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MIT's GeoPT Leaps Toward Physics Foundation Model

GeoPT learns physics from synthetic geometry, not labeled data — cutting training data by 60% and hitting peak performance 4x faster on industrial simulations.

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Google Faces Scrutiny Over AI Crawler Advantage as Scraping Gap Widens

Google's crawler accesses 3.2x more of the web than OpenAI's, prompting regulatory pushback and a new opt-out policy for AI training data.

Linsey Smith / 1 min read

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