Alibaba's Metis agent cuts redundant AI tool calls from 98% to 2% — and gets more accurate doing it

Alibaba's HDPO framework trains AI agents to skip unnecessary tool calls, cutting redundant invocations from 98% to 2% while ...
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SubQ by Subquadratic, the end of AI memory hacks?

SubQ by Subquadratic claims a 12 million token context window with linear scaling. Here is what it means for RAG, coding ...

Meet the 15 finalists for the 2026 Winged Foot Scholar-Athlete Award

The Collier County high school student-athlete winner will be announced on May 7 during the 37th annual award's banquet.
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The Massive Cheeseburger At This Washington Restaurant Is So Good, You’ll Drive Miles Just For A Bite

There’s a little slice of Americana tucked away in Buckley, Washington that’s worth every mile of your journey, even if you ...

Reflection prompts can slow down learning, study shows

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute have known that practice is essential for ...
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The Ancient Greek Genius Who Revolutionized Algebra and Changed Mathematics Forever

Diophantus of Alexandria revolutionized algebra with Arithmetica, pioneering symbolic notation and abstract number theory.
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Here’s How to Make Flexagons—Folded Strips of Paper with Strange and Surprising Properties

Editor’s Note: Published in 1956, this article proved so popular that it served as the inspiration for Martin Gardner’s legendary Scientific American column Mathematical Games. Read more in our ...
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