Friday, August 15, at Celebration Key, Carnival Cruise Line’s new private resort in the Bahamas. The incidents occurred within a three-hour span and involved a man and a woman, both in their 70s, according to local authorities.…
TeraWulf, a digital infrastructure company, saw its stock rise sharply following an announcement that Google will significantly increase its financial commitment, bringing its total backstop to approximately $3.2 billion. This additional funding supports a major expansion of TeraWulf’s Lake Mariner data center campus in Western New…
