Month: March 2025

“We Need Structured Output”: Towards User-Centered Constraints on Large Language Model Output

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Survey with Industry Professionals 3 RQ1: Real-World use cases that necessitate output constraints 4 RQ2: Benefits of Applying Constraints to LLM Outputs and 4.1 Increasing Prompt-based development Efficiency 4.2 Integrating with Downstream Processes and Workflows 4.3 Satisfying UI and Product Requirements and 4.4 Improving User Experience, Trust, … Read more

FreeEval: The Ethical Concerns

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Background and 2.1 Automatic Evaluation Methods for LLMs 2.2 Meta-Evaluation of LLMs 3 Design and Implementation and 3.1 Design Principles 3.2 FreeEval Architecture Overview and 3.3 Extensible Modular Design 3.4 Trustworthy Evaluation 3.5 Efficient Inference Backends 4 Conclusion, Ethical Considerations, and References 4 Conclusion In this paper, … Read more

Trump fires FTC commissioners, setting up a legal battle

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President Trump fired the two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday, setting up a challenge to a 1935 Supreme Court precedent prohibiting the firing of FTC commissioners for reasons other than “good cause.” The White House terminated commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya earlier Tuesday, The New York Times reported. … Read more

Democratic FTC commissioners say they were just ‘illegally fired’ by President Trump

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President Donald Trump fired the two remaining Democratic commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission Tuesday in what appears to be a conspicuous exercise of power over the independent agency. The White House confirmed the dismissals in an unsigned email response to The Verge. Democratic Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya shared his dismissal in a Notes app message … Read more

NASA astronauts return from long Space Station stay prompted by Boeing problems

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Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore have returned to Earth after a nine-month stay on the International Space Station — a trip that lasted far longer than originally planned thanks to leaks and thruster problems on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft they used to get there. Williams and Wilmore splashed down in the Gulf of … Read more

Nvidia and Google DeepMind will help power Disney’s cute robots

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Nvidia is collaborating with Disney Research and Google DeepMind to develop Newton, a physics engine to simulate robotic movements in real-world settings, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced at GTC 2025 on Tuesday. Disney will be among the first to use Newton to power its next-generation entertainment robots, like the Star Wars-inspired BDX droids — one … Read more

JD Vance claims freeing AI from regulation is good for American workers and tech innovators

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On Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance said that the Trump administration’s support of AI and tech innovations should benefit both populists and those investing and leading tech companies.  “I think there’s too much fear that AI will simply replace jobs rather than augmenting so many of the things that we do now,” said Vance at … Read more

Multiple Tesla vehicles were set on fire in Las Vegas and Kansas City

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Protestors gathered at a Tesla dealership in New York City in February. | ImagE: LVMPD (<a href=”https://www.youtube.com/live/m9x3gJlAXuE”>YouTube</a>) A month of anti-Tesla dissent escalated this week with two reports of Teslas catching fire in Las Vegas and Kansas City.  The first incident happened early Tuesday morning at a Tesla collision center in Las Vegas, where police … Read more

Elon Musk’s DOGE leadership likely violates constitution’s appointments clause, judge says

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Elon Musk’s role overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency is likely a violation of the United States constitution’s appointments clause, a federal judge wrote Tuesday. Theodore Chuang, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, wrote in an opinion there is more than enough evidence — mostly from statements made by … Read more

Crypto for Humans: Lessons from the Bybit Hack

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The recent security breach for around $1.5 billion at Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, sent ripples through the digital asset community. With $20 billion in customer assets under custody, Bybit faced a significant challenge when an attacker exploited security controls during a routine transfer from an offline “cold” wallet to a … Read more

Tesla awarded ride-hail permit in California, a first step for robotaxis

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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) granted Tesla’s application for a ride-hail permit, a required first step in the automaker’s quest to launch a robotaxi service in the state. Last year, Tesla applied to become a transportation charter-party carrier (TCP), which enables it to operate a fleet of vehicles for passenger services using employees as … Read more

How Funding Fragmentation Holds Ethereum Back

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Ethereum has undergone a big transformation in the last four years, starting as a network capable of handling just 15 transactions per second, and evolving to a powerhouse processing thousands, with transaction costs decreasing from $50 per swap to mere cents. L2s and rollups have helped scale Ethereum without compromising its decentralized ethos. But this … Read more