Explained: Sarvam AI that managed to beat Google Gemini and ChatGPT in key AI benchmarks

Bengaluru-based Sarvam AI has outperformed Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT in Indian language benchmarks, showcasing locally trained models for documents, speech, and low-bandwidth use across ...
CNN

Speak in code, delete the chats: The tactics Venezuelans are using out of fear of phone checks

These recent WhatsApp messages of a Venezuelan family – who asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals – underscore the caution civilians are taking in their daily conversations, on social media ...
The Washington Post

Where ‘hate speech’ censorship is even worse than on U.S. campuses

Greg Lukianoff is president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and the co-author, with Nadine Strossen, of “The War On Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech — And Why ...
InfoWorld

PythoC: A new way to generate C code from Python

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...
GitHub

Qwen3-Omni

We release Qwen3-Omni, the natively end-to-end multilingual omni-modal foundation models. It is designed to process diverse inputs including text, images, audio, and video, while delivering real-time ...
Windows Report

Set Up Speech Recognition in Windows 11 Step by Step

Speech recognition in Windows 11 lets you control your PC with your voice, making typing and navigation faster and easier. This guide will show you all you need to know to set it up and start using it ...
NPR

Freedom of speech has never been for everyone

Fights over free speech have taken up a lot of space in the zeitgeist lately. People on both the left and right claim to be the defenders of free speech, while pointing fingers at the other side for ...
IEEE

FPGA Implementation of PoolFormer Network Using Python-Driven High-Level Synthesis Framework for Edge-AIoT Speech Recognition

Abstract: This brief presents an edge-AIoT speech recognition system, which is based on a new spiking feature extraction (SFE) method and a PoolFormer (PF) neural network optimized for implementation ...
The New York Times

Netanyahu Highlights QR Code That Links to Gruesome Images of Oct. 7

During his speech to the U.N., Israel’s prime minister sought to focus attention on the carnage of the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel that led to the war in Gaza. By Ephrat Livni Prime Minister ...
The New York Times

Everyone’s a Free-Speech Hypocrite

Mr. Lukianoff is the president and chief executive of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. If you’re a free-speech lawyer, you face a choice: Either expect to be disappointed by people ...
News Medical

New diagnostic code brings recognition and support for Gulf War Illness

Gulf War illness (GWI), the chronic, debilitating condition linked to military service in the 1990-1991 Gulf War, will receive a dedicated diagnostic code in the October 2025 release of the ...