RULER (Relative Universal LLM-Elicited Rewards) eliminates the need for hand-crafted reward functions by using an LLM-as-judge to automatically score agent trajectories. Simply define your task in the ...

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In his Prison Notebooks, Antonio Gramsci invokes the “Fable of the Beaver” to critique the political failings of party leaders who compromise their obligation to represent the classes that raised them ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — After a marathon all-day meeting and significant protests from the public, members of the Doña Ana County Board of County Commissioners voted on Friday, Sept. 19 to take a ...

In this video, I walk you through how to land a nollie big spin, which happens to be my favorite skateboard trick. I break down the move into easy-to-follow steps so you can build your skills and ...

Construction on the next phase of Napa’s decades-long flood control project is set to move forward, with work on new floodwalls near the Oxbow Bypass expected to begin in 2026. The Napa County Flood ...

We introduce ACE-Step, a novel open-source foundation model for music generation that overcomes key limitations of existing approaches and achieves state-of-the-art performance through a holistic ...

Gates revealed his problem-solving technique in a blog post titled “The Buzz Stops Here” in 2020. He said that he has been using the same method since his teenage years, and it has helped him tackle ...

Scientists have created the first ever viruses designed by artificial intelligence (AI), and they’re capable of hunting down and killing strains of Escherichia coli (E. coli). “This is the first time ...