5 Useful DIY Python Functions for Error Handling
Debugging Python doesn’t need to be complicated. These 5 DIY functions simplify error handling and improve code reliability.
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Spotting and Avoiding ROT in Your Agentic AI
The following article originally appeared on Q McCallum’s blog and is being republished here with the author’s permission. Generative AI agents and rogue traders pose similar insider threats to their…
Lucid Bots raises $20M to keep up with demand for its window-washing drones
Lucid Bots has seen demand accelerate over the last year for its window cleaning drones and power washing robots.
What a modern GRC platform looks like – and how to choose the right one
Governance, risk and compliance (GRC) has evolved beyond a control mechanism or regulatory safeguard. In today’s environment, it forms the operational backbone of effective corporate management – enabling organizations to…
The AI Hype Index: AI goes to war
AI is at war. Anthropic and the Pentagon feuded over how to weaponize Anthropic’s AI model Claude; then OpenAI swept the Pentagon off its feet with an “opportunistic and sloppy”…
NVIDIA AI Introduces PivotRL: A New AI Framework Achieving High Agentic Accuracy With 4x Fewer Rollout Turns Efficiently
Post-training Large Language Models (LLMs) for long-horizon agentic tasks—such as software engineering, web browsing, and complex tool use—presents a persistent trade-off between computational efficiency and model generalization. While Supervised Fine-Tuning…
Google Introduces TurboQuant: A New Compression Algorithm that Reduces LLM Key-Value Cache Memory by 6x and Delivers Up to 8x Speedup, All with Zero Accuracy Loss
The scaling of Large Language Models (LLMs) is increasingly constrained by memory communication overhead between High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and SRAM. Specifically, the Key-Value (KV) cache size scales with both model…
A former Thiel fellow’s startup just launched a drone it says can replace police helicopters
Brinc launched its newest 911 response drone this week, as the company seeks to expand its prominence in the public safety industry.
How to Build a General-Purpose AI Agent in 131 Lines of Python
The following article originally appeared on Hugo Bowne-Anderson’s newsletter, Vanishing Gradients, and is being republished here with the author’s permission. In this post, we’ll build two AI agents from scratch…
Amazon just bought a startup making kid-size humanoid robots
The acquisition of Fauna Robotics is the second robotics startup Amazon has purchased this month.