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🚨This week, many Columbia scientists lost grants that funded over half their annual income. Others will no longer be able to do research that helps treat thousands of sick patients across the US.

"It hurts," they told me.

My story for @nature.com 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘My career is over’: Columbia University scientists hit hard by Trump team’s cuts
The US government has begun slashing US$400 million in research grants at Columbia University over pro-Palestinian campus protests.
www.nature.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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A very exciting day for open-source AI! We're releasing our biggest open source model yet -- OLMo 2 32B -- and it beats the latest GPT 3.5, GPT 4o mini, and leading open weight models like Qwen and Mistral. As usual, all data, weights, code, etc. are available.
March 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Looks like #Bluesky is getting the real attention.

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November 26, 2024 at 4:03 PM
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🚀 Excited to present NeuralSolver at NeurIPS 2024!

Humans can easily learn algorithms to solve much more complex tasks, from simple tasks. Machine learning methods usually fail to do this.
Can we build models that have similar algorithmic extrapolation abilities?

Thread 🧵:
November 26, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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November 9, 2024 at 9:13 AM
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If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as health secretary, the longtime vaccine critic would be in a position to change the government’s immunization recommendations and delay the development of new vaccines. Here are five things he could change.
Five Ways R.F.K. Jr. Could Undermine Lifesaving Childhood Vaccines
If he is confirmed as H.H.S. secretary, the longtime vaccine critic would be in a position to change the government’s immunization recommendations and delay the development of new vaccines.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:33 PM