Collection #21

The Power and Versatility of Pixtral 12B

In the previous post, I looked at the recently reported hexa-arylethane containing a carbon-carbon one-electron bond, its structure having been determined by x-ray diffraction (XRD). The measured C-C bond length was ~2.9aÅ and my conclusion was that the C…C region represented more of a weak “interaction” than of a bond as such. How about a much […]

This one hardly needs making. I found it by accident when we roasted a chicken this Sunday. As we were tearing the carcass apart like a pack of hyaenas, I noticed that one of the wings had a nice, distinct thumb claw.

Let’s explore the GLUE benchmark!

How Non-GPT Architectures Are Surpassing Leading Transformer-Based Large Language Models

Solutions for Text and Visual Intelligence

A Beginner’s Guide

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I'm at the Royal Society this morning for the 2 day programme on "How does ecological risk related to commercial risk?", and am reporting on the morning session. The full program is being livestreamed so please do dial in if the below notes seem interesting to you. I put this note up almost live, so any errors below are my own.

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