Alibaba's model never trained as an agent — and improved agent performance across seven benchmarks

Real environments can't inject edge cases on demand. Alibaba's Qwen-AgentWorld simulates them — and outperformed ...
IT-Online

SQL Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Pretoria

Ready to make a real impact in South Africa’s financial landscape? Our client, a leading and forward-thinking player in the Financial Services sector, is searching for a skilled and passionate SQL ...

Microsoft Builds Its Own AI Stack To Cut OpenAI Dependence

Microsoft used Build 2026 to launch seven in-house MAI models, new Cobalt 200 silicon and the Majorana 2 quantum chip, a ...
The Conversation

Job performance reviews are outdated and often pointless. Why do we still use them?

Every year organisations roll out their refreshed strategies, new KPIs and ambitious goals for the year ahead. But despite the changing pace in work patterns, technology and workforce requirements, ...
CNBC

To rebuild confidence after a setback, try this: It's what 'I would teach an elite athlete,' says mental performance coach

Several athletes made epic comebacks at this year's Olympic Winter Games, from gold medalist Alysa Liu's triumphant return to figure skating to alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin's slalom victory, which ...
VentureBeat

MIT's new fine-tuning method lets LLMs learn new skills without losing old ones

When enterprises fine-tune LLMs for new tasks, they risk breaking everything the models already know. This forces companies to maintain separate models for every skill. Researchers at MIT, the ...
New York Post

Bad Bunny walks back comment that fans should learn Spanish ahead of Super Bowl halftime performance

Bad Bunny is backing down from a comment he made in October, saying that critics of his upcoming Super Bowl halftime performance needed to learn Spanish. “I’m really excited to be doing the Super Bowl ...
Business Insider

Google is shaking up its compensation to incentivize higher performance

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Google is making changes to its compensation structure in a bid to incentivize higher performance from ...
IEEE

PEFT Innovations in Text-to-SQL: Adapter and Prefix Tuning Methods with Structural Awareness

Abstract: The goal of the Cross-domain Text-to-SQL task is to accurately translate natural language questions into executable SQL queries, even when applied to previously unseen databases. Recently, ...
Harvard Business Review

Focus Your Team on Either Learning or Performance

In today’s workplace, teams are often asked to perform flawlessly while also learning and innovating. But trying to pursue both equally can backfire. Teams achieve more when they commit to one clear ...
Harvard Business Review

Teams That Prioritize Either Learning or Performance Perform Better

In today’s fast-moving work environment, organizations expect teams to do everything at once: perform flawlessly in the moment and constantly improve for the future. But is it wise to ask teams to ...