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Three perspectives on the most viral fringe of generative AI this year: Simulative AI!

Here's this week's Arts in the City column by HELEN MUSA. 

As Artificial Intelligence evolves the computing paradigm, designers have an opportunity to craft more intuitive user interfaces. Maximillian Piras examines how the latest AI capabilities can reshape the future of human-computer interaction beyond conversation alone.

Never before in my life had I seen so many smart people working on the same goal: making LLMs better. After talking to many people working in both industry and academia, I noticed the 10 major research directions that emerged. The first two directions, hallucinations and context learning, are probably the most talked about today. I’m the most excited about numbers 3 (multimodality), 5 (new architecture), and 6 (GPU alternatives).

A Lynnwood man was sentenced Tuesday to more than two years in prison for his role in a dark web drug dealing operation.

Arts editor  HELEN MUSA shares her latest round-up of the arts in Canberra. BANGARRA Dance Theatre’s “SandSong: Stories from the Great Sandy Desert” tells the unique story of the Kimberley region and the survival of the Walmajarri people, bringing in the question of country, sacred places and displacement. Canberra Theatre, July 15-17, book here or call 6275 2700. Linus Lee. TALENTED young keyboard performer, Linus Lee, appears in the Wednesday Lunchtime Concert series with original com...

Bankers with experience in distressed trading special situations are in red hot demand as banks and asset managers staff up. “The focus is on talent from mid-level up to managing director and that is in scarce supply, so demand is high,” says Olga Yung, Regional Director at Michael Page. She says banks are paying a 30% premium to standard base salaries as they staff up. Demand is coming from a variety of sources. They include Chinese investment banks which are establishing special situatio...