Tag: problem-solving

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: ICPC medals for OpenAI and Gemini

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/17/icpc/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: ICPC medals for OpenAI and Gemini Feedly Summary: In July it was the International Math Olympiad (OpenAI, Gemini), today it’s the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC). Once again, both OpenAI and Gemini competed with models that achieved Gold medal performance. OpenAI’s Mostafa Rohaninejad: We received the problems…

  • Slashdot: Gemini AI Solves Coding Problem That Stumped 139 Human Teams At ICPC World Finals

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/17/1923220/gemini-ai-solves-coding-problem-that-stumped-139-human-teams-at-icpc-world-finals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Gemini AI Solves Coding Problem That Stumped 139 Human Teams At ICPC World Finals Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google’s generative AI model, Gemini 2.5, achieved a gold medal at the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), showcasing advancements towards artificial general intelligence. This performance highlights the…

  • OpenAI : Addendum to GPT-5 system card: GPT-5-Codex

    Source URL: https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-system-card-addendum-gpt-5-codex Source: OpenAI Title: Addendum to GPT-5 system card: GPT-5-Codex Feedly Summary: This addendum to the GPT-5 system card shares a new model: GPT-5-Codex, a version of GPT-5 further optimized for agentic coding in Codex. GPT-5-Codex adjusts its thinking effort more dynamically based on task complexity, responding quickly to simple conversational queries or…

  • AWS Open Source Blog: Strands Agents and the Model-Driven Approach

    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/strands-agents-and-the-model-driven-approach/ Source: AWS Open Source Blog Title: Strands Agents and the Model-Driven Approach Feedly Summary: Until recently, building AI agents meant wrestling with complex orchestration frameworks. Developers wrote elaborate state machines, predefined workflows, and extensive error-handling code to guide language models through multi-step tasks. We needed to build elaborate decision trees to handle…

  • Slashdot: Mathematicians Find GPT-5 Makes Critical Errors in Original Proof Generation

    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/09/08/165206/mathematicians-find-gpt-5-makes-critical-errors-in-original-proof-generation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Mathematicians Find GPT-5 Makes Critical Errors in Original Proof Generation Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a study by University of Luxembourg mathematicians that evaluated the capabilities of GPT-5 in extending a qualitative mathematical theorem. The findings revealed significant shortcomings of the AI, particularly…

  • The Register: Microsoft doing light work with Analog Optical Computer prototype

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/05/microsoft_analog_optical_computer/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft doing light work with Analog Optical Computer prototype Feedly Summary: Good for solving finance and clinical problems… and AI Microsoft researchers in Cambridge have unveiled its latest iteration of an Analog Optical Computer (AOC) and have inevitably incorporated AI into the technology’s capabilities.… AI Summary and Description:…

  • Wired: IBM and NASA Develop a Digital Twin of the Sun to Predict Future Solar Storms

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/ibm-and-nasa-develop-a-digital-twin-of-the-sun-to-predict-future-solar-storms/ Source: Wired Title: IBM and NASA Develop a Digital Twin of the Sun to Predict Future Solar Storms Feedly Summary: The tool models the sun using AI, and its developers say it can anticipate solar flares 16 percent more accurately and in half the time of current prediction systems. AI Summary and…

  • Cloud Blog: Don’t just speculate, investigate! Gemini Cloud Assist now offers root-cause analysis

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/management-tools/gemini-cloud-assist-investigations-performs-root-cause-analysis/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Don’t just speculate, investigate! Gemini Cloud Assist now offers root-cause analysis Feedly Summary: Debugging in a complex, distributed cloud environment can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. The sheer volume of data, intertwined dependencies, and ephemeral issues make traditional troubleshooting methods time-consuming and often reactive.…